A Good African Story: How a Small Company Built a Global Coffee Brand
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0099571927 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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As he recounts the very personal story of his company and the challenges that he has faced and overcome as an African entrepreneur—from the impossibility of finding capital to discrimination at every step to close calls with lions in the foothills of the Rwenzori mountains—Rugasira discusses the barriers that currently prevent fair and equal trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Here, Andrew Rugasira argues thattrade has achieved what years of aid failed to deliver, and has provided a tantalizing glimpse of what Africa could be. He sets out the arguments for building a sustainable trade framework and reducing dependency on handouts, and he builds up a manifesto for a revolution in the way that Africa is perce
I have read with so much depth and a good story to inspire change with a different mindset Amazon Customer First book written by a true Ugandan that I have read with so much depth and a good story to inspire change with a different mindset: no hand-outs, simply partnership. John Gibbs said Outstanding advice from an African entrepreneur. Most foreign aid programs are poorly structured, fungible, insincere and conditional; providing aid through government agencies in poor countries makes accountability worse; and aid leads to chronic dependency, according to Andrew Rugasira in this book. What African really needs is trade, not aid, and to prove his p. One of a kind JMCooper A Good African Story is an outstanding and inspirational memoir of the little known and poorly understood journey of a visionary entrepreneur in Africa. Buttressed by -and often scathing on the mistakes inherent in- contemporary economic thinking, the book is insightful and thought-provoking. Economic development in