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The October 2007 merger between the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest bank, and Standard Bank, South Africa's largest, is finally showing its potential. After a lacklustre start, this month's visit to Cape Town by ICBC Chairman Jiang Jianqing revealed that the pair plan to put their billions of dollars into African energy projects.

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Jiang Jianqing, Congo-Kinshasa, Angola, Jacko Maree, Botswana, Yoweri Museveni, Craig Bond, Uganda, Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola

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