archive issue: May - Jun 10

Who's hot, who's not, and why not

Africa investor’s first African Brand Investment Index provides invaluable evidence about how countries are perceived as investment destinations by both Africans and non-Africans, says Sean Carey

Dark days for Eskom

Price hikes, a $3.75 billion loan and a lot of angry customers: Acting Eskom chairman Mpho Makwana has a lot on his ill-lit plate

Banking on bottom lines

Nigeria’s banking upset has by no means put all of Africa’s banks out of action - many are listed, tradable and liquid. Andrew Gillingham goes in search of the continent’s most bankable banks

Talking point or turning point?

Mobile phone wars are hotting up in Africa, and Michael Dynes says the low-income segment, home to 60% of the market and the most keenly sought after, is chalk to the high-income sector’s cheese