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| Preface | |
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| The African Opportunity | |
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| Baking Bread in Zimbabwe | |
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| African Wealth: The Tenth Largest Economy in the World | |
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| A Different Type of Oil and Diamonds | |
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| An Irish Beer Finds Its Future in Africa | |
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| An Inflection Point | |
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| Looking East: The New Gold Rush | |
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| Entrepreneurship Is Alive and Well in Africa | |
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| Trade Not Aid | |
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| The Need for Leadership | |
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| Africa's Rise: Hidden in Plain Sight | |
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| Inexplicable Optimism | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Africa Is Richer Than You Think | |
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| Meeting the Objections | |
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| The Magnifiers | |
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| Accelerants: Cell Phones and Banking | |
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| Does Africa Exist? | |
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| Diversity and Tolerance | |
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| Beyond the Numbers | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| The Power of Africa Two | |
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| Meet Africa Two | |
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| The Sweet Spot of the African Market | |
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| Opportunities in Africa Two | |
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| Opportunities at Every Level | |
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| A Continent of Aspirations: Keep Walking | |
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| Conclusion: An Open Door | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Realizing the Opportunity | |
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| Harnessing the Hanouti: Opportunities in Organizing the Market | |
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| Organizing the Market | |
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| Organizing Retail: Shopping in Alexandra | |
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| Opportunities from Making the Informal Formal | |
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| Tokunbo: Organizing Secondhand | |
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| Organizing Distribution | |
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| Organizing Medicine | |
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| Organizing Transportation | |
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| Organizing Brands and Marketing | |
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| Creating Brands from Commodities | |
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| Organizing Education and Training | |
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| The Power of Organizing Markets | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Building Mama Habiba an Ice Factory: Opportunities in Infrastructure | |
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| Providing Power and Ice | |
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| Water Pumps | |
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| Sanitation, Water, and Air | |
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| Airlines | |
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| Opportunities for Leapfrogging | |
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| Leading in Infrastructure | |
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| Transforming Infrastructure: The Muthaiga Golf Club | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Running with the Cheetah Generation: Opportunities in Africa's Youth Market | |
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| A Youth Market | |
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| Cheetahs and Hippos | |
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| Speaking Sheng: Connecting with Youth | |
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| Music: The Universal Language | |
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| Speaking the Language of Sports | |
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| Understanding Youth | |
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| Opportunities in the Cradle of Civilization | |
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| Opportunities in Education | |
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| Fountain of Youth | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Hello to Nollywood: Opportunities in Media and Entertainment | |
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| The Accidental Nigerian Film Industry | |
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| Theaters That Don't Look Like Theaters | |
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| Television and Radio: Beyond Two Channels | |
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| The Small Screen | |
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| Print and Online | |
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| The Walls Can Talk | |
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| Third Eye | |
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| Chopped Dollars and Other Surprises of African Technology and Media | |
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| Pirates of Jo'burg | |
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| From Michael Power to Media Power | |
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| Our Stories Are Your Stories | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Coming Home: Opportunities in the African Diaspora | |
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| The Growing African Diaspora | |
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| From Nigeria, With Love: An Engine for Investment | |
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| ATMs, Letters, Groceries, and Cell Phone Minutes | |
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| Investments and Charity | |
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| Coming Home: Tourism | |
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| Serving the Diaspora Abroad | |
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| Door of Return: The Complex Diaspora | |
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| Strengthening Connections | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Conclusion: Ubuntu Market | |
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| The Power of Ubuntu | |
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| Building Community through Corporate Social Responsibility | |
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| Trade Not Aid: Beyond a Continent of Victims | |
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| Rebranding Africa | |
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| A Call to Action | |
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| Bridging the Divide | |
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| Reinventing Africa | |
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| Rising Opportunities | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |