1. Special Economic Zones Unpacked -- 2. Regulatory and Institutional Framework of Special Economic Zones -- 3. Chinese Experiences on Special Economic Zones -- 4. Overview of Special Economic Zones in Africa. 5. Assessing the Outcomes in Special Economic Zones in Africa -- 6. A Review of the...

1. African smallholders and their market environment -- 2.African Agricultural Value Chains: A Brief Historical Overview -- 3. Economic theory and value chain governance -- 4. The evolution of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa -- 5. Small holders and Markets -- 6. Product quality and...

Part 1. DIGITAL INNOVATION AND VALUE CREATION -- Chapter 1. E-commerce and Globalization: A Bibliometric Review of 24 Years of Research -- Chapter 2. Drones in the Digital Transformation of Healthcare Delivery in Africa -- Chapter 3. Validating Digital Value from Digital Technology Adoption for...

Part I. Context -- Chapter 1: Africa’s economies -- Chapter 2: China’s surge in growth facilitated by Special Economic Zones -- Chapter 3: The Chinese Special Economic Zone Model and China of the future -- Part II. The Emergence of Chinese Special Economic Zones in Africa -- Chapter 4: China...

Our analysis of over 500 Ghanaian firms sheds light, for the first time, on how certain firms managed to extract value from mobile money. Our regressions point to the usefulness of this form of cashless payments in stabilizing sales during the COVID pandemic. Perhaps the most important message...

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Introduction -- Vision for scale -- Sustainable business models that scale -- Talent for scaling -- Financing scaling -- Partnerships for scaling -- Supporting scaling : the roles of key stakeholders -- Looking to the future...