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Contents

African Business April 2011 Issue N˚374

12 Cover Story Africa’s Top 250 Companies

52 FDI

Trickle turns into a flood

Editorial 11 History’s rude reminders Cover Story 12 Africa’s Top 250 Companies 26 New entrants 30 Africa versus other emerging markets 34 North Africa rankings 36 West Africa rankings 38 East Africa rankings 40 Southern Africa rankings 42 Africa’s richest entrepreneurs

Cityview 44 Turning the ‘resource curse’

into a blessing Focus 46 North African revolution: counting the economic cost

58 Country Focus Ethiopia Abyssinian Lion roars again

FDI 52 Trickle turns into a flood Country Focus 58 Ethiopia: Abyssinian Lion roars again

Commodities 62 Gold prospers in economic turmoil Country Files 66 S Africa: The ugly face of South

African mining 68 Kenya: The bounty of camels Reviews Books/Film 71 New development thinking 73 Film review: It’s never too late to learn