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Power to Swaziland
A new power line brightens business in Swaziland
Rebuilding Liberia
How Liberia's shattered economy is being rebuilt
Kenyan strike dents investor confidence
The effects of the Kenyan strike on investor confidence
Air Afrique faces turbulent times
Presenter: Joel Kibazo
More oil for Angola
A new Angolan oil strike, but will it benefit ordinary Angolans?
Can the Algerian economy deliver?
Can the Algerian economy create the jobs promised by government?
Africa's steel industry
A special programme focusing on steel
The death of Mobutu and his Congo legacy
The death of Mobutu Sese Seko and his Congo legacy
Tanzania faces the worst drought in years
Tanzania is looking for help as it faces the word drought in years
Africa, The World Bank and the IMF
Where does Africa feature, as the World Bank and the IMF prepare to meet in Hong Kong?
Liberia looks for donations
What hope for Liberia as the government presents its plans to potential donors in New York
Congo's economy after months of fighting
Congo and the economic impact of four months of fighting
Telecommunications in Africa
The African mobile phone boom
Oil in Africa
Oil in Africa - Nigeria may be king but for how long?
World stock markets tumble
The effect of the world's stock market tumble
G15 - Africa looks to Asian investors
The G15 trade exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Africa looks to Asia for investment
South African businessmen face up to Apartheid legacy
SA Businessmen; Lom脙漏 Convention; Cameroon banks
Zimbabwe's dollar continues to slide
What is being done to prevent the decline of Zimbabwe's dollar
The Luxor massacre and Egypt's tourist industry
The Luxor massacre, can Egypt's tourism industry recover?
The Congo donor conference
The start of the Friends of Congo Donor conference in Brussels
More oil discovered off the Angolan coast
More oil has been found off the coast of Angola but will it really bring Christmas cheer?
Africa's stock markets
Bankers' perspectives on the ups and downs of the African stock markets during the year
Drinking to the South African beer industry
As Mozambique's state breweries are privatised a look at the industry's future
Review of the year - 1997
A look back at the events which shaped Africa's economies in 1997