United Kingdom IC PUBLICATIO NS, 7 COLDBATH SQUARE, LONDON EC1R 4LQ . Te l: + 4 4 2 0 7713 7711 Fax: A d m in + 4 4 2 0 7713 7 8 9 8 E d i to r i a l : + 4 4 2 0 7713 7 9 7 0 E -m a i l : i c p u b s@ a f r i c a s ia . c o m W e b s it e : w w w .a f r i c a s ia . c o m

France IC PUBLIC ATIO NS, 6 0 9 BAT A 7 7 RUE BAYEN 7 5 0 1 7 PARIS Tel: +33 1 4 4 3 0 81 0 0 Fax: +33 1 4 4 3 0 81 11 E -m a i l: in f o @ ic p u b l ic a t io n s . c o m W e b s it e : w w w . i c p u b l i c a t io n s . c o m

Contents

AFRICAN BUSINESS W in n e r o f th e D iag eo 2 0 0 5 Best P u b l ic a t io n a w a rd DECEMBER 2 0 0 6 ISSUE 326 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

G ro u p P ub lis h e r : A f if Ben Yedder (b e n yedder@ a fr ic a s ia .c om ) Ed i t o r : A n v e r V e rsi (a .versi @ afric asia .com ) Ed i t o r ia l D e p a r tm e n t A s s o c ia t e Ed it o r Tom Nevin C o r re sp on d e n t -a t - la rg e Stephen W il lia m s Ed i t o r ia l A s s i s t a n t C a ro le L a m b e r t C o r r e s p o n d e n t s in A f r ic a B a rnabas T h ondlana. Leo Odera Omolo, B la m u e l N ju ru r i. H e ra ld Tig ama. P in i Jason. Rob Rose. John Ansah, Derek O t ie no, Chris Ndivanga, Masupu Rakabane Sp e c ia l C o r re s p o n d e n t s M i la n Vesely, M o in S id d iq i. Dr K a ram o Sonko. Neil Ford, Francois Misser, G raem e Ewens. P in i Jason. E luem Izezi. J ennie S t re e t . Paul M ichaud

S a le s a n d M a r k e t in g A s s o c ia t e G ro u p P u b l i s h e r : Om a r Ben Yedder (o .b e n yedder@ a f r ic a s ia .c om ) D i re c t o r of S a le s & M a rk e t in g : S a lib a M a nneh (s .m a n n e h@ a fric a s ia .c om ) B u s i n e s s D e ve lo p m e n t M a n a g e r : K a s im ir B e rg e r (k .b e rg e r@ a fr ic a s ia .c om ) A d v e r t i s in g S a le s D ir e c t o r s : Carlo ta Casades (c.ca sades@ a fric asia .com ) Fatim a G h e lla b (fa tim a@ a fr ic a s ia .c om ) A lya Assad (a .a ssad@ a fr ic asia .com ) Nick Rosefie ld (n .ro se f ie ld @ a fr ic a s ia .c om Special P ro je c ts Consulta n t : M o n iq u e B u t t

D i s t r ib u t io n M a n a g e r M ik e Penton (m .p e n to n@ a fr ic a s ia .c om ) S u b s c r i p t i o n s : IC P u b l i c a t io n s S u b s c r ip t io n s D e p t T o w e r H o u s e . S o v e r e ig n P a r k . M a r k e t H a r b o r o u g h . L e ic e s t e r s h i r e LE16 9EF U n i te d K in g d o m T e le p h o n e : + 4 4 1 8 5 8 4 3 8 7 9 2 Fax: + 4 4 1 8 5 8 4 6 1 7 3 9 E m a i l : s u b s c r i p t i o n s @ a f r ic a s ia . c o m

S u b s c r i p t i o n r a t e s f o r 11 i s s u e s : UK: U K E 4 0 .0 0 , E u r o z o n e € 8 0 . 0 0 , USA U S $ 9 0 .0 0 , R e s t o f w o r ld U K E 5 5 .0 0 B a c k is s u e s i n c l u d in g p o s t a g e : U K E 4 .0 0 (UK), U K £ 5 .0 0 / € 7 .0 0 / U S $ 8 .0 0 ( o v e rs e a s )

P r i n t e r s : H e a d le y B r o t h e r s L td . T h e I n v i c t a P ress, Q u e e n s Road, A s h f o rd , K e n t . TN 2 4 8HH . Indexed and abstracted in PAIS In te rna tio na l and in c lu ded in one o r m o re o f th e In fo rm a r t io n Access Company fu l l text re fe rence databases. M ic ro f ilm s available fro m Xerox University M ic ro f il m s , 3 9 9 N. Zeeb Road, Ann A rbo r, M ichigan 48106, USA. Indexed by UMI/Data Courier, PO Box 327770, Louisville, KY 40232-2770 USA.

All p ic tures A F P u n le s s indicated. Registered with the British Library. ISSN 0141-3929 © 2 0 0 6 IC Publicatio ns Ltd.

A B C

M e m b e r o f Th e Aud i t Bureau o f C irc u la t io ns .

E d i t o r i a l 11 G lo ba l w a r m in g a n d A f r ic a

C o v e r S t o r y A f r i c a L a u n c h e s G r e e n R e v o lu t io n 12 T a k in g t h e f i r s t s te p s 15 T w e n ty y e a rs o f S a s a kaw a -G lo b a l 2 0 0 0 16 G reen r e v o lu t io n in e x o ra b le 17 N o rm a n Borlaug:

G re en r e v o lu t io n p io n e e r 18 F e r t i l iz e r s - fo o d f o r a h u n g r y e a r t h 19 A f r ic a n g r a in m a r k e ts

T o p ic 2 0 Peace in A f r ic a

V i e w f r o m t h e C i ty 22 'D o in g b u s in e s s ’ c l im a te im p r o v in g

E n e rg y 2 4 T a k in g th e n u c le a r o p t io n

N e w P r o d u c t s 2 6 T h e buzz w i t h o u t th e b i t e and o t h e r n ew p r o d u c t s

S p e c ia l R e p o r t L o g is t ic s 31 M a p u to C o r r id o r - a q u a l i f ie d success 32 MCLI ta r g e t s c o r r id o r as f i r s t - c h o ic e r o u te 35 G a u tr a in o n t r a c k 3 6 W a lv is Bay C o r r id o r G ro up 37 KwaZulu N a ta l i n i t ia t iv e

Focus 3 8 C h in a -A f r ic a t i e t h e k n o t

R a n k in g s 4 2 In d ia , C h in a le ad b r ib e r y in d e x

S p o t l i g h t 4 4 D ru g s s y n d ic a te s t a r g e t A f r ic a

T o p ic 4 6 T he w o r ld ’s b ig g e s t p r iz e

C o u n t r y f i le s 4 8 Z am b ia : M in in g w in d f a l ls b u ys t im e 5 0 N ig e r ia : P o r t s f a c e l i f t g a th e r s s te am 5 2 Kenya: K ib ak i ta k e s th e l o n g v ie w 5 3 E th io p ia : A d d is c la s hes w i t h B russels 5 4 Ghana: B us in ess m a d e easy 5 5 L ib e r ia : G e t t in g d o w n t o w o r k 5 6 M a u r it iu s : F a rm in g th e sea's r ic h e s

R e v ie w s B ooks /M us ic 6 4 M a k in g G lo b a l is a t io n W o rk ,

a n d Books in B r ie f 6 6 Ali Farka Toure: A d e e p e r s h a d e o f b lu e s