Less walk, more talk
Subtitle: how celtel and the mobile phone changed Africa
By: Russell Southwood.
Publisher: Wiley; John Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780470743201
Subjects: Mobile commerce -- Africa; Cellular telephone services industry -- Africa; Mobile communication systems -- Africa; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nigeria : bidding for the big one in a land without mobiles; title: The boy from Sudan makes good; title: From corporate governance to political governance : Mo Ibrahim's foundation; title: The talk business : how does it work?; title: Starting out is hard to do; title: Doing business in a war zone; title: Steering clear of corruption; title: Tanzania's TTCL : the deal that took five years to complete; title: Snatching Kenya from under the nose of rivals; title: Changing the shape of the problem; title: Building an African brand : the impact of mobiles on Africa; title: Raising the funds to fuel growth : cash is king; title: Going to market : celtel sells out; title: Meet the new owners; title: Buying Nigeria's V-mobile : the billion dollar deal; title: Luck or good judgement?.