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Mahajan in South Africa: Africa Has Just as Much Business Potential as China and India

June 25th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · video

Posted by Rob Meyer

Recently, McCombs Marketing Professor Vijay Mahajan sat down with Nick Binedell, director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science in South Africa, to discuss the business potential in Africa, home to 900 million consumers. “The market opportunities are not any less than what India and China have to offer,” Mahajan said. Mahajan’s most recent book, Africa Rising, extensively [...]

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Mahajan Discusses Market Opportunities in Africa with BBC

March 10th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media · Research

Posted by Behnaz Abolmaali

McCombs Marketing Professor Vijay Mahajan spoke to the BBC’s “African Perspective” news program on March 7 to highlight African Economy Week. The segment was broadcast to more than four million listeners across Africa.
Mahajan, author of “Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think,” spoke about the often overlooked market opportunities on [...]

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Africa Rising: Mahajan Finds Thriving Business Culture and Untapped Potential Across Continent

September 11th, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media · Research · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

In his latest book, “Africa Rising,” Marketing Professor Vijay Mahajan introduces readers to Africa as a place of remarkable optimism and ingenuity with entrepreneurs and businesses working to create a better future for the continent. Crossing thousands of miles across many countries, Mahajan shares the lessons that Africa’s businesses have learned about succeeding on the continent…shows [...]

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