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About this book
THE MOST COMPELLING BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY TO COME OUT OF AFRICAWhen Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Herbert Wigwe bought Access Bank in 2002 it was one of the smallest and most crisis-prone banks in Nigeria. Their goal was to build it into one of the biggest and strongest banks in the country. Leaving the Tarmac is the story of their success and it reads like a financial thriller, while at the same time providing a detailed blueprint for how to create a sustainable business founded on excellence, how to build and lead a winning team and how to operate successfully in emerging markets. The author has written with searing honesty about the set-backs as well as the triumphs that they met with along the way, providing an unrivalled insight for anyone planning to build a company or do business in the volatile but high-growth markets of modern Africa.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- One – Entrepreneurial Juice
- Two – Buying the Bank
- Three – The Growth and Evolution of the Nigerian Banking Industry
- Four – Business Model
- Five – The Challenge
- Six – A Vision for Transformation – Mission Impossible
- Seven – Finding and Developing the Best People
- Eight – Regulatory-led Reform
- Nine – Raising Twenty-Five Billion
- Ten – Blind Pursuit of Growth
- Eleven – Good Governance and Risk Management
- Twelve – Earning the Respect and Confidence of the Debt and Capital Markets
- Thirteen – International Expansion
- Fourteen – A Significant Acquisition
- Fifteen – Integration
- Sixteen – The World’s Most Respected African Bank
- Seventeen – The Next Chapter
- Notes
- Index