The advance of African capital : the growth of Nigerian private enterprise / Tom Forrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Tom (Tom G.), author.

Series:

International African library ; 14.

International African library ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises--Nigeria--History--20th century.

Business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Combining ethnographic and historical perspectives, this study is the most detailed, most extensive account of medium- and large-scale African business. Not only a valuable digest of business activities, this important study also challenges existing views about African enterprise and is highly relevant to policy-makers concerned with economic development.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE ADVANCE OF AFRICAN CAPITAL 1900-1992: AN OVERVIEW

3. EARLY BUSINESS PROFILES

4. LAGOS ENTERPRISES

5. THE RISE OF TWO CONGLOMERATES

6. ENTERPRISES IN ANAMBRA STATE

7. ABA AND IMO STATE ENTERPRISES

8. THE ADVANCE OF INDIGENOUS CAPITAL IN KANO AND KADUNA

9. CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-9688-1