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African Business December 2009
12 Cover Story The land concessionsContents
32 Special Country Report South Africa – Ready for the global spotlight
Editorial 11 The nation as a company
Cover Story The land concessions A boon or curse for Africa? 14 Exploitation or salvation? 18 Farmland – the new gold 22 No sovereignty without food security
Cityview 26 Economy not out of the woods yet
Letter from East Africa 28 How tourism creates jobs
Special Country Report South Africa – Ready for the global spotlight 33 Strong signs of recovery 34 Pretoria looks east 36 Zuma’s year of high drama 40 Push to cut mobile rates 42 Interpreting South Africa 44 Return of Parreira
ignites World Cup hope
56 Special Report Transport & Logistics
Energy 48 A Christmas gift for Nigerians?
Commodities 50 Tea, coffee, cocoa hit record highs 52 Gold fever
Telecoms 54 KenCall leads call-centre charge
Special Report Transport & Logistics 58 Surge in new transport
investment 64 Intra-Africa trade is the key 66 Direct US-Kenya flights begin 67 Mixed outlook for shipping
Countryfile 68 Nigeria: Be patriotic – buy Nigerian 70 Kenya: Looking to Eastern
Europe for exports rise 71 Malawi: Cotton price impasse
Reviews Book/Music 72 Sugar – A Bittersweet History 74 Nha Sentimento
