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Features 12
6 News and analysis
West Africa’s love affair with “Geisha” brand
Recent developments from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Yuko Takeo reports from Japan on an extraordinary trade in tinned mackerel.
30 Destination: Ghana We look at Africa’s oldest democracy to see what the country has to offer for investors.
19 A turning point for the Marange diamond fields?
Malawi is back on track and open for business “[Pres Banda] wants to build capacity for exports. And in that respect the mission is focusing on promoting trade, investment and tourism.” - Bernard Sande, Malawi High Commissioner to UK
Cali Mackrill looks to see if Zimbabwe’s diamond industry can clean up its act.
Interview
20 Malawi is back on track and open for business
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Doing the right thing for Africa Colleen Theron discusses compliance and environmental law in Africa and why companies will need to stick to the rules to survive.
Business Life 18 Bright prospects for Botswana’s diamond miners
The Malawi High Commissioner tells us how discovery of Uranium has proved a game changer for his land-locked African country.
24 Pharma Dynamics sets its sights on the Sub-Saharan market Fungayi Chamba talks about potential challenges and opportunities in the SubSaharan African market.
25 East Africa: the emerging oil and gas boom
Andrew Maramwidze reports from Botswana on latest developments in diamond trade.
Mark Kapchanga looks at East Africa and how things will never be the same again.
22 India’s Tata Group
looks to Africa for growth Why India’s Tata Group sees Southern African opportunities around every corner.
Final word 27 Africa cannot leapfrog
a lack of infrastructure
Former BBC correspondent speaks to GTA about the structural challenges Africa faces.
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India’s Tata Group looks to Africa for growth “We had 50,000 customers a year ago and we crossed a 100,000 in this year.” - Sunil Joshi CEO Neotel
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Africa cannot leapfrog a lack of infrastructure “Agriculture and services are genuine areas in which African countries have a competitive advantage. Particularly agriculture, which hasn’t been developed at all.” - Martin Plaut
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