CONTENTS NEWSFLASH 5 News Highlights 6 Agenda 7 Psst 7 Atbiz Quiz 8 South Africa Watchdog 9 Letters

FEATURE

10 SADCC conference in Tanzania: Donors pledge new funds

COUNTRY BRIEFINGS 13 Togo: Planners make amends with the IMF

13 Togo Economic Indicators 14 Ghana: New forex bureaux open 14 Ghana budget 14 Ghana Economic Indicators 15 Comoros: Vanilla exports fall as tourism rises 17 Tanzania: Private sector to help build new capital 18 Nigeria: Can tourism planners keep jet-setters home?

18 Nigerian bread prices hit the roof 23 Malawi: Manufacturers must import less 24 Kenya: Work begins on Nairobi housing scheme 25 Kenya’s horticultural exports can now go by sea 27 Ethiopia: “ Villagised” community makes headway

30 Sudan: Further economic troubles in the South

SECTOR BY SECTOR 31 Agriculture: Grant for Tanzania's cashew-nut sector

31 Ghanaian timber products show 32 Problems for Zambia's livestock feed industry

32 Zambia's maize shortage 33 Burundi, Rwanda & Zaire set up gene bank 35 Banking & Finance: Questions still smoulder after Tanzania’s Central Bank fire 35 Uganda increases indirect taxes 36 European loan for Francophone West Africa 36 Energy & Mining: Good outlook for Ghana’s manganese

48 Kenyan farmer pioneers alternative energy research

48 Progress for Nigerian iron-ore firm 48 Shortfall in Zairean copper output

49 Manufacturing & Technology: Tanzania’s wood industry branches out

50 Kenyan assembly for Japanese car 50 Zambian textile firm faces cotton shortage 51 Tyre-maker plans rubber plantations in Zambia 51 Market Network: PTA courts foreign partners

52 UK-Congolese rapprochement 53 Swaziland's copy-cat copyrights 53 Senegal prepares to host building trade at AFRICABAT 88 54 Transport & Communications: Uganda Airlines plans come unstuck

54 Boeing rolls out new low-noise jets 55 Zimbabwe cargo carrier’s hush-kitted jet 55 Nigeria’s air courier controversy continues 55 Kenya buys two new jets 55 Mauritius’s modernised airport 56 Dutch firms invest in African ports 57 Ghana plan ports rehabilitation

A ^ T h e Southern African Development I w Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) held its annual conference in Arusha, Tanzania, at the end o f January, and A tf s IVAN FARAI was there. Here he looks at some o f the major new pledges o f funds and presents the views expressed publicly and privately by donors and recipients alike.

A ^ T A N Z A N IA is

I M renewing its vow to create a new national capital out o f the interior town o f Dodoma. This time, though, the invitation has gone out to the private sector. ZEPHANIA UBWANI reports.

SURFACE TRANSPORT SURVEY

37 Overview: Africa faces mixed prospects 38 Kenya: On the right road for transport growth

43 Boost for Kenya’s public transport 43 Cameroon: New bus service creates healthy competition 44 Zimbabwe: Finding the right balance between road and rail

46 Zambia: Railways enjoy rising profits as forex shortages hit bus companies 46 Cote d’Ivoire: Anglo-Dutch win vehicle-supply order 47 Ghana: Plans for a re-vamp of the roads and the railways

BOOKS 58 Food Aid: The challenge & the opportunity

A O Some surprising new tourism schemes I O h a v e been unveiled in NIGERIA in recent weeks, among them a Disneyland-style amusement park. Can the country’s jet-setters be enticed to take their holidays at home?

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