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9 - Foreign Investors and Africapitalism: The Case for Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2018

Kenneth Amaeshi
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Adun Okupe
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Uwafiokun Idemudia
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
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Africapitalism
Rethinking the Role of Business in Africa
, pp. 215 - 239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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