Success in Africa comes hand in hand with imagination and a make things happen attitude. In a continent so oftentimes scarred by war, ethnic conflicts, mismanagement and poverty, Winne has demonstrated that it is capable of adding its own speck of sand in order to improve entrepreneurship and investment in Africa thanks to its reports, eBiz Guides and our website, www.winne.com . But behind our reports, guides and website, are our Nomad teams, striving daily to achieve the substance of which success comes from: work and determination.

It was this attitude that contributed greatly to the recent publication of Mr. Dave Fick's book Entrepreneurship in Africa, A Study of Success, published by Greenwood Press. Relying on our information provided thanks to the valuable input of our teams, Mr. Fick was able to obtain useful data that was then used for the book. This constitutes a turning point in Winne's corporate history as it is the first time that we actively contribute towards the publication of a high profile academic work geared towards raising awareness of our so beloved continent: Africa.

Mr. Fick thanked Pascal but we deem it essential to thank our teams for they are the ones collecting and publishing the daily information that goes into our work in order to make Winne.com and World Investment News - be it through media reports or our eBiz Guides - happen.

Thanks to all and keep up the good work!

Who are the entrepreneurs who have achieved success, wealth, and recognition in their African homelands, and how did they do it? Entrepreneur Dave Fick interviewed several hundred women and men who were willing to assume risks, often spectacular ones, for personal economic gain--but who did it legally, ethically, and who are now giving back to their nations and societies at least as much as they received. They speak openly of their hardships and failures, what they did right and what they did wrong, and their accounts are remarkable. We gain insight into the way business must be done under harsh political and economic circumstances, but we also learn unusual techniques and strategies that others in more favorable milieus can use to accomplish similar feats.

With commentaries from notable scholars and other businesspeople and with Fick's own first-hand onsite observations, the book is a self-educating colloquium, a collection of personal meetings, accounts, letters, emails and telephone calls between Fick, his counterparts in Africa, and others around the world. It is also an attempt to encourage a dialogue that will accelerate the exchange and spread of knowledge and ideas, and a way to help the people of Africa build a peaceful and better society for themselves and the world.

Table of Contents:

Preface · Introduction · African Continent · West Africa · Nigeria and Ghana · Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, etc. · Southern Africa · Zimbabwe, Botswana, etc. · South Africa: Clothing, Youth Culture, Auto, and Home · South Africa: New Era Enterprises · South Africa: Food and Travel Industry · South Africa: Heritage and Tradition · South Africa: The Media, Reviews, and Issues · East Africa · Horn of Africa · Kenya and Tanzania · Uganda · Central Africa · Gabon, Cameroon, etc. · Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, etc. · North Africa · Egypt and Sudan · Arab Maghreb Union · Africa's Future · Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Technologies, and Plans · Conclusions · Index

Author Information:

DAVID S. FICK is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has spent his entire business career as an entrepreneur in Kansas. His interest in African entrepreneurs began while on tour of Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia in August 2000. It changed his life. He recognized quickly that these entrepreneurial "engineers of growth" were meeting roadblocks that would stagger even their most talented, dedicated counterparts elsewhere, but were surmounting them with almost unbelievable success. These are their stories.

List Price: $69.95 · ISBN: 1-56720-536-4 · Pages: 298 · Publication Date: March 21, 2002

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