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Contents AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2012 ISUE N° 389 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

18 Cover Story Africa gets fit for better business

Editorial 17 Multinationals steal $50bn per year from Africa Cover Story 19 Africa gets fit for better business

Guest column 30 Charles Stith:

For Africa, energy is destiny

Special Report: Food and Beverages 34 The African food and beverages industry 35 The shopping revolution 38 Major brands in Africa 44 The supermarket boom

Interview: James Mwangi 46 A life stranger than fiction

Mining 52 The killing of S Africa’s golden goose?

Entrepreneurship 56 Ethiopia’s female business champions

Infrastructure 60 Less talk, more action on PPP

Guest column 62Said Adejumobi: Seychelles, small but perfectly formed

Countryfiles 66 Nigeria: When the hunter becomes the hunted 70 S Sudan: Looming spectre of the Four Horsemen 72 S Africa: Durban’s big dig 74 Kenya: Excessive red tape compounds economic malaise 76 Ghana: Ghana after John Atta Mills

Reviews Books/Music 80Book: Coltan 82 Music: BenZabo