AfricanBUSINESS

MARCH 2001 No 263

CONTENTS

Editorial 8 Those that live in glass houses...

Cover Story 9 Kabila II - Unravelling the enigma

Citv View 14 Keep faith with the dollar

Topic 16 Tanzania - Zanzibar boils over

Comment 18 Is the rand suffering from racial prejudice?

Products &. Processes 2 9 Sun powered pay phones; To catch a thief 3 0 'F ingerprinting' w in e ; M iracle rice for A fric a ; Probe reveals earth's secrets 31 New version of palm-top computor; Full marks for unique school

Focus 32 The big rip-off m illennium scams

Trends 3 5 Funerals - SA's new growth industry 3 6 Museveni challenged

Deconstructing Kabila the Younger

Around About 2 0 G h an a ia n companies win UK awards

Countrvfile 3 7 Congo Brazzaville - signs of hope 3 8 Zambia - propping up the kwacha

Special Report 21 Tunisia celebrates 45 years 3 9 Kenya - IMF walks out; of independence Botswana budget

IT Africa 25 The pitfalls of abusing the e-m ail

Books 4 0 Angola 41 Lords of the Atlas 4 2 African Short Stories

Is this the end of the Tanzania union?

Take anywhere pay-phones for Africa

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