Africa: Merchants and Migrants

Being "distinct" is at once the greatest strength and the greatest vulnerability for Africa's immigrant entrepreneurs

Generations of Africans have debated the merits of foreign-controlled enterprise: do these businesses and the people who run them strengthen or undermine local economic opportunity? Do they benefit or exploit local workers and consumers?

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