Kasinomics
Subtitle: African informal economies and the people who inhabit them
By: GG Alcock
Publisher: Tracey McDonald Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780620651653; 9780620651660; 9780620651677
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Anecdotes; Small business
Description: "KasiNomics attempts to cast a light on the invisible matrix at the heart of South Africa's informal economies and the people who live in them. Living and doing business in African marketplaces requires an ethos uniquely suited to the informal, to the invisible, to the intangible. KasiNomics will take you down those rural pathways, weave between claustrophobic mazes of shacks, browse a muti market, visit a spirit returning ceremony and save money with gogo in a stokvel, among many more people and places. After almost 20 years of focusing on marketing to the informal sector, GG Alcock, CEO of specialist marketing company Minanawe, showcases a number of groundbreaking and very successful case studies in this invisible informal world. His vivid anecdotes and life experiences and how they link to understanding and inspiration for business ideas will make you gasp, laugh and shake your head in wonder."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.