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Coenen, Patrick (2020)

The philosophy of Africapitalism in Supply Chain Management

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

There supposedly is a lot of potential in the African economies, though up until now most of these countries have been unable to channel this potential. An example of an industry in which a lot of money can be made, is the coffee sector. This sector has been exploited for its bare resources, leaving farmers with very little return for their efforts. Tony Elumelu has devised an economic philosophy; Africapitalism, which presumably mitigates these issues. The effects of this philosophy in combination with Supply Chain Management can be witnessed Good African Coffee ltd. in Uganda. This poses the question of whether this combination can be beneficial to not only this company, but the Ugandan coffee sector in general and if so, maybe even other sectors as well.

Africapitalism

Supply Chain Management

Coffee

Uganda

Author

Coenen, Patrick

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Africa

Supervisors

Stathopoulos, Athanasios

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en