African Busines

African Busines

The Bestselling Pan-African Business Magazine

African BUSINESS

An IC Publication  43rd Year  February 2009  N ° 350

Country Focus: Gabon S Africa: Zuma, the great escapologist? Nigeria: Calming the price turbulence Ghana: The John Mills effect Botswana: Defeating the ‘resource curse’

Special Report Mining in Africa Waiting for the storm to pass

who benefi ts?

 Euro Zone € 4.00  UK £2.90  USA $4.95  Algeria DA 220  Australia A$ 7.50  Bahrain BD 1.500  Canada $5.50  CFA Zone CFA 2.500

 Cyprus €3.85  Denmark DKr 33  Egypt E£ 13  Ethiopia R 20  Gambia Da 50  Ghana GH¢ 2.00  Indonesia R29,700  Jamaica $200

 Japan Y 700  Jordan JD 2.500  Kenya KShs 250  Kuwait KD 1.200  Lebanon LL 5.000  Liberia US$ 3.00  Malaysia RM 14.90

 Mauritius MR 150  Morocco Dh 25  Nigeria N 250  Norway NOK 59  Oman OR 1.500  Qatar QR 15  Saudi Arabia Rls 15

 Sierra Leone LE 5,000  Singapore $6,90  South Africa R 24.95 (inc. tax)  Other Southern African Countries R 21.90 (excl. tax)  Sweden SKr 33

 Switzerland SFr 8.70  Tanzania TShs 5,000  Tunisia TD 2.500  Turkey 3.75YTL  UAE Dh 15  Uganda USh 6,750  Zambia K 12,500