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This paper reflects on conferences of the first five years of the International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD: 2000-2004) focusing specifically on the conference proceedings. The papers presented at the five conferences and published in their proceedings were reviewed and analysed in terms of functional areas covered, the research methodologies employed, as well as the geographical spread and country focus of the authors. The analysis demonstrates a number of significant achievements for IAABD and identifies a number of challenges for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Sydney Ports Corp. in New South Wales has reached its highest container trade volumes in July 2010, reaching 171,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUS), a growth of 15.3% on the same period in 2009. It states that the said strong performance was driven by the booming exports and high demand of imported goods. Moreover, the key products with the highest increase were cotton, iron and steel, paper products, and machinery and transport equipment.