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Investing in AfricaThe hottest frontierStrategies for putting money to work in a fast-growing continent Apr 6th 2013 | HARARE AND JOHANNESBURG |/printedition/2013-04-06From the print editionWHEN you are trying to keep a retail outfit afloat amid hyperinflation, it helps to have a sideline. “We had a business selling crocodile skins to Hermès and Gucci for shoes and handbags,” says John Koumides, chief executive of Innscor, a conglomerate based in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. The currency earned from this exotic export was a lifeline for the firm’s other arms, including its SPAR stores, when Zim