Africapitalism: Rethinking the Role of Business in Africa ed. by Kenneth Amaeshi, Adun Okupe and Uwafiokun Idemudia (review)

Although the book leaves questions unanswered, that is the point. Africapitalism is new, messy, and in need of development and application to businesses and economies. This significant contribution to the discourse on African business, trade, and aid debates frames a new paradigm and vocabulary for the seemingly intractable problems of African development. Africapitalism will court controversy. The book may upset foreign aid supporters but goes beyond merely identifying the problem. Liberals will call the work unrealistic. Socialists will call it insufficient. Both assessments, however, are premature. Africanists, development economists, and entrepreneurs working in Africa will find this book insightful. Future scholars and business-people may trace their intellectual roots to works like this book.