African Businessman

Synopsis: Three West African enterpreneurs are interviewed and general problems are discussed. Their projects are outlined and the outcome of their ideas shown. The contrast between traditional values and the style required of an industrial manufacturer is discussed. The entrepreneurs illustrate how they have used the larger expatriate companies as stepping stones to their own independent success.
Series: Africa: The Transitional Society, Series
Language: English
Country: Austria
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 29 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1975
Availability: Hire
Uses: Introduction to contemporary West African social change courses; problems of Third World development courses. Could also be useful as discussion material for economists and anthropologists in seeing how their methods match this aspect of reality.
Keywords: Africa; business firms

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