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A convention in Mauritius which has itself become a model economy for the rest of Africa

The South African stock exchange faces its biggest shake-up in centuries

Will Nigeria's oil be used as a weapon against the regime?

There are fears OPEC has run out of steam as oil floods the world market

A public transport revolution, as the trains start running again in Nigeria

Air Afrique faces being grounded for good

Unions and government slug it out over privitisation in South Africa

Bad news for Mozambique as the government announces an austerity budget

Too much rain has wrecked havoc in Southern Africa, but SADAC claims farmers will benefit

Presenter: Amma Annan.

A special edition of Money Focus, announcing the winner of the £500 investment competition

Why 10,000 jobs are on the line in South Africa's gold mining industry

As Air Afrique enters a new crisis, hopes of a final solution for the ailing airline

Africa on the agenda as the World Economic Forum meets in Switzerland

Botswana's budget is good news for the old but it will cost more to look beautiful

Ron Brown, US Commerce Secretary on his grand tour of Africa

Ghana's government floats Ghana Commercial Bank

Swaziland - can the budget save the economy?

Caution is key in the South African budget announcement

The floatation of Kenya Airways is one of the largest ever, but are people interested?

A new finance minister for South Africa has caused alarm among investors

Small business special - a look at enterprise around Africa

As trade goes global, is Africa getting left out - again

Sudan has had to suspend its debt repayments to the IMF

24 hour strike by South Africa's biggest trad union COSATU; IMF stalemate on how to provide debt relief. Huge sale of Zimbabwe tobacco crop - and is World's largest exporter of tobacco.

Investors have gathered to discuss much-needed development to the Maputo corridor

South Africa's currency takes a battering

Problems at the African Development Bank continue

De Beers clinches a diamond deal in Angola

Crisis on the African copper markets as a Japanese rouge trader is exposed