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ContentsFEBUARY2012ISSUEN°382WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

16 Cover Story Is Africa’s flower industry losing its bloom?

Editorial 13 Europe’s pain hurts Africa

Cover Story 14 Is Africa’s flower industry losing its bloom? 16 Important players in Africa 18 The floriculture process

View from the City 22 Can the CFA weather the storm?

Currency 24 A brief history of the CFA franc

Special Report 28Mining Africa – new Mecca for investors 30 Brave New World in 2012 36 Runners and Riders 38 Coal – excellent prospects 40 Namibia – diamonds bounce back 42 South Africa feels Europe’s pain 43 Guest column: Resource nationalism should unite, not divide

Aviation 46 Will first made-in-Africa plane boost defence industry?

Black Entrepreneurs 52 History of success for African entrepreneurs in Britain

Special Report 56 Infrastructure

Focus shifts to holistic approach 58 New cities – integration or isolation? 60 West Africa – ports battle for dominance 62 East Africa – integration driving boom 63 Southern Africa – learning from errors

Technology 64 Amharic mobiles – made in Ethiopia

Countryfiles 66 Zambia: New beginnings 68 Nigeria: Uneasy truce over fuel imbroglio 70 S Africa: ANC centenary evaluated 72 Kenya: Lamu – back to the future 74 Malawi: Mutharika defies IMF 76 Mauritius: Industry Observatory gets mixed welcome

Reviews Book/Music 80 TreasureIslands 82 Thiossane