Leaving the Tarmac : Buying a Bank in Africa / Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aig-Imoukhuede, Aigboje, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--Nigeria.

Banks and banking.

Bank management--Nigeria.

Bank management.

Success in business--Nigeria.

Success in business.

Wigwe, Herbert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : RedDoor, [2021]

Summary:

THE MOST COMPELLING BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY TO COME OUT OF AFRICAWhen Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Herbert Wigwe bought Access Bank in 2002 it was one of the smallest and most crisis-prone banks in Nigeria. Their goal was to build it into one of the biggest and strongest banks in the country. Leaving the Tarmac is the story of their success and it reads like a financial thriller, while at the same time providing a detailed blueprint for how to create a sustainable business founded on excellence, how to build and lead a winning team and how to operate successfully in emerging markets. The author has written with searing honesty about the set-backs as well as the triumphs that they met with along the way, providing an unrivalled insight for anyone planning to build a company or do business in the volatile but high-growth markets of modern Africa.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

One - Entrepreneurial Juice

Two - Buying the Bank

Three - The Growth and Evolution of the Nigerian Banking Industry

Four - Business Model

Five - The Challenge

Six - A Vision for Transformation - Mission Impossible

Seven - Finding and Developing the Best People

Eight - Regulatory-led Reform

Nine - Raising Twenty-Five Billion

Ten - Blind Pursuit of Growth

Eleven - Good Governance and Risk Management

Twelve - Earning the Respect and Confidence of the Debt and Capital Markets

Thirteen - International Expansion

Fourteen - A Significant Acquisition

Fifteen - Integration

Sixteen - The World's Most Respected African Bank

Seventeen - The Next Chapter

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Aig-Imoukhuede, Aignoje Leaving the Tarmac

ISBN:

9781839786020

OCLC:

1376932285