COCA-COLA IN AFRICA Mike W. Peng (University of Texas at Dallas) Case Discussion Questions Why is Coca-Cola so interested in Africa‚ which is typically regarded as the base of the global economic pyramid Coca-Cola needs to seek new opportunities for earnings growth due to the fact that many of its markets outside of Africa are mature‚ saturated‚ declining or experiencing increased competition. Africas income‚ infrastructure‚ and to some extent governments are improving. Its population generally gets
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“Social inequality is a more pressing socio-economic challenge than poverty in contemporary South Africa.” South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world‚ but not the poorest (with reference to income). We can see that the inequality in South Africa has worsened over time by looking at the country’s Gini Index score. In 1996 the score was 0.66 and in 2008‚ 0.70. The score has also deteriorated in terms of population groups: the score went from 0.54 to 0.62 between Blacks and from
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Chapter 26 –Africa and the Atlantic World PROLOGUE * Thomas Peters escaped to Nova Scotia and promoted estab. of a colony for former slaves. * He connected the lands of the Atlantic Ocean Basin and was the leader of the black community. * Sub Saharan states had kinship groups like their Bantu-speaking predecessors. African Politics and Society in Early Modern Times * Regional kingdoms replaced imperial states of w. Africa b/c people organized their societies to take advantage
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Tyler Stewart November 18‚ 2013 Racism in South Africa The Dutch East India Company were the first European company to set up shop near the southern tip of Africa in 1652. By the 1700’s the Dutch were calling themselves Afrikaners as they made South Africa their new home. However‚ they weren’t the first settlers to reach South Africa. This honor goes to the Bantu tribes which settled in South Africa roughly 2‚000 years ago. The Bantu either scared away or absorbed
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inherent ethnic and tribal conflicts in African nations. The importance of this factor cannot be undermined in the determination of economic and social growth. Over the decades ethnic and tribal polarization‚ spearheaded by political dissidents in Africa have taken advantage of political instability to cause mayhem in their nations and to their people. This has caused tensions‚ violence and armed conflicts that in most cases have led to civil wars. Recurring episode of
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Often times‚ when change is forced on a group of people‚ they do not look kindly upon it. This would be the case for what is called “The Scramble for Africa.” According to the documents given‚ European powers gave the illusion of choice to the people and then backed that up with bullets when they resisted. In response the European Colonization of Africa‚ the Native people feared the social problems that would face them along with the fear of foreign rule. This caused them to rely heavily on their religious
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NEW IMPERIAL AGE BETWEEN 1850-1914 IN AFRICA Kelcie Plank World Cultures Unit 1: Lesson 6 New Imperial Age of Africa Occurred between 1850-1914 The new imperialism focused mainly on declining empires and local wars left many states vulnerable Many states were weakened by slave trade Nationalism produced strong‚ centrally governed nation-states Industrial Revolution made economy stronger European industrialized nations more forceful in expanding into other lands Causes of New Imperialism
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The term imperialism is the supremacy of one country of the political‚ economic or cultural life of another country or region. This imperialism took place in Africa and it began in the 1800. The Europeans had many motives to distribute the continent of Africa among each other to gain wealth and power. The countries involved in this motion were Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Germany and Portugal. This time was a detrimental period on the African people. This changed the life of the African greatly
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the unification of the African race through the colonization of the “Motherland” in Africa would set his people free from the current injustice they were experiencing throughout the world. Garvey’s message was clear‚ establish a democratic institution in Africa that will serve the entire African race and its descendents by granting them the freedom‚ justice‚ and equality that they deserve. In Garvey’s essay‚ “Africa for the Africans” it is easy to understand why the the appeal of Garvey’s
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good idea of how America is difference then most countries around the world. In today’s world when people think of Africa they think of people who may not be as educated as Americans‚ and possibly people who grew up in the jungle or rainforest. When in fact “only a small percentage of Africa‚ along the Guinea Coast‚ Congo‚ and in the Zaire River Basin‚ are rainforests. Most of Africa ’s forests‚ like the forests of Europe and North America‚ have been cut or burned by humans to create farmland.” (MAA)
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