FIRST

Bringing executive efficiency to the bottom line

Jack Carroll

Business Aviation Editor

Message

HM Queen Elizabeth II

A nation with purpose

Thabo Mbeki

President of South Africa

Succeeding in a global economy

Trevor Manuel

Minister of Finance

Commitment to privatisation

Jeff Radebe

Minister of Public Enterprises

A sustainable growth path

Alec Erwin

Minister for Trade and Industry

Quality education for students

Kader Asmal

Minister of Education

Doing business in South Africa

Rafiq Bagus

Chief Executive of Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA)

Financing infrastructure development

Mandla Sizwe Vulindlela Gantsho

CEO Of Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA)

The restructuring of Eskom

Thulani Gcabashe

Chief Executive of Eskom & Chairman of Eskom Enterprises

Healthy economic outlook

Chris Liebenberg

Chairman of Nedcor

Innovation and capital formation

Jim Sutcliffe

Chief Executive of Life, Old Mutual Plc

Telkom prepares for deregulation

Sizwe Nxasana

Chief Executive Officer of Telkom

Investors could transform South Africa

Sir Anthony O’Reilly

Executive Chairman of Independent News & Media Plc

An important market

Lord Marshall

Chairman of British Airways

Positive aspects of globalisation

Edward Baker

Chief Executive of Alliance Capital Ltd

Message

HE Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Encouraging British participation

Hamid Temmar

Minister of Participation and the Co-Ordination of Reforms

Upgrading the industrial sector

Abdelmadjid Menasra

Minister of Industry and Restructuring (MIR) of Algeria

A climate of co-operation

Abdelaziz Ziari

Delegate Minister to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Restructuring telecoms

Mohamed Maghlaoui

Minister of Post and Telecommunications

Algeria’s leading private enterprise group

Rafik Abdelmoumen Khalifa

Chairman of Khalifa Group

Developing economic links

HE William Sinton OBE

British Ambassador to Algeria

An integrated transport network

Ben Younes Amarza

Minister for Public Works of Algeria

Flying into the future

Mohamed Tayeb Benouis

Managing Director of Air Algerie

The lap of luxury

Mohamed El-Amine Messaid

Managing Director of the El-Djazair Hotel

Moving up the value chain

Mary Harney

Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment

MIT moves to Europe

Nicholas Negroponte

MIT Media Lab

Building on success

Sean Dorgan

CEO of IDA, Ireland

Competitive capabilities

Dan Flinter

Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland

Revitalising the economy

HE Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

President of the Republic of Tunisia

Tunisia forges ahead

Fethi Merdassi

Minister of International Co-Operation and Foreign Investment

Responsibility and opportunity

Peter Haynes

Head of British Gas Tunisia Ltd

Expanding the gas sector

Bechir Nahdi

Chairman and Managing Director of ETAP

Sharp increase in sector growth

Moncef Ben Abdallah

Minister of Industry of Tunisia

Ambitions for growth

Wulf Hagemann

Chairman of the Executive Board of Preussag Energie GMBH

Escape to the sunshine

Mondher Zenaidi

Minister of Tourism, Leisure & Small Businesses

Expanding Tunisia

Ivor Rawlinson OBE

HM Ambassador to Tunisia

Good relations

HE Khemaies Jhinaoui

Ambassador of Tunisia to London

Democracy and economic growth

General Pervez Musharraf

President of Pakistan

The path for sustainable growth

Shaukat Aziz

Federal Minister of Finance

Political and economic benefits

Usman Aminuddin

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources

Pakistan’s IT revolution

Prof Dr Atta-Ur-Rahman

Federal Minister of IT and Communications

GSM the expanding horizon

Al F Barry

President & Chief Executive of Mobilink and Vice Chairman of Orascom Telecom

Catalyst for growth

Paul Samson

Vice President of BHP Pakistan

Subsidies yield to the free market

Abdul Razak Dawood

Minister of Commerce

A nation of peace and stability

Hage Genigob

Prime Minister of Namibia

Tourism

Philemon Malina

Minister of Tourism

A role in conflict resolution

Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Parliamentary round-up

Sir Patrick Cormack, FSA MP

European round-up

Daniel Hannan, MEP