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Contents
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16 Cover Story The South-South Revolution
38 Special Report ITC in Africa
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48 Countryfiles South Africa Four steps to trade success
I S S U E 3 42 WWW. A F R I C A S I A . C O M
Editorial 10 The ‘Six Ps’ of management
Cover Story The South-South Revolution 16 The logic of co-operation 18 Movement gains momentum Guest columns: 22 Mauritius Prime Minister Ravinchandra Ramgoolam: Rebalancing the world economy 24 CBC’s chief executive Dr Mohan Kaul: The shifting balance 26 Argentina’s Ambassador to S. Africa Renato Carlos Sersale di Cerisano: The Latin America – Africa potential
Energy 28 Mauritania bounces back
Mining 30 Rusal invests billions in W Africa
Special Report ITC in Africa 38 Moving into hi-tech 42 Mauritius – small but vibrant market 43 Indian Ocean cyber-city 44 Algerie Telecoms goes for triple play HP creating tomorrow’s data centre 46 Africa’s Gateway
Guest Column 48 Four steps to trade success
Country Report Cameroon 51 Reforming the business environment 52 A new mining era for small and big firms 53 Banks reluctant to lend to small companies 54 Half million tourist target
2010 World Cup Watch 56 Fifa gives S Africa ‘nine out of 10’
Finance 58 Nigeria insurance’s gold-lined future
Countryfiles 62 S Africa: BEE deal shuns ‘fat cats’ 64 Zimbabwe: On the edge of history 67 Malawi: Fer tiliser success stuns donors 68 Comoros: The strangest invasion in history? 70 Kenya: Power sharing dynamics
Reviews Book/Music 80 So you want to build a hospital? 82 Ghana All Stars
