June 2001 No 266

CONTENTS

Editorial 5 Dawn of real democracy

AfricanBUSINESS

Cover Storv 8 South Africa's R50bn 'arm s scandal'

View From The Citv 1 4 Asian Tigers hit by US slowdown

Background 1 6 O il fuels conflict in the Sudan Spotlig ht 1 8 Thabo M beki and the conspiracy th a t wasn't

Special Focus B a n k in g in N ig e r ia 2 0 Survival o f the fittest 2 2 Age of universal banking dawns 2 4 Teledensity is the key

IT Africa 2 5 Can Dotforce close the In fo rm ation gap? 2 8 How to im prove your memory

3 0 Patent vs patient rights

Products &. Processes 31 M ak in g diesel c le aner and cheaper; T riangular bricks cut building costs; 3 3 Furniture from trash; C h eap testing fo r bacteria; 3 4 N ew security w ire ; BMW sales soar in Africa

Health 3 5 N ew breakthrough against m a la r ia? Cure fo r cancer? (Page 1 5 )

Countrvfile 3 7 Eritrea - Counting the cost of w a r; 3 8 Zam b ia - Farewell to Chiluba; 3 9 Senegal - Elections

Travel and Tourism 4 2 City G u id e - Tangier 4 4 Retosa's recipe fo r success

SA’s R50bn ‘arms scandal’

Eritrea - counting the cost of war

Books 4 6 Tanzania - African Eden 4 8 Lost Lion of the Empire 4 9 Apricots on the N ile ; O n e m a rket under God 5 0 The Enviropedia

City Guide - Morocco’s Tangier

African Business I J u n e 2001 I 3