CONTENTS _______________ NEWSFLASH_______________ 7 News Highlights 8 Agenda 9 Quotable Quotes for 1986
10 South Africa Watchdog
_______________ FEATURES_______________ 11 Lagos Letter: There’s no such thing as a free launch 12 Europe’s Industrial Matchmaker: The Centre for the Development of Industry
____________ COUNTRY BRIEFINGS____________
15 Zaire: Unilateral debt-payment ceiling 15 Malawi: Competition in the insurance market
17 Madagascar: Paris Club reschedules 19 Cameroon: After the West Germans, the British are coming
20 Mali: Harvest forecasts are good 20 Zambia: Demand for the dollar far outstrips supply 22 Lesotho: Who gets what from the Highlands Water Project
27 Kenya: Bank courts are in, a coffee payments row is on and inflation is down 29 Zimbabwe: Export-promotion campaign 31 Ethiopia: Excellent harvest brings hope to the north
32 Cote d’Ivoire: Growth policies return 34 Nigeria: Fast-food fever comes to Lagos
____________ SECTOR BY SECTOR____________
37 Agriculture: Zimbabwe beef falls short of EEC quota;
37 Congo forestry deals; 38 Rubber-pact talks resume in January 39 Banking & Finance: Ghana auction faces its own “ big bang” ;
40 Currency-auction tables for Ghana, Somalia and Nigeria;
41 Sierra Leone flotation
41 Energy: Seychelles lorry runs on wood and coconut husks
43 Infrastructure: Nordic private-sector firms back
Mozambique’s Beira port; 43 Water pumps for Nigeria’s Gongola state;
44 Sudan power cuts spark protests; 44 Western Tanzania town seeks funding for development 57 Labour: Botswana carrier brings maintenance jobs home
57 Manufacturing & Technology: Tied UK aid tiff hits Ghana cement;
58 Zimbabwe’s computerised control centre tends the electricity supply
59 Market Network: Sierra Leone eyes its tourism potential
61 Mining: How strategic are South Africa’s minerals?
62 Transport & Communications: Uganda carrier settles debts; 63 Malawi expects more rail revenue; 63 Botswana readies the runway for British wide-bodies;
64 West African shipping goes under central control;
64 Satellite link opens in Lesotho
O The fast-food age O "F h a s dawned in Nigeria - in a Bigg way. A B looks at how the fast-food market works, at who demands what, and at who is supplying it
A ^ Are you looking I mLior a business partner to supply capital and know-how for a joint venture? Then the EEC’s Centre for the Development of Industry might be just the ticket. They’re industrial matchmakers between Europe and the Third World.
___________ MOTOR FOCUS____________
49 Cover
51 Manufacture: Madagascar’s Karenjy car breaks newground
53 Cars: The French square off against the Japanese
55 Trucks: Dutch builder raises profile
The Karenjy car, shown on this month’s front cover at the Paris Auto Show, was conceived, developed and manufactured in Africa. A B s MOTOR FOCUS features both newcomers and veterans in the African vehicle market.
African Business December 1986 5
