Supplement to Financial Mail   3 February 2006 CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE Government needs to create a legislative framework to encourage institutions to increase the rate and quality of patenting

PERSONALITY Brent Hegger

COVER STORY SA's young biotech industry faces an uphill slog as private capital stays away

What's it all about?

OUTFRONT Mobile banking is on the verge of an explosion across Africa

Crispin Jackson is challenging the traditional beehive with his own unique design

BOOK REVIEW The Edge series

IN MY VIEW Graeme Addison

SIDELINES A guide to do-it-yourself patenting

50% savings in gas consumption

Technology Pioneers 2006 awards

Universities and the CSIR join to form a gene technology centre

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