Description
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.
Table of Contents
Africa and Africas.- Networks of Exchange.- Business in New Markets Under New Masters.- Business in Independent Africa.- Enter the Market: African Entrepreneurial Rebirth After 1980.- Into the Global.- Conclusion: The Beginning of African Business History.
