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Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past, Teaching Note
Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidTeaching Note HBS-717055-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 717034.Starting at €0.00
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The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Okonkwo, SalmaArticle HBS-R2201A-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma Okonkwo turned her attention to solar power. As the pace of industrialization in Africa accelerates, she wants to make sure that political and corporate leaders don't repeat the mistakes that their Western and Chinese peers made as they pursued development and economic growth. That's why, in 2018,...Starting at €8.20
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Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past
Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidCase HBS-717034-EEconomicsOver the past several decades, rapid growth in Chinese investment and trade has created for Africa a new development partner. China represents an alternative to U.S. and European nations whose past imperialism, resource avarice, and economic dictates-through the conditionality of IMF and World Bank lending-remain a negative legacy. This case uses the story of Zambia's Chambishi copper mine, which was purchased in 1998 by the state-owned China Non...Starting at €8.20