CONTENTS NEWSFLASH 5 News Highlights 6 Agenda 7 Psst 7 AfbizQuiz 8 Letters 9 Watchdog

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10 The All Africa Games: The Aftermath 12 Mozambique/Malawi: Frontline Refugees

19 Science Pioneer: Thomas Odhiambo

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21 Agriculture: September coffee talks hold little optimism

21 High-yield pigeon pea developed in Kenya

22 Ecowas Fund backs seed production 22 Extension planned for Mauritian fishing port

23 Cocoa prices remain weak

23 Banking & Finance: African accountants get recognition

25 IFC Fund to benefit entrepreneurs 25 Energy & Mining: Oil conference provokes stormy debate

25 Kenya pipeline gets ECGD backing 26 Angola oilfield set for further development 26 Manufacturing & Technology: Kenya’s glass industry worries about excess capacity . . . 28 . . . But expands exports into Malawi 28 Market Network: Yugoslavs win Tanzania contract

32 DAF restructures in Ghana

32 Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board comes in for criticism

42 Business transactions abound at Tanzanian fair 42 Transport & Communications: Zimbabwe staggers working hours to ease transport pressures 43 Zimbabwe buys US jet 48 Mozambique clinches creative deal for trucks

48 Air Tanzania comes in for flak

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33 Cover

35 Overview: Assessing economic options

36 Economic Indicators 37 Agriculture: How the farmers are coping 38 Horticulture: Overcoming an uphill struggle 38 Minerals: Important developments in this lucrative area 40 Multinationals: The door is open for foreign investors

41 Media: A lively press is good news

1 O A year aft61”KENYA hosted the All Africa I w Games, the bitter truth concerning gross overexpenditure, frauds and mismanagement is emerging. BLAMUEL NJURURI evaluates the sad legacy of the games.

O O Major policy O Ochanges are moving into gear in Botswana, while the prolonged drought seems to have finally broken. AB's annual BOTSWANA SURVEY reviews current economic trends and highlights key areas of the economy.

COUNTRY BRIEFINGS 49 Mozambique: Donors back Limpopo railway

50 Nigeria: After the SAP, what next?

51 Ghana: NAC looks to textiles 52 Zimbabwe: Budget offers investment incentives 53 Guinea-Bissau: Reform programme brings results

54 Guinea-Bissau Economic Indicators 55 Kenya: Price rises for agricultural produce

55 Sudan: At the mercy of the Nile 57 Sudan Economic Indicators

_______ BOOKS________ 58 Towards Sustainable Development

Cover: Photo by Michael Kahn

E G As the Nile floods SUDAN’Scapital city w w again, AB looks at the enormous task that lies ahead in preventing diseases, in providing clean water, in re-establishing the infrastructure and in sheltering the over one million homeless Sudanese people.

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