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CONTENTS Contents November 2019 Issue Nº 468 www.icpublications.com
K e n y a ’s meg a b a n k s s e t for continental expansion
Business intelligence 4 News and deals f rom around Africa
Cover story 8 Ke nya’s mega banks
se t for continental expansion Star Interview 34 A kinwumi Adesina, President of
the African Development Bank
Features 14 P rotecting Africa’s forests 16 Africa backs Gre ta Thunberg’s
climate call 20 I nterview: Luis Alfonso de Alba,
UN Climate Summit Envoy 22 Inte rview: Tony Blair continue s African adventures 24 Can GM crops boost African agriculture? 26 Tech hope Andela sheds engineers
28 Chine se giant Alibaba sizes up contine nt 32 Ke nya Airways’ woes continue as CEO departs
Countryfiles 42 Ghana car industry revs up 44 Thomas Cook collapse shakes Gambia 48 Inte rnational hotel chains pile in
Special reports 52 South-South Inve stment 73 Singapore -Africa Book reviews 96 The memoirs of Gervais Koffi Djondo 97 The futu re of African oil
Last Word 98 Abiy ’s peace prize just the beginning
