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18 Cover Story Crunch time for African cities
15 Editorial A silver lining to the oil cloud?
16 Cover Story Urban Africa Crunch time for African cities 22 The Chinese example 23 Smart cities in a smart Africa 24 Will Africa take the lead in the Internet of Things? 25 Cape Town – not just a pretty face any more 26 A 21st century approach to infrastructure
28 Review of the Year How did Africa do in 2014? 35 Month by month – Top business stories of 2014
40 African Business Leaders 15 CEOs to watch in 2015
52 Sports Business Fifa’s shock lifeline to dodgy football agents
56 Africa and the World
Turkey’s bold gesture
60 Enterprise Planting entrepreneurial seeds
64 Science African scientists take the lead on
Ebola research
66 Mining Roundup Aluminium prices soar
Countryfiles 68 S Africa: Beginning of the end for
ANC? 70 Nigeria: Belt-tightening time again 72 Ghana: An uninspiring and lazy tax? 74 Ethiopia: Ethiopia enters the space age 76 Tanzania: Taking the spice out of cloves? 78 Malawi: Little sachets of evil
Reviews: Book and Music 80 Book: ThisChangesEverything 82 Music: Gandadiko
