African Review of Business and Technology

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Articles in December 2004 issue of African Review of Business and Technology

• Source systems and Basel II: Tanmoy Bhattacharjee, Consultant, Banking Products Division, i-flex solutions, looks at the sweeping changes that Basel-II promises to bring to the banking space and some of the capabilities that information systems in general
• The nation gets well connected: cell phone subscriber numbers are going through the roof as connection charges come down. Bola Olowo reports from a nation that just can't stop talking.(Information Technology)
  by Olowo, Bola
• Global IT company proves its commitment to Nigeria.(IT News)
• Nigeria/Sao Tome e Principe.(Nigeria)(licensing of offshore blocks)(Brief Article)
• Remote options: Ronald Watts reviews some of the issues arising from any attempt to extend power grids across Africa's vast rural areas.(Power Supply)
  by Watts, Ronald
• South Africa: in for the long haul; Empowerment through partnering is a key driver in the transformation of Southern African mining, but not the only one writes Kyran Casteel.(Mining)(Industry Overview)
  by Casteel, Kyran
• A new African oil province?(Oil News)
• CLS--plugging risk.(Helping you stay in the lead)
• Dump truck decisions: bell's reciprocal manufacturing link with John Deere will bring advantages all round, writes Kyran Casteel.(Construction)(Bell Equipment of South Africa's collaboration with Deere & Co.)
  by Casteel, Kyran
• Tying it all together: enterprise resource planning software may be a misnomer. After all, it doesn't do much planning and the resource bit is arguable. But if we focus on the enterprise, we'll see why this is such a hot topic, explains Karen Young.(Infor
  by Young, Karen
• New CAT ATs join the fleet.(Construction News)(Brief Article)