AfricanBUSINESS

N ° 2 9 6 M a r c h 2004

COVER STORY A f r i c a ' s T o p C o m p a n i e s .

E d i t o r i a l 11 The West faces a stark choice.

C o v e r S t o r y Africa's Top Companies. 14 North Africa. 16 East Africa. 18 Southern Africa. 22 West Africa.

P R O F I L E S 14 Patrice Motsepe. 16 Tokyo Sexwale. 23 Cyril Ramaphosa.

OIL & GAS A f r i c a e n t e r s P r e m i e r L e a g u e

V i e w F r o m t h e CITY 24 A G littering Asset.

DATELIN E USA 26 West lures Africa's nurses

St o c k M a r k e t s 28 African stocks beat the world.

O il & G a s S P E C IA L R E P O R T 31 Africa enters premier league. 32 Sanoco takes giant African strides. 34 Gas is the way to go. 36 Songo Songo gas on -s tream .

N e w P r o d u c t s 40 D irty rat is new hero, and other new processes.

T r e n d s 43 A lien tro ubles h it Africa.

COUNTRYFILE L i b y a : O p e n f o r B U S I N E S S

T e l e c o m s 46 New sate llite to boost

Africa's coverage.

COUNTRYFILE 48 Kenya: Economy on the up and up. 50 Ghana: Privatisation crunch. 52 Liberia: The cart before the horse? 54 Mozambique: Investment momentum. 56 Swaziland: Tradition in trouble. 58 Libya: W inn ing the war? 61 Z im babw e : Forex auctions curb prices.

W h e e l s 62 Peugeot 407: The Lion roars again .

R e v i e w s B o o k s / M u s i c 64 Books: M andela'sW orld. 66 M u s ic :T h e Pan Pilot.

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