AfricanBUSINESS FEBRUARY 2001 No 262

CONTENTS

E d i t o r i a l

5 G e o g r a p h y le ssons for M r Bush

C pvgr S to ry 8 G e o r g e Bush: a n igh tm a re for A fr ic a ?

Health 1 2 Eradicating polio

Citv View 1 4 Watch out, the U S is sneezing!

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1 6 Investm ent risk: W h e re and where not to invest

R e » p p r C P 3 1 9 Foreign trawlers threaten A frican fisheries

Tpqhn.plpgy 21 H ow to set up y o u r own website

P r o d u c t s & E B M C W 9 S 2 5 C l ip -L o k boxes;

b reakthrough water purifier; C lo ckw o rk radio 2 6 Stin g in g entrepreneurs into action; Tele-tech for the deaf

S pecial Focus: The Horn 2 7 Ethiopia: Red carpet for U S investors 2 9 Ethiopian coffee - the best in the w o r ld ? 31 Djibouti sh a k e s off dust

Trends 3 3 S Africa: S a y in g sorry is not e n o u g h

Countrvfile 3 6 G h a n a : K u fu o r 's inheritance 3 8 S Africa: Time to quit b o nd s 3 9 Sierra Leone: Fuel, rice prices fall

Books 4 0 This H o u se h a s Fallen 4 2 G u id e to M a l i; Death of G e n t lem an ly Capitalism .

Will George Bush sideline Africa?

The Horn of Africa opens for business

President Kufuor begins new era for Ghana

A fr ica n B u s i n e s s I February 2001 I 3