African Review of Business and Technology

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

• Arabica coffee under pressure.(Commodity Report)(Brief Article)
• Volatility.(Briefly)(gold price)(Brief Article)
• Water exhibition returns to Ghana: the Water Africa 2006 Exhibition, to be held in Accra from 25-27 January next, marks a return to Ghana by the popular water and wastewater show after an absence of five years.(Water Supply)
• A manufacturing powerhouse: freed from protectionist controls India is growing at breakneck speed to be the world's fourth largest economy. Almost anything needed in Africa can be obtained here; trade in commodities and services, is growing rapidly. Use o
• Oil windfalls and dollar uncertainty.(Oil News)
• SA report reveals rise in Aids.(Commercial Review)
• Ghana Stock Exchange.(Briefly)
• Editor's note.
  by Phelan, Jonquil
• Platinum moves up.(Commodity Report)(Brief Article)
• Nigerian Ports Authority.(Briefly)(Brief Article)
• Social responsibility focus at 18th WPC.(Oil and Gas)
• Energy-efficient GRP cooling towers.(Company Focus)
• Exchange rates.(Financial Forecast)
• Clamp down on dirty money.(Commercial Review)
• Central Bank of Nigeria.(Briefly)
• Financial sector seeks open source systems: the financial services sector wants to be efficient in a competitive market. It also wants to drive down its costs. Which is why, explains Karen Young, it's shifting away from proprietary environments towards op
  by Young, Karen
• Record-breaking tanzanite discovered.(Construction News)(TanzaniteOne Ltd discovered tansanite mine)(Brief Article)
• Copper prices break new records.(Commodity Report)(Brief Article)
• Nigerian Communications Commission.(Briefly)(planning by 2010)(Brief Article)
• African crude in demand from consumers: Africa's importance as a global energy producer is growing stronger and stronger as oil and gas output surges and worldwide demand rises.(Oil and Gas)
• New catalogue from Eaton.(UPS)
• New fields and new finds off Angola.(Oil News)
• Boeing and EgyptAir.(Briefly)
• Madagascar.(Brief Article)
• Infrared thermography for predictive maintenance.(Company Focus)(Brief Article)
• Forecast movements against the dollar.(Financial Forecast)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• Automation brings empowerment: in quarries, mines and process plants automation technologies can help to improve competitiveness and reduce personnel risk. Kyran Casteel reports.(Mining)
  by Casteel, Kyran
• Here comes the sun: Ronald Watts, after staying in the Tembe Elephant Park, which has its own PV power station, discusses why solar power is taking so long to spread through Africa.(Power Supply)
  by Watts, Ronald
• New services for the satellite world.(IT News)
• Mauritania.(Oil News)
• TAAG Angola Airlines.(Briefly)
• Nigeria acts to save Lake Chad.(Brief Article)
• Keep your machines in tip-top condition: Dr Terry Mabbett discusses the factors that cause a machine with moving parts to wear out. CM provides a technique for analysing what's going on deep inside so expensive downtime can be avoided.(Condition Monitorin
  by Mabbett, Terry
• Nigeria.(Oil News)(development work on its Usan deepwater field)(Brief Article)
• Smooth trucks for rough hauls: intense competition in the dump truck market is yielding better looks as well as better performance, while up-sizing continues.(Mining)
  by Casteel, Kyran
• Cargolux offers extended Africa service.(Company Focus)
• Accounting for change in banking practice: a BMI-Tech report into electronic banking uncovers concerns that will affect the use of communications technologies in the financial industry.(Information Technology)
• Algeria.(Oil News)
• Nigerian government.(Briefly)
• Zim/Zambia trade needs promotion.(COMMON MARKET FOR Eastern and Southern Africa )(Brief Article)
• World Petroleum Congress comes to Jo'burg: the leading global organisation on oil and gas, the World Petroleum Council (WPC), will be holding its globally attended Congress in Africa for the first time in its 72 year history.(Oil and Gas)
• Gabon.(Oil News)(VAALCO Energy Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Safety training is not an option: business tip-of-the-month from the Cat[R] Rental Store is "Invest in equipment safety training now". A positive impact on business operating costs will be just one outcome.(Construction)
• Can the cargo sector keep on growing? African cargo movements are being relied upon to keep the industry worldwide on an upturn, but traffic growth within and to/from Africa is under threat. Use of regional airports such as Eldoret and Port Harcourt is th
• Gold resists pressure from the rand: Priscilla Ross assesses the entire South African gold mining scene. Positive developments have been many at mid-year and are likely to continue.(South Africa)
  by Ross, Priscilla
• Cape hotels get travel desk.(Business Travel)
• Society of Ports Management Ltd.(Briefly)
• Proposed West African common currency.(West African Monitoring Zone)(Brief Article)
• Power pool project debated in Accra: Emmanuel Yartey reports on the progress towards an African power pool as discussed at the UPDEA Congress in Ghana in June.(Power Supply)(Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa)
  by Yartey, Emmanuel
• Uganda update.(Business Travel)(Sheraton Kampala Hotel)(Brief Article)
• Kampala exhibition highlights safety.(Construction News)
• Sub-sahara still a bright spot in the gloom: Africa's aviation servicing industry escaped the events of 9/11. Now it is booming as businessmen, government officials and staff of NGOs increasingly rely on small aircraft to get them around.(Aviation)
• SA economy awarded clean bill of health: two leading banks and the top locally-based business commentator all agree that South Africa has been doing well through the first half of 2005. Uncertainty may persist over the future value of the rand, but the Wo
• Kenya attracts more visitors.(Business Travel)
• Finance and Economic Planning.(Briefly)
• ACTIS.(Brief Article)
• CTO pledges support to Indo-African E-NET system.(India)(Commonwealth telecommunications Organisation)
• Power sector growth predicted.(Commercial Review)(Brief Article)
• Nigerian cement works wins award.(Construction News)
• Bee deal boosts SA rail prospects.(Vehicles)
• Cotton futures at three-week low.(Commodity Report)
• Tourism is South Africa's new gold.(Business Travel)
• UK's Department for International Development and the US Agency.(Briefly)
• South African Revenue Service.(Brief Article)
• The battery need not be the weakest link: Isidor Buchmann* explains how to get the most out of a fleet of batteries, including monitoring condition and replacing before failure occurs. As he shows, the battery need not be the weakest link.(UPS)
  by Buchmann, Isidor
• Mixed picture for Uganda's exports.(Commercial Review)(Brief Article)
• JCB acquires Vibromax.(Construction News)
• Second Chinese call lowers costs for SA importers.(Vehicles)
• Firmer prices for top Kenyan tea.(Commodity Report)
• Executives' calendar.(Calendar)
• Uganda has received a grant of Ush526.5mn from the US Trade and Development Agency.(Briefly)
• Marcopolo.(Brief Article)
• Aiming high.(IT News)(AIMSOFT LTD)(Brief Article)
• ITU initiative to bridge the digital divide.(Commercial Review)(International Telecommunications Union)(Brief Article)
• Parry plant for Sudan.(Construction News)
• Upmarket cars for the busy executive: more models from many manufacturers than ever before--the problem is choice. All the cars listed below are ultra-reliable; the issue is, what image do you want to convey? And how much your finance manager is prepared
• Cocoa rally attempts foiled.(Commodity Report)
• Economists predict revival of world economy.(Commercial Review)
• General Motors and Mantrac.(Briefly)