Contents October 2015 ISSUE N° 423 WWW.ICPUBLICATIONS.COM

15 Cover Story: Nigeria Focus

FEATURES 33 Special Report:

Oil and Gas Oil price drop –

challenge or opportunity? 34 Low prices cast doubt on

African projects 38 Libyan oil in turmoil 40 Sonatrach to spend its way out of trouble in Algeria 42 Production recovery for Cameroon 44 Progress at last on

Eastern African LNG 46 Can biogas be an energy resource for the many? 50 Cutting out the middle men

54 Perspectives Thabo Mbeki

Fighting illicit financial flows 56 Grant Shapps

UK Minister for Africa

58 Special Report:

Africa’s Top 100 Banks 2015 60 South Africa loosens its hold 66 The Top 100 table Region by region rankings: 68 North Africa: Lack of strength in depth 70 West and Central Africa:

Nigeria loses top spot 74 East Africa: Kenya still dominant 78 Southern Africa: South Africa dominates despite setbacks

COVER STORY NIGERIA

P.54 Former South African President Thabo Mbeki on fighting the illicit financial flows leaving Africa.

15 Nigeria –

dawn of a new era

16 Exclusive Interview

Aliko Dangote

22 Politics Baba go slow, or

Baba deep clean?

26 Data

Nigeria – Africa’s Economic Giant

30 Economy

Some light but still hazy

84 Iran-Africa South Africa looks to Iran

86 Events Japan and Africa look to forge stronger ties

88 Diaspora: Caught in a legal tangle

90 Travel: Get the Nairobi buzz COUNTRYFILES 93 Ethiopia:

Building a business with backpack biogas

96 Malawi: Looking to do ‘business unusual’

98 Mauritius: An agri-business industry in the making REGULARS 4 Diary: Is doing well the new doing good?

6 Briefs: News from around Africa

103 Culture:

Congolese artists dazzle in Paris and book review: How long will South Africa survive?

106 Endnote: Unchaining the manufacturing genius