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Africa’s healthcare needs are enormous and despite improvements over the past decade, governments are struggling to provide anywhere near sufficient services to their populations. But the private sector, with financing from both foreign and domestic capital, is becoming an increasingly vital component of the continent’s healthcare mix – accounting for around 60% of the $16.7bn spend on the sector. With Africa’s middle classes growing rapidly, this sector’s expansion is on a par with that of telecoms or infrastructure. Sarah Rundell reports. More...
Key to rapid African economic unity More...
Agriculture accounts for around 30% of Africa’s GDP and employs around 60% of the continent’s population yet, according to UN estimates, only 5% of Africa’s arable land is under cultivation. The largely subsistence level of farming on the continent, however, means that the continent’s food security is precarious. There is an urgent need to put agriculture at the centre of development planning. Report by Richard Seymour. More...


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Editorial
Branding Africa

Cover Story
Private Healthcare – Africa’s latest boom industry

Swaziland Special Report
Swaziland hosts COMESA summit
Why Swaziland is an investor’s dream

Topic
Agoa 10 years on

Special Report: Agribusiness
Agriculture moves centre stage
Add value to harvest profits
Land grab – boon or curse?
Turning poachers into farmers
Growth corridors to agric profits
Farm equipment is a vital need

Commodities
Gold, platinum prices wind down

Special report: Real Estate in Africa
Africa’s property market takes off
Foreigners flocking to Africa
Creating a mortgage market
Lagos property prices heat up

Events
African Business Awards
Rewards of resilience

Energy
South Africa thinks smart over energy

2010 World Cup Watch
Was it all worth it?

Country Files
South Africa: Storm over  pension fund investments
Nigeria: Lekki-Epe Expressway is rebuilt
Mauritius: Foreign workers cash in

Reviews: Books/Film
The Rational Optimist
Once Upon a Time in Senegal
 

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- African Business wins Best Business Magazines of the Year Award -
  The 2005 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards were won by African Business (best magazine) and by its editor Anver Versi (best journalist). Click here to read the story, here for the photos of the event, and here for Anver Versi's latest editorials.  
     
 
 

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