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Less walk, more talk : how celtel and the mobile phone changed Africa

Title
Less walk, more talk : how celtel and the mobile phone changed Africa / Russell Southwood.
Author
Southwood, Russell.
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2009.

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Book/TextUse in library HF5548.34 .S78 2008Off-site

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Description
xix, 215 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Ibrahim, Mohamed 1946-
  • Ibrahim, Mohamed (Unternehmer)
  • Celtel
  • 2000-2099
  • Geschichte 1995-2007
  • Geschichte 1998-2007
  • Mobile commerce > Africa
  • Cell phone services industry > Africa
  • Mobile communication systems > Africa
  • Cell phone services industry
  • Economic history
  • Mobile commerce
  • Mobile communication systems
  • Handy
  • Africa > Economic conditions > 21st century
  • Africa
  • Afrika
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Contents
Nigeria : bidding for the big one in a land without mobiles -- The boy from Sudan makes good -- From corporate governance to political governance : Mo Ibrahim's foundation -- The talk business : how does it work? -- Starting out is hard to do -- Doing business in a war zone -- Steering clear of corruption -- Tanzania's TTCL : the deal that took five years to complete -- Snatching Kenya from under the nose of rivals -- Changing the shape of the problem -- Building an African brand : the impact of mobiles on Africa -- Raising the funds to fuel growth : cash is king -- Going to market : celtel sells out -- Meet the new owners -- Buying Nigeria's V-mobile : the billion dollar deal -- Luck or good judgement?.
ISBN
  • 9780470743201
  • 0470743204
LCCN
2008052048
OCLC
  • ocn277118425
  • 277118425
  • SCSB-1513204
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library