Bright lights, no city

A journalist shares his experiences with his entrepreneur brother in Ghana, West Africa, where they set out with a strange business plan to create a for-profit enterprise to empower Africa's poor as modern consumers.

Main Author: Alexander, Max, 1957-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Hyperion, 2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: A journalist shares his experiences with his entrepreneur brother in Ghana, West Africa, where they set out with a strange business plan to create a for-profit enterprise to empower Africa's poor as modern consumers.
Physical Description: 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781401324179
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Author Notes: Max Alexander is a former executive editor of Variety and Daily Variety, and a former senior editor at People magazine. He has co-authored several books, ranging from a cookbook to business books. His writing appears in Smithsonian, Reader's Digest, Money and the New York Times. USA Today rated his first book, Man Bites Log, about his experiences moving from Hollywood and New York to a Maine farm, as one of the best nature books of 2004. He has edited many other books, including George Plimpton's last book, Shackleton. He lives in Maine.