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Africans investing in Africa

Title: Africans investing in Africa / edited by Terence McNamee, Deputy Director, The Brenthurst Foundation, Johannesurg, South Africa, Mark Pearson, Independent Consultant, Lusaka, Zambia, Wiebe Boer, Director, Group Strategy and Business Development, Heirs Holdings, Lagos, Nigeria.
Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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xix, 338 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Africans Investing in Africa explores intra-African trade and investment by showing how, where and why Africans invest across Africa; to identify the economic, political and social experiences that hinder or stimulate investment; and to highlight examples of pan-African investors. This book is the outcome of a project conceived in 2011 by the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation and the Lago-based Tony Elumelu Foundation. The foundations, drawing on their established record of scholarship and policy advice on issues impacting Africa's economic growth and development, agreed to undertake in-depth, case-study based research into why African-owned or/and African-based companies were still struggling to succeed across multiple geographies on the continent, despite the Africa's impressive economic growth rates and overall improvements in macro-economic management. "--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Tony Elumelu and Jonathan Oppenheimer -- Introduction / Paul Collier -- PART I: CROSS-CUTTTING ISSUES -- 1. The Wangara Trading Network in Precolonial West Africa: An Early Example of Africans Investing in Africa / Moses E. Ochonu -- 2. Why Governance Matters for Investment / John Endres -- 3. Regional Economic Communities / Jacqueline Chimhanzi -- 4. Transport Infrastructure / Mark Pearson -- 5. The Growth of Continental African Brands / Nicholas J.W. Kühne -- 6. Is it Time for Open Borders in Southern Africa? The Case for Free Labour Movement in SADC / Adrian Kitimbo -- PART II: SECTORS WITH AFRICAN CHAMPIONS -- 7. Banking and the Financial Sector / Lite J. Nartey -- 8. The Case of Cement / Lyal White -- 9. The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Retail Sectors / Dianna Games -- 10. Information and Communications Technologies / Bitange Ndemo and Muriuki Mureithi -- 11. Entertainment and Media / Eric Kacou -- PART III: EMERGING PAN AFRICAN SECTORS -- 12. A Case of Petroleum, Gas and Mining Sectors in East African Community Countries / Albert Butare -- 13. Private Security / Stuart Doran -- 14. The Private Sector's Role in Africa's Water Infrastructure / David A. Rice -- 15. Transport and Logistics Sector / Mark Pearson -- 16. Tourism and Travel / Terence McNamee and Daniella Sachs.

ISBN

9781137542786 (hardback)
1137542780 (hardback)

LCCN

2015013453
99964084811

OCLC

ocn908287043
908287043
SCSB-9399816

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Columbia University Libraries