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Author:
Alexander, Max, 1957-
Title:
Bright lights, no city : an African adventure on bad roads with a brother and a very weird business plan / Max Alexander.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Hyperion,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Business enterprises, Foreign--Ghana.
Burro (Firm)
Alexander, Max,--1957---Travel--Ghana.
Alexander, Whit--Travel--Ghana.
Storage batteries--Economic aspects.
Contents:
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.
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.
ISBN:
1401324177
9781401324179
OCLC:
(OCoLC)713834822
LCCN:
2011015658
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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