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The facts of Africa’s rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million...
The facts of Africa’s rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Yet in the minds of policy makers, scholars and much of the general public, Africa remains a quintessentially rural place. This lack of awareness and robust analysis means it is difficult to make a policy case for a more overtly urban agenda. As a result, there is across the continent insufficient urgency directed to responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with the world’s last major wave of urbanisation. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with the African Centre for Cities, and utilising a diverse array of case studies, Africa's Urban Revolution provides a comprehensive insight into the key issues - demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic - surrounding African urbanisation. Author: Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse ISBN:9781780325200
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From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular pro...
From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular protest. Widespread urban uprisings by youth, the unemployed, trade unions, activists, writers, artists, and religious groups are challenging injustice and inequality. What is driving this new wave of protest? Is it the key to substantive political change? Drawing on interviews and in-depth analysis, Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly offer a penetrating assessment of contemporary African protests, situating the current popular activism within its historical and regional contexts. Author: Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly ISBN:9781780329970
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Featuring essays from the world's leading scholars of Africana Studies, as well as independent researchers and journalis...
Featuring essays from the world's leading scholars of Africana Studies, as well as independent researchers and journalists, this extraordinary collection examines the expansive and compelling history of Africa, its many peoples and their global experiences. Written in an entertaining and accessible style, the essays will appeal to academics as well to the general public, thereby increasing available information on Africa and its diaspora. Author: Clyde C. Robertson ISBN:9781592217175
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The Definitive Guide to Doing Business in Africa For global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth mark...
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: Acha Leke, Musta Chironga , George Desvaux ISBN:9781633694408
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