Africa

Magazine articles on conducting business in Africa.

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The Motley Fool October 20, 2004 Rich Smith	Will This Takeover Plan Turn Into Gold? South African gold miners argue over who gets to buy whom.
HBS Working Knowledge March 8, 2004 Martha Lagace	Tourism: More Than Safaris and Sunsets Pictures of Africa focus too much on exotic wildlife or terrible poverty. But there are also exciting niche markets to attract more visitors and revenue to the continent and change Africa for the better, said a group of tourism experts.
HBS Working Knowledge March 8, 2004 Julia Hanna	African CEOs: A View from the Top It's a market with 700 million people---but it's highly fragmented. Here is what executives in Africa have to say about business and career opportunities on the continent.
HBS Working Knowledge March 8, 2004 Julia Hanna	The Entrepreneur in Africa Young entrepreneurs share their experiences starting ventures in Africa. Their message: Africa is still a place where individuals can make a big difference.
HBS Working Knowledge March 8, 2004 Julia Hanna	IT and Africa: Getting the Lay of the Land There is a cell phone boom in Africa, but the market for many other technologies is hit or miss, a panel of experts said.
Fast Company March 2004 Charles Fishman	"Out of the Valley of Death" Back in August 2002, Anglo American, the world's largest mining operation and the largest company in South Africa, decided to offer all of its frontline mining employees the most advanced AIDS treatment: antiretroviral therapy (ART), the so-called triple-drug cocktail that is the standard in the developed world.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Andy Reinhardt	Africa: The Next Wide-Open Wireless Frontier In the sub-Sahara, companies big and small are rushing to sign up clients
CRM November 2003 Jason Comptom	Hot Projects: Banking South African financial services company Nedbank turned to Aprimo's marketing management services to help coordinate a campaign to rebrand a subsidiary while closing nearly half its branches. The goal was to avoid customer confusion and defection because of the changes.
Knowledge@Wharton	Global Investment Comes Slowly to Africa shortest books" that people make jokes about. But Africa's economic story is beginning to develop new chapters, according to speakers at the recent Africa Business Forum organized by the Wharton African Students Association. The forum's theme was "Africa's Growth Engines."
Wired April 2002 Lisa Margonelli	The Rainmaker How a low-cost, lightweight pump is changing the economy of a nation...
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