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16 Cover Story African creative industries – The Sleeping Giant
13 Editorial China, Japan square up over Africa
14 Cover Story African creative industries
The Sleeping Giant 20 Is Africa ignoring the Golden Goose? 22 Film – Nollywood is king but where are the princes? 28 African art coming in out of the cold
30 The Bigger Picture In praise of capitalism
34 Sector Focus Oil and Gas in Africa Instability casts gloom over industry 35 The enemy within 38 Ghana plays it by the book 40 A new crisis for South Sudan 42 Fresh hope for Africa’s refining future 44 Discoveries spark conflicts
46 Sector Focus Mining Fortune favours the brave 52 Bumps along the way 53 Resource ownership battle 54 Interview – Mining Indaba CEO
Jonathan Moore
60 Personality Charles Stith – the American African
64 Trends Investment bonanza predicted for 2014
67-85 Special Country Focus Equatorial Guinea Industrialisation master plan
86 Commodities A richer cuppa tea
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Special Focus Katanga Return of the Red King
130 Agribusiness The money is in the honey
132 Regions EAC ‘cheetahs’ ignore ‘tortoise’
Tanzania and Burundi Countryfiles 134 S Africa: ANC roughed up by Numsa withdrawal 136 Ethiopia: China snatches rail contract from slack UK 140 Nigeria: Labour halts refineries sell-off 142 Kenya: Mall mania unfazed by terror strike 144 Tanzania: Who’s laughing now? Reviews: Music 146 Music: Soutak
