African Business

Author : Landry Signé
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815737391

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Unlocking Africa's Business Potential by Landry Signé Pdf

Africa welcomes business investment and offers some of the world’s highest returns and impacts Africa has tremendous economic potential and offers rewarding opportunities for global businesses looking for new markets and long-term investments with favorable returns. Africa has been one of the world’s fastest-growing regions over the past decade, and by 2030 will be home to nearly 1.7 billion people and an estimated $6.7 trillion worth of consumer and business spending. Increased political stability in recent years and improving regional integration are making market access easier, and business expansion will generate jobs for women and youth, who represent the vast majority of the population. Current economic growth and poverty-alleviation efforts mean that more than 43 percent of the continent’s people will reach middle- or upper-class status by 2030. Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential examines business opportunities in the eight sectors with the highest potential returns on private investment—the same sectors that will foster economic growth and diversification, job creation, and improved general welfare. These sectors include: consumer markets, agriculture and agriprocessing, information and communication technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, tourism, banking, and infrastructure and construction. The book’s analysis of these sectors is based on case studies that identify specific opportunities for investment and growth, along with long-term market projections to inform decision-making. The book identifies potential risks to business and offers mitigation strategies. It also provides policymakers with solutions to attract new business investments, including how to remove barriers to business and accelerate development of the private sector.

Author : Acha Leke,Musta Chironga,George Desvaux
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633694415

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Africa's Business Revolution by Acha Leke,Musta Chironga,George Desvaux Pdf

The Definitive Guide to Doing Business in Africa For global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth markets, Africa offers exciting opportunities to build large, profitable businesses. Its population is young, fast-growing, and increasingly urbanized--while rapid technology adoption makes the continent a fertile arena for innovation. But Africa's business environment remains poorly understood; it's known to many executives in the West only by its reputation for complexity, conflict, and corruption. Africa's Business Revolution provides the inside story on business in Africa and its future growth prospects and helps executives understand and seize the opportunities for building profitable, sustainable enterprises. From senior leaders in McKinsey's African offices and a leading executive on the continent, this book draws on in-depth proprietary research by the McKinsey Global Institute as well as McKinsey's extensive experience advising corporate and government leaders across Africa. Brimming with company case studies and exclusive interviews with some of Africa's most prominent executives, this book comes to life with the vibrant stories of those who have navigated the many twists and turns on the road to building successful businesses on the continent. Combining an unrivalled fact base with expert advice on shaping and executing an Africa growth strategy, this book is required reading for global business executives looking to expand their existing operations in Africa--and for those seeking a road map to access this vast, untapped market for the first time.

Author : Olivier van Beemen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787382350

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Heineken in Africa by Olivier van Beemen Pdf

For Heineken, "rising Africa" is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent. But is this true? Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen has spent years seeking the answer, and his conclusion is damning: Heineken has hardly benefited Africa at all. On the contrary, there are some shocking skeletons in its African closet: tax avoidance, sexual abuse, links to genocide and other human rights violations, high-level corruption, crushing competition from indigenous brewers, and collaboration with dictators and pitiless anti-government rebels. Heineken in Africa caused a political and media furor on publication in The Netherlands, and was debated in their Parliament. It is an unmissable exposé of the havoc wreaked by a global giant seeking profit in the developing world.

Author : Oyeniyi Abe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000588217

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Implementing Business and Human Rights Norms in Africa: Law and Policy Interventions by Oyeniyi Abe Pdf

This book examines the contemporary and contentious question of the critical connections between business and human rights, and the implementation of socially responsible norms in developing countries, with particular reference to Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Business enterprises and transnational corporate actors operate in a complex global environment, especially when operating in high risks sectors such as oil and gas, mining, construction, banking, and health care amongst others. Understanding human rights responsibilities, impacts, and socially responsible behaviour for companies is therefore an essential component of corporate risk management in our current world. The release of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, an instrument consisting of 31 principles on this issue, has further underscored the emergence of a rapidly developing set of international law norms on human rights responsibilities of businesses and transnational corporations. It has also shaped the discourse on corporate accountability for human rights. In addition to minimizing litigation, financial and reputational risks, understanding and demonstrating corporate respect for human rights is vital to building a culture of trust and integrity amongst local communities, investors, and shareholders. While Africa has been at the receiving end of deleterious activities of corporate actors, it has failed to address corporate impunity and human rights violations by non-state actors. Questions abound revolving around the underpinnings of a corporate responsibility to respect human rights, that is, how non-western and particularly African conceptions of respect may help develop a beyond do no net harm approach to respect; policy discourses on human rights due diligence, human rights impact assessment; mandating corporate respect for human rights in both domestic and international law. This book examines, clarifies, and unpacks the guiding principles of a rights-based approach to development and social inclusion. It offers an excellent exposition of regulatory capacity, institutional efficacy, and democratic legitimacy of governance institutions that shape development including a comprehensive analysis of how states are shaping business and human rights discourses locally to develop a critical understanding of identified issues by exploring the latest theories through comparative lenses.

Author : Andrew Sardanis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857717726

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A Venture in Africa by Andrew Sardanis Pdf

This is a vivid personal history of an international business career. "A Venture in Africa" takes the reader through the twists and turns of doing business with African states and leaders in the turbulent 1970s and later. Drawing on his long experience of modern Africa and international business, Sardanis portrays the crises, disasters and personalities he has encountered in the continent. He shows how the old Africa of corruption, despotism and nepotism is being replaced by a new Africa in which a rising generation of business leaders is emerging - with practical technical and professional skills and free from the post-colonial mentality. A hugely intriguing and entertaining story which shows that Africa, despite the bad press, presents an immensely important and a rich source of commercial opportunities for the successful businessman.

Author : Kelly Meng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000553604

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South African Business in China by Kelly Meng Pdf

Sino-African relations have evoked a great deal of geo-strategic interest in recent years. Most attention has focused on China’s assistance to and growing involvement in the economic development of several African nations. Far less emphasis has been placed on Africans in China, and on African actors’ involvement in the Chinese economy, despite the importance of both to genuinely bilateral economic relations. This is one of the first studies to focus on South African foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mainland China. The research aims to identify and specify the key institutional factors that have contributed to the effectiveness or otherwise of South African firms entering and operating within the Chinese market. The research also investigates the characteristics and processes that have effectively shaped South African firms’ business strategies to negotiate the current Chinese institutional environment. The study’s primary empirical contribution is ten real-life case studies drawn from a cross-section of South African business actors who have sought to penetrate the Chinese market. These case studies are interrogated conceptually by means of a three-dimensional institutional model which explores the role of formal and informal business processes and practices in influencing business success and failure in the Sino-South African context. It will be of value to researchers, academics, policymakers, Sino-African business practitioners, and advanced students in the fields of international business, political economy, strategy, and Asian and African studies.

Author : Grietjie Verhoef
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319625669

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The History of Business in Africa by Grietjie Verhoef Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive study of the history of African business. By analyzing the specificities of African business culture, as well as the dynamically changing African policy context, the author sheds new light on the development of African enterprises, markets and institutions. The book covers a wide range of historical studies, starting with the earliest exchange networks, the new market opportunities resulting from European penetration, the dualism of state-owned companies and private enterprises during the twentieth century, the role of foreign direct investments and multinational companies during the 1990s, and the globalization of African business.

Author : Claude-Hélène Mayer,Lynette Louw,Christian Martin Boness
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030251857

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Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions by Claude-Hélène Mayer,Lynette Louw,Christian Martin Boness Pdf

This book provides deep insights into intercultural collaboration among business partners, employees, managers, and entrepreneurs in Chinese-African professional interactions. It presents cultural and theoretical knowledge on Chinese and African management, leadership, and philosophy. Chinese and African scholars and professionals share their insights into how to address intercultural management challenges proactively and successfully. The cases provide insights into a wide variety of industries and offer actual scenarios studied in governmental, parastatal, and private Chinese-owned organizations in twelve African countries. This book will benefit a broad readership including scholars in employment relations and business management as well as African and Chinese collaborators in academia, government, NGOs and industry.

Author : Simon P. Sigué
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000682359

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Contemporary Issues and Prospects in Business Development in Africa by Simon P. Sigué Pdf

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Journal of African Business, this book delves into contemporary issues in business and business knowledge development in Africa. This collection of eight chapters—by fourteen distinguished scholars based in Africa, Europe, and North America—covers anticorruption strategies; domestic credit and export diversification; the challenges of doing business in African countries; the emergence of African endogenous businesses; board gender diversity; governance and performance of strategic alliances; customer-centric marketing in Africa; and the intellectual development of the Journal of African Business as the premier research outlet for African business since its inception in 2000. Each chapter offers a cogently differentiated perspective about business growth or business knowledge development in Africa. Made up of contributions which are vividly and ingeniously written to be accessible to decision-makers and other non-experts, this book will be of interest to all those researching the development of business in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of African Business.

Author : Kathleen Keim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Marketing
ISBN : UCR:31210018770022

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Near East/North African Business Costs by Kathleen Keim Pdf

Author : Kemi Ogunyemi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789905960

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African Virtue Ethics Traditions for Business and Management by Kemi Ogunyemi Pdf

African philosophies about the way to live a flourishing life are predominantly virtue-oriented. However, narratives of African conceptions of virtue are uncommon. This book therefore helps bridge an important gap in literature. Authors writing from South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Côte D’Ivoire and Nigeria share research on indigenous wisdoms on virtue, displaying marked consensus about the communitarian nature of African virtue ethics traditions and virtues essential for a flourishing life. They also show how indigenous virtue ethics improve corporate practices. This book will be a launchpad for further studies in Afriethics as well as a medium for sharing rich knowledge with the rest of the world.

Author : Michael E. M. Sudarkasa,Michael E.M.. Sudarkasa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061177924

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The African Business Handbook by Michael E. M. Sudarkasa,Michael E.M.. Sudarkasa Pdf

Author : Dianna Games
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780143531265

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Business in Africa by Dianna Games Pdf

High-growth, high-return Africa is the most sought after frontier destination for global investment today. But with 54 countries on the continent, even rigorous business plans can run aground on the unique and complex circumstances found within them. Business in Africa: corporate insights takes the reader to the coal face of doing business on the continent, drawing on the experience and insight of people at the leading edge of developments. Introducing the reader to the challenges and peculiarities of operating in Africa, and identifying trends and likely opportunities, this book is an essential tool for everyone who wishes to be part of the remarkable awakening of the African giant.

Author : Chudi Ukpabi
Publisher : Kit Pub
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X002063648

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Doing Business in Africa by Chudi Ukpabi Pdf

After a brief history of Africa, suggestions for the Western manager on how to function in the African business culture and analysis of the African business culture.

Author : Ntebo Rajuili
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780143526957

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How to do Business in Africa by Ntebo Rajuili Pdf

This practical, pocket-sized guide to doing business in Africa will give you the information and skills you need to succeed. Understand African business culture, run remote teams and achieve your business goals in this relatively untapped market; tips, checklists and 'Ask yourself' features show you how to establish a presence and build lasting business relationships; tables, illustrations, fact boxes and real-life case studies enable you to understand the African market and the challenges that may be faced.