Booking deadline: 3 March 2014 Material deadline: 5 March 2014 Publication date: 24 March 2014
THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE IN AFRICAN AFFAIRS
59 April
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ANNUAL DOSSIER
OIL&GAS ● Nigeria’s Independents thrive where majors fear to tread ● New oil & gas players in frontier markets. Oil exploration is happening under the radar in places of conflict and political uncertainty. The different companies and the political stakes involved in oil exploration. ● African horizons: Ghana, Nigeria + East Africa: the boom of oil & gas exploration. ● Gas <‐> Power. The new curse for gas to power. Gas as the game changer in the electricity and power markets ● Interviews with key players.
BUSINESS LEAD BUSINESS
Angola: Trains & Mining Chinese companies working on the reconstruction of the country COMPANIES & MARKETS LEADERS FINANCE
POLITICS The World woos Africa
issue – Out 24 March
FRONTLINE
SOUTH AFRICA 20 years post‐Apartheid, 5 years Zuma & the next 20 years
Ghana Focus Time to deliver One year after the Ghanaian presidential election, The Africa Report publishes a major update on Ghana’s immense potential and of the government’s strategy and achievements. OVERVIEW With FDI reaching $3.3bn and real GDP growth of 7.9%, Ghana is one of the fastest growing and more attractive economies in the world, and amongst the leader in Africa. Much hope is put on the resuscitation of the modernisation and industrialisation plans. FACING GHANA’S CHALLENGES Keeping the deficit under control Preventing further depreciation of the Ghana cedi Keeping inflation in single digits Avoiding increases in interest rates Maintaining adequate foreign reserves Implement a sustainable growth and share it Tackling power shortages Banks to provide affordable lending to small businesses SECTOR ANALYSIS • ENERGY+POWER FINANCE AGRIBUSINESS TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE MINING TELECOM MANUFACTURING PEOPLE TO WATCH The movers and shakers of Ghana’s promising future
ART & LIFE Extra circulation includes:
● Ghana oil and Gas Summit ‐ Accra, Ghana ● BiAnnual (spring) IMF and WB meeting ‐ Washington, USA ● Power and Energy Africa ‐ Nairobi, Kenya ● Power generation world Africa ‐ Johannesburg, SA ● 20th Western Africa Oil, Gas & Energy ‐ Windhoek, Namibia ● Eastern African Oil Gas and Energy week ‐ Nairobi, Kenya ● World Economic Forum on Africa ‐ Abuja, Nigeria ● Africa utility Week ‐ Cape Town, SA ● AFDB annual meetings ‐ Kigali, Rwanda THE AFRICA REPORT is published by Groupe Jeune Afrique Phone: +33 1 46 47 25 44 - Email: advertising@theafricareport.com
Circulation: 60,000 copies 450,000 regular readers