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WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT ZAMBIA
AS IT FALLS FROM
GRACE UNDER
PRESIDENT LUNGU
ROMAN KRABEL
DARE TO DIFFERENT
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WHY AFRICA SHOULD
GO CASHLESS
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MAURITIAN BANKS
THINK BEYOND HOME
COMFORTS
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LAGOS IS AFRICA'S
MOST VALUABLE
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
AKUFO-ADDO’S TUNNEL
VISION IN ATTRACTING
INVESTMENT
6 Business Times Africa | 2017
UPFRONT
08 Three ways to make rich
Africa work for poor Africa
10 Briefs
OPINION
15 Mo Ibrahim: Africa is at
a tipping point
16 A Big Bond for Africa
18 Africa's economic transformation to
create a third centre of global power
20 Powering Africa’s Transformation
FEATURES
22 Akufo-Addo’s ‘One District, One
Factory’ draws investors
24 ENTREPRENEUR WATCH
26 Banks vs startups: Who leads
Africa’s fintech innovation?
34 South African protesters echo a
global cry
38 Bolstering growth and wealth in a
blue economy
42 To stabilise Ghana power,
the answer is simple: money
49 Rwanda moves swiftly towards
cashless society
46 Keeping Zimbabwe afloat:
trading on the streets and off the
books
54 Why businesses in Nigeria need to
take sustainable finance seriously
56 Africa can lead global energy
utility revolution
58 All roads to sustainable energy
lead to the sun
64 Why the role of the media is so
important to free and fair elections in
Africa