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12 Cover story A fr ic a 's mobile revolution - The second Phase

33 Special R ‘port Energy & Sustain ab le Development

4 4 Waterfront Cape Town’s V&A Sold

Editorial 11 Farewell to Kofi Annan

Cover Story Africa's Mobile Revolution The Second Phase 14 Breaking down mobile boundaries 15 Key economic benefits 16 The big players 18 Jumping the gap 19 Matching fixed lines to mobile 20 Neotel issues challenge to Telkom 21 New licence fo r Kenya 22 Etisalat enters Egypt 24 Wireless revolution comes to Africa

The In terview 26 Donald Kaberuka, president AfDB:

Confidence in A frica is grow ing

View from the City 28 African currencies stay steady

Special Report Energy & Sustainable Development 34 Paying fo r the sins of others 36 Oil: Demand w ill remain strong 38 Hydro: The cleanest option 4 0 Gas: Environmental w indfall 42 Low emission a lte rnatives

Waterfront 4 4 Cape Town’s V&A Sold

New Products 4 6 Now fo r a car th a t ’s completely d if fe re n t , and o th e r products

Countryfiles 50 N ige ria : New oil players jo in the fra y 51 Mauritania: Revenues promise s ta b ility 52 S. A frica : Where w ill fans sleep? 54 DRCongo: Waiting fo r the democratic dividend 55 Environm ent: Sustainable fo re s try 56 Kenya: Battle fo r Mombasa p o r t 57 Burundi: One step at a tim e 58 Tanzania: Indian firm to run railways 59 Rwanda: A dean break w ith France?

Reviews Books/Music 62 Heat and o the r books 66 The Iso message