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South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
The extent to which mobile phones can support and sustain real improvement in young lives is depressingly finite unless significant interventions occur.
The plastic bag ban doesn’t consider the impact it will have on Kenya’s economy or consider other environmental alternatives.
Zimbabwe’s students and graduates are angry. They have every reason to be. The country’s finances are badly managed and its economy is in crisis.
There is a growing trend of designing modernised replicas of traditional buildings for entertainment and tourism. That’s no way to salvage positive lessons from building traditions.
Zimbabwe has experienced another wave of discontent, manifesting in protests by its citizenry. This may well herald a change in the idea of citizenship in the country.
Escalating clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria threaten the country’s national and food security. A response based on innovation, sustainability and political will is urgently needed.
The essence of Ubuntu can best be found in Africa’s informal economies. They are not dependent on western shareholders or donations, and certainly not subject to western management education.
The informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa is largely marginalised despite its significant contribution to employment and GDP.
Nigeria has been among the fastest growing economies this past decade but only 25% of the country’s population has benefited from this growth, leaving the majority trapped in the informal sector.
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Associate Professor, Rhodes University
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Professor of Cross-cultural Management, Middlesex University
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Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Research fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Director, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Senior researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of management, EMLV, Paris and Adjunct Fellow, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney
