Sub-Saharan Africa was discovered by European explorers in the 15th century. It was probably some time later that the inhabitants of Africa discovered that they
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Why is the cross-cultural management of food security so important?
Food security is a big issue in the world today. It is second on the list of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, after ending
Indigenous Entrepreneurship
I knew there was something wrong when the then director of the Kenya Institute of Management co-published an article claiming that ‘African’ culture was not
Learn From Africa: Leadership
The myth that ‘African’ leadership is despotic is disabused by Ayittey. He asserts that this was a colonial invention, stating: ‘Clearly, such “terrible” African rulers must
Learn From Africa: How to do Indigenous Research
I’ve argued extensively over the course of my work on Africa, that management in Africa is cross-cultural management. This is true for the context
Learn From Africa: Can’t Find indigenous African Management? – Look in the Informal Economy
There is a huge gap in the International Management literature: Africa. There is even a bigger gap within this literature: the informal economy. Okay, so
Terence Jackson 