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CONTENTS WHAT’S HAPPENING 4 N ew s , a n a ly s is , c om m e n t o n e c o n om ic e ve n ts

FEATURES 13 A bum p y r id e fo r A f r ic a 's a ir l in e s 1 6 T he m u l t in a t io n a l g r ip o n fo o d p ro ce s s in g

1 8 “ A g a in s t ru ra l d e v e lo p m e n t ”

BUSINESS BRIEFS 21 Liberia: P ub l ic c o rp o ra t io n s up fo r sale 22 Zambia: C o -o p e ra t iv e s re p la c e pa ra s ta ta l

23 Mauritania: M in e ra l re s u rg e n c e 24 Djibouti: F iv e -s ta r d e v e lo pm e n t 28 Ghana: Can R aw l in g s s a v e th e e c o nom y?

29 Angola: P o te n t ia l b u t no fo o d 29 Uganda: Beer, s u g a r a n d r ic e rev iva l 30 Seychelles: H ow th e m e rc e n a r ie s h i t th e e co nom y

31 Zimbabwe: T he M in e ra ls C o rp o ra t io n

31 Malawi: D e v e lo pm e n t d e b t bu rde n

NIGERIA NOTES 33 A la d ja s te e l 34 P e t ro -c h em ic a l p ro je c t; tu rn o v e r tax 34 Oil p ro d u c t io n e va lu a te d 36 N ig e r ia n b r ie fs ; fo od w a s te

COMMODITIES 39 C om m o n Fund d o u b ts ; C o co a P act 40 T in ; A fr ic an f ru it m a rk e t in g 41 K en yan co f fe e

42 Commodities Focus: C o pper 43 E th io p ia n po ta s h ; T a n z a n ia n to b a c co

LABOUR 51 S k il ls tra in in g in Bo tsw a na , la b o u r ro u nd -u p

COMPANY NEWS 45 T h ird W o r ld d ru g co d e ; M ad h va n i sugar 46 IDA and CDC in U g anda; n e w s p a p e rs c la sh in Kenya

49 R o th m an s in K enya; c om p a n y b r ie fs 51 Jeeps in Kenya; E ast A f r ic a n B rew e r ie s ; Jo h n so n o u t o f

N ig e r ia ; U g a n d a 's E xpo r t C o un c i l

NEW PRODUCTS 52 M a ch in e ry , to o ls a n d e q u ip m e n t fo r A fr ic a

BOOKS 55 F re sh lo o k a t ru ra l d e v e lo pm e n t

NEWSBRIEFS 57 News update, sector by sector

ITALY AT EXPO AFRICA

67 Italian exhibitors 71 Italy and Nigeria 75 Italian investment in Africa

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