Magazine

January 2009

Cover Story

A relief ship delivering food to Somalia is protected by a Dutch warship (in the background) to...

Photo:

Panos / Sven Torfinn

Banking on African women

A fabric seller in Angola: Women own nearly half of all enterprises in Africa,but have the hardest...
Out of crisis, opportunity?

A trading house in Johannesburg, South Africa: As the only African “emerging market” at the Group...
Laying Africa’s roads to prosperity

Building a highway in South Africa: The lack of more modern roads, power networks and other...
Africa calls for a ‘new impetus’
Africa braces for global shockwaves

A trader on the Nairobi Stock Exchange: Since African capital markets are only marginally...
Small loans widen horizons for the poor

Signing up for a loan with a community group’s microcredit programme in Kenya.Photograph: Panos...
Trading from Cape to Cairo

South African President Kgalema Motlanthe:“The time has come to enlarge our markets.”Photograph:...