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Contents

African Business March 2011 Issue N˚373

12 Cover Story Days of Thunder

24 Nigeria Enter the gladiators

40 Focus Lusophone Africa Prime time for Lusophone Africa

Editorial 11 Unravelling the secrets of corruption Cover Story Days of Thunder 12 Tunisia–Egypt: Dawn of democracy 15 Time line: Tunisia 18 Time line: Egypt 19 South Sudan: Tomorrow is another country Cityview 22 Building domestic capital markets Nigeria 24 Elections: Enter the gladiators Special Report African Oil & Gas 28 A time of highs and lows 30 Angola’s grand plans 31 Africa to profit from new French policy? 32 Nervous times for North Africa 34 Eastern Africa joins the club 36 Can Ghana avoid the oil curse?

Trends 38 A giant trade bloc in the offing Focus Lusophone Africa 40 Prime time for Lusophone Africa 42 Mozambique: Energy underpins rapid growth 46 Angola: A giant awakens Commodities 50 Demand boom for base metals Spotlight 52 An African rival for Prozac? Country Files 56 S Africa: Skittish rand exasperates 60 Mauritius: Murder uncovers the cracks 62 Kenya: Bamboo to replace forests Reviews Books/Music 64 Somalia:TheNewBarbary? 66 LaruBeya