- Published: New York : Hyperion, 2012.
- Year Published: 2012
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9781401324179
- 1401324177
Subjects
- Alexander, Max, -- 1957 -- Travel -- Ghana.
- Alexander, Whit -- Travel -- Ghana.
- Burro (Firm)
- Business enterprises, Foreign -- Ghana.
- Storage batteries -- Economic aspects.
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Bright lights, no city : an African adventure on bad roads with a brother and a very weird business plan
by Alexander, Max, 1957-
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Call number: 381.456 Al
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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.
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.
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