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A venture in Africa : the challenges of African business
- Title
- A venture in Africa : the challenges of African business / Andrew Sardanis.
- Author
- Sardanis, Andrew.
- Publication
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD2917 .S27 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 274 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A Venture in Africa is a personal history of an eminent international business career. It takes the reader on a compelling journey through the highs and lows of conducting business in Africa, leading us from the turbulent 1970s to the present day." "Drawing on his extensive experience of modern Africa and of international business, Andrew Saradanis portrays the triumphs, crises, disasters and the often bizarre but always fascinating personalities he has encountered during thirty years in the continent. He shows how the old Africa - famed for corruption, despotism and nepotism - is being replaced by a new, spirited Africa in which a rising generation of business leaders and technocrats is emerging. This new generation has practical, technical and professional skills to take Africa forward and is free from the post-colonial opportunism or anger that has restricted progress in the past."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Erlebnisbericht.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The vision and the journey. The first steps -- Liberia : a Black Rhodesia -- Angola : diamonds -- and threats -- The stars of Sierra Leone -- An uprofitable diversion -- Jewels in the making -- Rhodesians never learn -- A Pan African bank is born -- Marching on -- pt. 2. Stepping into the abyss. A hornet's nest -- Heat and dust and camels and bikes -- New brooms and high-handed actions -- Presidential palaces and porno films -- The new democrats -- Cameroon and other disasters -- Green crocodile leather shoes and storm clouds -- Hate and venom -- The elusive supervision -- Meridien BIAO : bank of the people -- 'How come nobody had gotten suspicious?' -- pt. 3. The final blow. Ignorance and prejudice -- Muddying the waters -- Misguided intervention -- Akashimi -- A gross anachronism -- The curtain falls -- The vultures -- A wasted effort -- But life carries on -- pt. 4. More challenges in the southern region. South Africa : free and in bondage -- Ten wasted years -- Quo vadit?
- ISBN
- 9781845112882
- 1845112881
- 9781845115135
- 1845115139
- OCLC
- ocm71165121
- 71165121
- SCSB-14312497
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library