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Contents African Business july 2009

12 CovER StoRy

52 South Africa Labour unrest ends Zuma honeymoon

Editorial 11 First build your own house

Cover Story Building Africa 12 Construction sector still booming 16 Building the African future 20 Mixed outlook for cement 28 Angolan housing soars

Cityview 34 Improving Africa’s trade performance

Energy 36 Coal – old faithful back in favour

Commodities 40 Are base metals getting ahead of themselves? 42 Diamond sales – outlook brightening

Letter from East Africa 44 How to stop desertification

Guest Column Dr Valentina Okaru-Bisant 46 The seven deadly sins of aid

54 nigeria Flare-up over flaring

Spotlight 50 All the presidents’ planes

Countryfile 52 South Africa: Labour unrest ends Zuma honeymoon 54 Nigeria: Flare-up over flaring 56 Nigeria: Nokia’s affordable internet; Etisalat chooses Gateway 58 Ghana: Land ownership wrangles to end? 62 Libya: Ghaddafi conquers Rome 66 Botswana: Bank of China flexes muscles

Reviews Book/Music 72 Less Walk, More Talk 44 Kenyan Boys Choir