AfricanBUSINESS DECEMBER 2000 No 260

Editorial 7 The god of results

Cover S to ry 8 Tanzania: A new s ta r rises 1 4 City g u id e - Dar es S a la am

V ie w from the C ity 1 6 SA hit by ex te rn a l factors

Commodities 1 8 W h ite m e ta ls outshine gold 2 0 Gold fu tu re in the balance 21 The pow e r of gold

Mining Notebook 22 D ebeers eyes US m a rk e t

P roducts & P rocesses 23 Boardroom w a rg am e s 23 SA music hum m in g

Special Report Tunisia 25 S o l id a r i ty goes in te rn a t io n a l 26 Tunisia S o l id a r i ty Bank 27 S o l id a r i ty fo r a ll

Euro- Africa 29 S le n d e r l i fe l in e fo r LDCs 3 0 Cotonou k i l ls Sysm in

Inform ation Te ch n o lo g y 31 S k i l ls shortage lo om in g 3 3 V ie w from the industry 3 7 A fric a E d .N e t shows th e w ay

Te le com s 41 N ig e r ia th in ks big

Countryfile 4 4 Cote d ’ ivo ire : Nervous edge 4 5 Z im : D igg in g up the past 4 6 M a la w i : Fading f lo w e rs

Books 4 7 Pink Africa 4 8 S ahara -T he fo rb id d in g sands 4 9 Passages

C o v e r p i c t u r e b y Z a h e e r R a m j i

Tanzania: Rise of a new African Star

De Beers: Eyeing the US market

IT In Africa: Introducing new section.

A f r ic a n B u s in e s s D ecem ber 2000 I 3