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Bright lights, no city [electronic resource] / Max Alexander.

Summary:

A journalist shares his experiences with his entrepreneur brother in Ghana, West Africa, where they set out with a strange business plan to create a for-profit enterprise to empower Africa's poor as modern consumers.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781401304102 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1401304109 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 p.) : ill., maps.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Hyperion, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The gong-gong man -- Africa is still on fire -- The Horn of Africa -- Downside -- Tiger by the tail -- Where the big men live -- A million tiny mosquito bites -- Power power -- Willy Loman in the Casbah -- A cultural design -- Skin in the game -- Paint it green -- Motor city -- How to make money -- Charging.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Business enterprises, Foreign > Ghana.
Burro (Firm)
Alexander, Max, 1957- > Travel > Ghana.
Alexander, Whit > Travel > Ghana.
Storage batteries > Economic aspects.
Genre: Electronic books.

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