Boer, Wiebe
Africans Investing in Africa
1. Introduction
Paul Collier
Part I. Cross-Cutting Issues
2. The Wangara Trading Network in Precolonial West Africa: An Early Example of Africans Investing in Africa
Moses E. Ochonu
3. Why Governance Matters for Investment
John Endres
4. Regional Economic Communities
Jacqueline Chimhanzi
5. Transport Infrastructure
Mark Pearson
6. The Growth of Continental African Brands
Nicholas J. W. Kühne
7. 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
8. Banking and the Financial Sector
Lite J. Nartey
9. The Case of Cement
Lyal White
10. The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Retail Sectors
Dianna Games
11. Information and Communications Technologies
Bitange Ndemo, Muriuki Mureithi
12. Entertainment and Media
Eric Kacou
Part III. Emerging Pan-African Sectors
13. Petroleum, Gas and Mining Sectors in East African Community
Albert Butare
14. Private Security
Stuart Doran
15. The Private Sector’s Role in Africa’s Water Infrastructure
David A. Rice
16. Transport and Logistics Sector
Mark Pearson
17. Tourism and Travel
Terence McNamee, Daniella Sachs
Keywords: Economics, International Economics, International Business, Business Strategy/Leadership, Market Research/Competitive Intelligence, Organization, Investments and Securities
- Editor
- Boer, Wiebe
- McNamee, Terence
- Pearson, Mark
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2015
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 357 pages
- Category
- Economy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137542809
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-50708-5