Africa's greatest entrepreneurs

Title: Africa's greatest entrepreneurs
Author: Moky Makura
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Penguin Books
Cape Town, South Africa 2015
ISBN 9780143024309 / ISBN 978-0-14-302430-9
Softcover, 15 x 23 cm, 304 pages, several b/w-photographs

About: Africa's greatest entrepreneurs

Who are the real power brokers in Africa? Who are the dynamic entrepreneurs making things happen on the continent? How did they do it and what are their personal stories? Africa's greatest entrepreneurs is a collection of stories about 16 of the most successful entrepreneurs and business visionaries currently operating in Africa. Each chapter is dedicated to a single entrepreneur and focuses on a sometimes tumultuous, often challenging, but mostly exciting, journey to success. This fascinating and well-researched title examines the life of each entrepreneur and maps out the path each elected to follow in tackling and overcoming the obstacles that stood in the way of the realisation of their dreams. The author sheds light on the different historical, political and economic power structures that helped create - and in some cases frustrate - these business heroes. Africa's greatest entrepreneurs shines the spotlight on and provides an unprecedented insight into a new breed of African hero, some of whose stories have never been told until now.

Moky Makura, née Akinsemoyin, was born in Nigeria, educated in England and now lives in Johannesburg. She formed her own agency, Red PR, early in 1999, with the vision of becoming the first pan-African PR network. In 2002, she sold her business to Draft FCB – then SA’s largest communications agency. Three years later she left to set up as an independent consultant and pursue her media passions. From 2001 to 2006, Moky Makura was the African Anchor presenter and field reporter for South Africa’s award winning news and actuality show Carte Blanche. In 2004, Moky Makura presented an hour long interview format show called African Pioneers which was syndicated to commercial stations in 5 African countries. In 2005, she produced and hosted a 26 part marketing show on the South African business channel; Summit TV.

In 2006, she played a lead role in the ground breaking and very popular MNet Pan-African drama series Jacob’s Cross. In November 2008, Moky Makura completed her book Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs with a foreword written by Richard Branson which tells the success stories of the top entrepreneurs on the continent. Her book has been covered extensively in the local media and is currently in its 3rd print. Moky Makura has been invited to speak on numerous occasions at various institutions on her research around Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs’. Moky Makura is an editorial contributor to various magazines on African related subjects and has had her editorials published in a number of South African publications.

Content: Africa's greatest entrepreneurs

Another Soul
People of the Great Sand Face
Are Your Eyes Nicely Open?
In the Beginning
Voices Across the Sand
Backwards and Forwards in Time
The Old Way
And the Children
The Early Race
In the Light of the Day
The Softening of the Sun
Eyes Nicely Open
Olden-Day Ostriches
A Long Story
Animal to Human
Fire in our Heart
Talking Bones
Earthgift
Winter Moon
Blood Holds the Memory
That We Live
The Spider's Message
The Tall One
The Tree of Life
Passing of Days
One Day
Another Day
A Healing Man
Hunter Predator
When Boys Become Men
Dance the Healing Dance
Coming into Wholeness
Resolution
The Cutting Moon
Woman
Day of the Rain Animals
After the Storm
All Creatures
The Old Man
Wisdom Of The World
Mystery Truths
A Human Trinity
Spoken Words
God's Children
Exodus
All Circles Close
Brothers and Sisters
The Last Great Dance
Across the Threshold
The Consecration Of Humanity
Bushman Winter
/Gwikwe Conversations And Clicks
Clicks - A Description Of How To Make The Six Primary Clicks
List Of People