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MONEYWATCH U.S., Namibia enter aviation treaty Nyerere's daughter turns debt cancellation activist U.S.-trained Zimbabwean economist Callisto Madavo, named World Bank's vice president for the Africa Region "Africa's debt is essentially nonpayable and certainly unsustainable" says Zimbabwe's President Mugabe U.S. Congress affirms Clinton reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan to 4th term Forex market remains calm in Zambia e-BANKING Chase, First Union, Wells Fargo e-billing network 'fortified' for Y2K DIGITIZE or DIE TECHNOLOGY Apple Computer's Steve Jobs sets higher goals for 2000 at the San Francisco MacWorld event. As Internet provides new avenues for free expression in Africa, Freedom Forum panelists discuss new media in Johannesburg. USAfrica TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INITIATIVES $350 Million fund for Investments in Africa launched by Washington DC-based OPIC Black Mayors link programs with Burkina Faso; Mayor Norwood calls it "meaningful exchange"

ABIA STATE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS POLICY ISSUES Private initiative, free market forces, and more democratization are Keys to prosperity in Africa. Continental Agenda African leaders, analysts challenge international community at U.N. conference PetroGasWorks Texaco finds 1 billion barrels of recoverable oil off Nigeria's Lagos coast POLITICAL ECONOMY Control, ownership of Prof. Gates' documentary raise need for 'real' Encyclopedia Africana. By Samuel Lee Burnham The Economics of Elections in Nigeria 20 Pounds to Igbos, Biafrans; where's the rest? By Ejike Okpa in Dallas

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