Africans Investing in Africa Understanding Business and Trade, Sector by Sector

by McNamee, Terence; Pearson, Mark; Boer, Wiebe

• ISBN13: 9781137542786
• ISBN10: 1137542780
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-05-22
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Africans Investing in Africa explores intra-African trade and investment by showing how, where and why Africans invest across Africa; to identify the economic, political and social experiences that hinder or stimulate investment; and to highlight examples of pan-African investors. This book is the outcome of a project conceived in 2011 by the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation and the Lago-based Tony Elumelu Foundation. The foundations, drawing on their established record of scholarship and policy advice on issues impacting Africa's economic growth and development, agreed to undertake in-depth, case-study based research into why African-owned or/and African-based companies were still struggling to succeed across multiple geographies on the continent, despite the Africa's impressive economic growth rates and overall improvements in macro-economic management.

Author Biography

Terence McNamee is the Deputy Director of the Brenthurst Foundation based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
Wiebe Boer is the Chief Executive of the Tony Elumelu Foundation based in Lagos.
 
Mark Pearson is a consultant and Associate of the Brenthurst Foundation based in Lusaka.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Tony Elumelu and Jonathan Oppenheimer
Introduction; Paul Collier
PART I: CROSS-CUTTTING ISSUES
1. The Wangara Trading Network in Precolonial West Africa: An Early Example of Africans Investing in Africa; Moses Ochonu
2. Why Governance Matters for Investment; John Endres
3. Regional Economic Communities; Jacqueline Chimhanzi
4. Transport Infrastructure; Mark Pearson
5. The Growth of Continental African Brands; Nicholas Kühne
6. 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
7. Banking and Financial Sector; Lite Nartey
8. The Case of Cement; Lyal White
9. The Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Retail Sectors; Dianna Games
10. Information and Communications Technologies; Bitange Ndemo and Muriuki Mureithi
11. Entertainment and Media; Eric Kacou
PART III: EMERGING PAN AFRICAN SECTORS
12. A Case of Petroleum, Gas and Mining Sectors in East African Community Countries; Albert Butare and Wiebke Bender
13. Africa's Private Security Industry; Stuart Doran
14. The Private Sector's Role in Africa's Water Infrastructure; David Rice
15. Transport and Logistics; Mark Pearson
16. Tourism and Travel; Terence McNamee and Daniella Sachs