EDITORIAL

7 Reporting tumultuous t im es

CODER STORV

8 Africa: Beyond 200 0

DATELINE USR

18 Fallout from EgyptAir crash

Dossier

20 Anatomy of corruption

UI ELD FROM THE CITV

26 D o lla r sits ta ll in the saddle

COMMODITIES

27 Tea prices set to rise

TECHNOLOGY

29 Astonishing dream comes true

Spotlight

31 King M uham m ed VI impresses

TOURISM

32 Kenya’s bold new campaign

FOCUS

34 E African exchange non-starter

COUNTRYFILE

36 E African community pact signed

BOOKS

40 Corruption and government

AfricanBUSINESS

J a n u a r y 2 0 0 0 N o . 2 5 0

CONTENTS

COVER STORY

Africa: Beyond 2000 W e celebrate the new millennium by asking Editor Anver Versi to take a rapid look at A frica ’s historical development from the glories of antiquity, through the harrowing period of the slave trade and colonisation and finally independence. Tom Nevin ponders the future.

TECHNOLOGY

Rise of a new ag e W orldSpace, the brain-child of African entrepreneur, Noah Samara made history when it launched the first ever direct to receive digital audio broadcasting in South Africa recently. The implications of this system are mind-boggling. Could this be the real beginning of the African renaissance? Anver Versi reports

DOSSIER

Anatomy of corruption T he issue of corruption has generated a lot of heated discussion but rarely produced a reasoned analysis. A number of experts describe corruption, how it works, what its effects are and what can be done to elim inate it. We also publish an account of Transparency International's new corruption listing - this tim e on the corrupters.

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