CONTENTS _____________ NEWSFLASH_____________

5 News Highlights 6 Agenda 6 Psst 7 South Africa Watchdog

____________ FEATURES_____________

8 N am ib ia : E v e n th e UN b u y s f r o m S o u th A f r i c a 10 A A F -S A P : A f r i c a p r e s s e s f o r I t s o w n a d j u s tm e n t p la n

_________ COUNTRY BRIEFINGS_________

17 Z a m b ia : Kwacha sw itch sparks confusion 17 Zambian housing

19 B o t s w a n a : President w ins Hunger Prize 20 C o te d ’ I v o i r e : September may bring debt reliel

53 Cdte d 'Iv o ire 's cocoa price cut 53 Z im b a b w e : "Holding budget" heralds reform

55 Zim babwe's transport woes 57 C a m e r o o n : Cocoa growers fear the worst 58 S u d a n : Technocrats may end naive econom ic policies

58 Sudan regime cracks down on merchants

FOCUS ON COMPUTERS

21 K e n y a : Survival of the fittest 25 M a u r i t iu s : Strategy aims at computer exports

T a n z a n ia : Forex constraints limit sales

SEYCHELLES SURVEY 27 C o v e r : A scenic Seychellois beach 29 O v e r v ie w : Search fo r a lte rnatives to tourism

31 T o u r is m : P lanners aim to spread the net 34 L iv in g s ta n d a r d s : High prices fail to halt consumer boom

3 5 Making prom ises in paradise

3 6 National Library plans

41 D iv e r s i f i c a t io n : O ther sectors notch up large gains

43 A i r t r a v e l : New 767 prom ises to improve service

4 3 Economic Indicators

________ KENYA SHOP WINDOW________

45 K e n y a In d u s t r ia l E s ta te s : Small in dustries project w ins acclaim

46 E n e rg y : Hope springs e ternal in the search for oil

4 7 W i n e m a k in g : Parastatal opens new premises

48 B e e f : KMC returns to the meat market 51 T ea : Quality the key to smallholder success 52 A d v e r t is i n g : Growth industry spurs competition

______________ FOCUS ON APB______________ 59 A f r i c a n D e v e lo p m e n t B a n k : Preparing for the fu ture: 25 years in business

____________ SECTOR BY SECTOR____________

66 A g r ic u l t u r e : Uganda launches tractor credit scheme 67 B a n k in g & F in a n c e : Pamscad credit scheme boosts small industry

69 Trading starts slowly on Mauritius stock exchange 69 E n e rg y & M in in g : Iran jo ins Tanzania in gold jo int venture 70 M a n u f a c t u r i n g & T e c h n o l o g y : Zambian firm to make syringes

70 Tanzania develops battery solution

71 Kenya opts fo r Chinese TVs

71 M a r k e t N e tw o r k : Consultancy favours Third World dialogue

72 Business planning advice for small firms

73 T r a n s p o r t & C o m m u n ic a t i o n s : Airlines prepare for battle over West Africa

BOOKS 74 A f r i c a n d e b t : Owing lo o much - and not enough

8 The UN force in Namibia has been buying supplies from South Africa. COLLEEN LOWE MORNA reports from Windhoek.

O ^ O u r £ i special AB survey on Seychelles features all the msgor developments on the paradise islands. BRIAN DOOLEY reports from Mahe.

'LAfriciBusine r < | I V A N D O f a r a i reports from Harare on the Zimbabwean budget, unveiled by Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero (left).

C o v e r : Seychelles Tourist Board

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