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CONTENTS Contents June 2019 Issue Nº 464 www.icpublications.com
Cover Story: Global brands dominate the scene
Business intelligence 4 Ne ws and deals fro m around Africa
Cover story Top Brands 10 Global brands dominate th e African scene 12 Exclusive ranking of t he Top 100 18 How to build a leading brand 22 The Jumia story
Features 26 Interview: Bob Collymore,
C EO, Safaricom 30 Kenya vs Tanzania:
A ta le of two railways 33 Focus on wealth management 39 UK hunts Africa trade 42 Ramaphosa wins solid
ma ndate for change 46 Uganda revives national airline
Perspective 37 Empowering Africa’s
young agripreneurs
Roundtable Egyptian agriculture 51 Creating trade champions
Countryfiles 56 Algeria’s upheaval h its investment 58 The dismantling of Suda n’s deep state 61 Si erra Leone tackles illegal fi shing
Special Report Talent Matters: The Future of Work 65 The future of work 74 The fourth industrial revolution
in the workplace 81 Leadership in the digital age 83 Roundtable: What does the
future of work look like? 87 HR leaders speak out
Book review 88 China’s global vision
Last Word 90 The perils of IMF bailouts
