African Business Products

By Joy Malala

Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa. In Kenya the introduction of M-Pesa, a new financial services model, has transformed the banking and financial services industry. Giving the unbanked majority access to the financial services…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
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By Anselm Adodo

At a time of global economic crisis and disillusionment with capitalism, Adodo offers refreshing and positive insight into a more integral way of business management, enterprise and community development as well as holistic healing in Africa. For over three decades, Africa was the recipient of…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
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Edited by Simon P. Sigué

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…

Hardback – 2019-09-24
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By Tobias Bischof-Niemz, Terence Creamer

South Africa’s energy transition has become a highly topical, emotive and politically contentious topic. Taking a systems perspective, this book offers an evidence-based roadmap for such a transition and debunks many of the myths raised about the risks of a renewable-energy-led electricity mix.…

Paperback – 2019-05-14
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By Peter C. Mhando

Increasingly the importance of corporate governance for economic development in developing economies like Tanzania is indisputable. This book explores the effectiveness of corporate governance in Tanzania and asks how it can be further developed and improved so as to make a difference in the…

Hardback – 2019-05-02
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Routledge Studies in African Development

Edited by Uwafiokun Idemudia, Kenneth Amaeshi

Using theory, empirical research, and case studies, this book explores the changing nature of business in Africa and how businesses can actively contribute to the development of Africa. It uses (and critically analyses) the concept of Africapitalism – a management philosophy and movement which…

Paperback – 2019-04-10
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Edited by David Luke, Jamie Macleod

Providing the first book-length analysis of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), this volume asks how can it be ensured that the AfCFTA is effectively implemented to deliver inclusive trade in Africa. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will cover an African market of 1.2…

Hardback – 2019-03-22
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The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series

Edited by Abiodun Egbetokun, Richmond Atta-Ankomah, Oluseye Jegede, Edward Lorenz

The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite these, firms are able to innovate in Africa. It is then logical to ask: how do African firms manage…

Hardback – 2018-08-29
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Edited by Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman, Nina Collins

For too long Africa's mineral fortune has been lamented as a resource curse that has led to conflict rather than development for much of the continent. Yet times are changing and the opportunities to bring technical expertise on modern mining alongside appropriate governance mechanisms for social…

Hardback – 2018-08-20
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Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development

Edited by Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel, Elísio Macamo

This book uses extractive industry projects in Africa to explore how political authority and the nation-state are reconfigured at the intersection of national political contestations and global, transnational capital. Instead of focusing on technological zones and the new social assemblages at the…

Hardback – 2018-07-05
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Routledge Studies in African Development

Edited by Bruce T. Lamont, Hermann A. Ndofor

This book presents current research by leading experts from around the globe on entrepreneurship in Africa, focusing on how entrepreneurship is central to the economic development of many of the economies on the African continent. Collectively, the contributors identify the frontier of impactful…

Hardback – 2018-05-15
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Edited by Philippe Burger, Lochner Marais, Deirdre van Rooyen

Mining has played a key role in the growth of many towns in South Africa. This growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal settlements, by pressure to provide basic services and by institutional pressures in local government to support mining. Fragile municipal finance, changing…

Hardback – 2017-09-26
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Routledge Contemporary South Africa