Less Walk More Talk How Celtel and the Mobile Phone Changed Africa

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ISBN: 9780470743201 | 0470743204
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/13/2009

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Russell Southwood presents a compelling story of the remarkable achievement of a company that made a success of building a sustainable, ethical business, as well as making life better for the people of Africa.

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Nigeria: bidding for the big one in a land without mobiles	p. 1
The boy from Sudan makes good	p. 15
From corporate governance to political governance - Mo Ibrahim's Foundation	p. 27
The talk business - how does it work?	p. 35
Starting out is hard to do	p. 51
Doing business in a war zone	p. 63
Steering clear of corruption	p. 79
Tanzania's TTCL - the deal that took five years to complete	p. 91
Snatching Kenya from under the nose of rivals	p. 105
Changing the shape of the problem	p. 115
Building an African brand - the impact of mobiles on Africa	p. 131
Raising the funds to fuel growth - cash is king	p. 143
Going to market - Celtel sells out	p. 159
Meet the new owners	p. 171
Buying Nigeria's V-Mobile - the billion dollar deal	p. 181
Luck or good judgement?	p. 193
Annexes
Annex 1 Chronology of events	p. 203
Annex 2 Dramatis personae	p. 206
Annex 3 Celtel's financings	p. 208
Index	p. 211
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