African Review of Business and Technology

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Articles in August 2005 issue of African Review of Business and Technology

• Construction & mining buyers' guide 2005: Africa's annual where-to-buy guide.(Directory)
• Construction and mining company puts communications at the forefront of success.(IT News)
• The Zambia national tourist Board.(Briefly)
• Algeria.(new train at Sonatrach's liquefied natural gas)(Brief Article)
• Africa should invest in itself, says CEO of CTO.(chief executive officer Dr Spio-Garbrah)(Commonweath Telecommunications Organisation)(Brief Article)
• Africa offers enhanced market for equipment: earthmoving- and mining-plant manufacturers are on a roll as the markets in industrialised countries bounce back and China unfolds. Africa is in danger of being marginalised yet again--but local distributors fr
• VSATs deliver high-speed communications: satellite-based, broadband access solutions are bringing high-speed communication to African communities. Andrew Gunner looks at the many advantages they are now enjoying.(Satellites)
  by Gunner, Andrew
• Destination Lusaka.(tourism council of Zambia)(Brief Article)
• Niger.(Oil News)
• Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution.(Briefly)
• International well construction performance expert The Peak Group.(Briefly)(Brief Article)
• Safe use of power tools in the sawmill: power tools make timber working more productive, but they bring safety and procedure problems too. The biggest danger is of not adapting workshop practise to the steady inflow of new equipment, our correspondent mai
• Java everywhere: what, ten years already? Java, Sun's universal solution to everything--or so we thought at the time--was going to revolutionise the computer industry, recalls Karen Young. In a way it has, but ironically only by becoming less obviously vi
  by Young, Karen
• SA accommodation guide on sale now.(south africa)(Brief Article)
• Morocco.(Oil News)
• The Japan Bank for International Cooperation.(government of tunisia)(Brief Article)
• Editor's note.
  by Phelan, Jonquil
• Beat the heat with correct installation: refrigeration technology has made vast progress recently in such areas as new designs of compressor and controls (to save energy) and new-breed refrigerants. To put in a commercial system, air conditioning or refri
• Small business sector holds key to prosperity: debt cancellation and increased aid will go some way towards tackling poverty, but what Africa really needs, writes Moin Siddiqi, is an action plan to support the development of the small- and medium-sized bu
• Nairobi forms centre of new hub.(Business Travel)
• Angola.(Oil News)(Brief Article)
• The International Finance Corporation.(Briefly)
• Swaziland sees big surge in cell phones: James Hall reports on the cell phone revolution in Swaziland where MTN is tapping into enormous, unmet demand.(Information Technology)
  by Hall, James
• Nigeria.(Sahara Petroleum Exploration Corp.)(Brief Article)
• Progress and potential in Senegal: it was highly appropriate for the North and West Africa Oil and Gas Upstream Conference to be held in Senegal's capital Dakar recently. Stephen Williams reports.(Oil & Gas)
  by Williams, Stephen
• Dollar advances as euro stabilises.(Financial Forecast)(Brief Article)
• Executives' calendar.(Calendar)
• Nigeria pushes downstream investments.(Oil News)
• The Peace and Security Council of the African Union.(Briefly)
• PZ Industries.(Briefly)(Brief Article)
• Uganda's budget to boost economic growth.(Economy)
• FDI prospects excellent, says top diplomat: a safe haven for all types of investment in Africa is how Ghana's high commissioner in London, Mr Isaac Osei, described the FDI situation in an interview with Kofi Asante. No double taxation arrangements are pla
• Forecast movements against the dollar.(Financial Forecast)(Illustration)
• Platinum and palladium vulnerable.(Commodity Report)
• Rail museum opens in Freetown.(Commercial Review)
• The government of Uganda's ministry of finance, planning and economic development (MoFPED) and Hewlett-Packard (HP).(Briefly)
• Weinig sets new standard for moulders.(new Powermat 1000)(Brief Article)
• Lower availability supports robusta.(coffee industry)(Brief Article)
• See yourself in a sports utility vehicle: four-wheel drive technology used to be the preserve of the public works department and the military. Now it is available in a highly refined form in Africa, and the cost--proportionately of course--has come down.(
• Exchange rates.(Financial Forecast)
• Kenya tea prices mixed.(Commodity Report)
• World Bank compliments SSA aid situation.(Commercial Review)
• Nigeria's Ajaokuta steel complex is reported to have rolled out 10,000 tonnes of products in the first five months of the year.(Briefly)
• Uganda's shortfall plugged with new installation: Uganda's national grid has been given a major boost with the installation of a 50MW temporary power station at Lugogo substation, near Kampala. Rationing of electrical power should be much reduced, writes
  by Muleme, Geoffrey
• New techniques increase resources: Ronald Watts reviews the scope for increasing the availability of safe water in countries like Namibia with very limited natural resources and growing urban population.(Water Supply)
  by Watts, Ronald
• Confidence in SA strengthened.(South Africa)(Brief Article)
• Ethiopian bank selects new software.(IT News)
• Lufthansa link up with Algiers.(Business Travel)
• Cocoa futures pressured by slow trade.(Commodity Report)
• RISP signed by COMESA and EC.(Commercial Review)
• Kenya's leading mobile phone service provider Safari COM.(Briefly)
• Private sector leader calls for trade reform.(Commercial Review)(Dr. Bamanga Tukur)(Brief Article)
• SMS tracking for shipping movements.(IT News)
• Nigeria's ministry of Aviation.(Briefly)
• Gold remains volatile.(Commodity Report)
• Oil service centre for Port Harcourt.(Commercial Review)
• Zimbabwe platinum holdings.(Briefly)
• More investment needed in mining sector.(Mining)
  by Ross, Priscilla
• Zimbabwe dealer honoured at Bytes Document Solutions' Innovate 2005.(IT News)
• Ulendo safaris.(Briefly)
• LME copper sees new highs.(Commodity Report)
• ICC launches pan-African initiative.(International Chambers of Commerce)(Union of African Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Professions)(Brief Article)
• The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.(Briefly)