My wife Debbie and I were guests of the people of Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia in 2000. We found ourselves impressed by the beauty of Africa and the hospitality of its people. Ethiopia in 2000 reminded me of South Korea as it was in 1962 and 1963, when I had the pleasure of serving in Korea with the United States Armys Transportation Corps. Our suppliers were from the private sector in South Korea, and it was the local Korean entrepreneurs, who became the engines of growth for the future development of the country. Having graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1961, having spent my business career in the United States, and having travelled to thirty-seven countries and six continents, I found myself becoming interested in the opportunities for entrepreneurs in Africa. Upon returning to the US, I began researching successful entrepreneurs in Africa. During my search, I became aware of the opportunities and roadblocks that the cultural, economic, social, political, and physical environments provide in Africa. This new-found awareness led me to also search for actual or proposed projects and policy changes that are, or could be, of great benefit for the people of Africa and the entrepreneurial environment. In March 2002, Quorum Books, an imprint of the Greenwood Publications Group, published my first book, Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Study of Successes. which tells stories about who are the entrepreneurs who have achieved success, wealth, and recognition in their African homelands, and how did they do it. Its sequel, Africa: Continent of Economic Opportunity, featuring all new stories of success, was published in April 2007 by realafricanpublishers/most-popular/business/africa-continent-of-economic-opportunity-detail.html / STE Publishers of Johannesburg, South Africa. Both books featured success stories about different entrepreneurs creating jobs and improving the quality of life in their African communities. My third book, African Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century, Their Stories of Success (Excellent Publishing and Printing, Ghana, June 2014, ISBN: 978-9988-0-7807-2), is again a sequel presenting all new entrepreneurial stories, featuring over 575 enterprises from all 56 countries of Africa. It is a guide book to Africas successful entrepreneurs who are creating jobs and improving the quality of life within the five regions of Africa. The book is packed with accurate, practical, and honest advice, designed to give readers the information young entrepreneurs need to make the most of their enterprises. The book is envisioned as a source of networking for seasoned entrepreneurs and as a guide book for mentoring young and upcoming entrepreneurs, eppbookservices, facebook/EppBooksServices. Best Regards, David Fick
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