Download or read book Marketing Brands in Africa written by Samuelson Appau and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contributed volume serves as an authoritative reference and guide for anyone looking to study or build a brand in Africa. Despite being touted as the ‘last frontier’ of global brands, very little research exists that examines brands and branding in this emerging market. Authors cover crucial topics such as the history of branding in Africa, branding approaches used by start-ups, religious organizations, political parties, and businesses in the informal economies of Africa, as well as marketing Africa as a brand using practical cases, empirical and critical approaches. With the world’s youngest population and the second-fastest growing economies, Africa has quickly become a hotbed for marketing and consumption of local and global brands. While past research has mostly focused on examining the brand image of Africa and African countries, or on branding Africa as a place for tourist consumption, what is missing is a comprehensive guide that discusses the theory and practice of branding and brands in and from Africa. Through theoretical and practical contributions, the authors of this book seek to fill the knowledge gap about branding in and from Africa.
Download or read book Branding and Positioning in Base of the Pyramid Markets in Africa written by Charles Blankson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand management to sustain corporate reputation and customer loyalty is essential for both multinationals and indigenous fi rms in Africa. This book provides a practical overview of country branding and positioning activities in Africa, based on a broad defi nition of base of the pyramid (BoP) marketing, which includes both goods and services, as well as business-to-business marketing, corporate branding, and country branding. The text highlights branding strategies that can be adopted in BoP markets, as well as marketing mix strategies appropriate for much of the continent. Taking into account the role of social networks, culture, and religion, the book explores avenues for developing and building competitive advantage, and how African countries can leverage country branding as part of the development process. The book is ideal for researchers, educators and advanced students in international marketing, management, and brand strategy who are interested in the unique branding characteristics of the African continent.
Download or read book Strategic Marketing of Higher Education in Africa written by Emmanuel Mogaji and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Marketing of Higher Education in Africa explores higher education marketing themes along the lines of understanding higher education markets, university branding and international marketing strategies, digital marketing, and student choice-making. The Higher Education landscape around the world is changing. There is global competition for students’ enrolments, universities are competing within their home market as well as in the international market, and as government funding for public universities is reducing there is pressure on universities to seek additional income by increasing their student enrolment. African universities are not an exception in this competitive market. This book is unique in providing a composite overview of strategic marketing and brand communications of higher education institutions in Africa. It recognises that there is a growing need for universities to understand the stakeholders and develop strategies on how best to engage with them effectively. Highlighting the unique characteristics, nature, and challenges of African universities, this book explores the marketisation strategies of African universities, with focus on the strategic digital marketing and brand management. The book provides significant theoretical and marketing practice implications for academics, higher-education administrators, and practitioners on how best to market higher education in Africa and reach out to prospective students. International practitioners aiming to market to Africans and start a partnership with an African university will also find this relevant in understanding the dynamics of the African market.
Download or read book Marketing Management and Strategy written by George Tesar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives readers an understanding of the factors that shape the marketing decisions of managers who operate in African economies. It brings together fifteen African cases written by scholars and executives with rich knowledge of business practices in Africa. By combining theoretical insights with practical information from the cases, the reader is introduced to issues relating to marketing strategy formulation, managerial actions in designing and implementing marketing decisions, as well as the operational contexts within which these actions are taken. The book is essential reading for both undergraduate and graduate students in marketing, international strategy and international business who require an understanding of African business.
Download or read book Business to Business Marketing written by Richard Afriyie Owusu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business-to-Business Marketing: An African Perspective: How to Understand and Succeed in Business Marketing in an Emerging Africa is a comprehensive application of the most current research results, concepts and frameworks to the African business-to-business (B-to-B) context. The chapters are designed to provide the reader with a thorough analysis of b-to-b. Important aspects like competitive strategy in B-to-B, marketing mix strategies, relationship management and collaboration, business services, big data analysis, and emerging issues in B-to-B are discussed with African examples and cases. As a result, the book is easy to read and pedagogical. It is suitable for courses at universities and other tertiary levels, undergraduate and graduate courses, MBA and professional B-to-B marketing programmes. Working managers will find it a useful reference for practical insights and as a useful resource to develop and implement successful strategies. The Authors Collectively the four authors have over 60 years of teaching and research in B-to-B marketing and management in and outside Africa. They have the managerial and consulting experience that has enabled them to combine theory with practice. Their experience and knowledge provide the needed background to uniquely integrate teaching and research with the realities of the African B-to-B market. Their command of and insight into the subject are unparalleled.
Download or read book The Seven Dimensions of Branding written by Muyiwa Kayode and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building brands in emerging markets is akin to navigating a minefield. One misstep and the entire enterprise may blow up in your face with your brand consigned to the grave yard of marketing casualties! How is branding in an emerging economy different from the same exercise in a mature economy? What are the peculiar challenges brand managers face when they find themselves in socially complex and rapidly changing emerging markets? The Seven Dimensions of Branding articulates the fundamental elements of the branding process, with specific reference to Africas largest emerging market, Nigeria. Drawing on the authors more than two decades of helping local and international brands, the book gives you an insight into the peculiar challenges of creating and building successful brands in Africa and explains why global brands are not emerging from this vibrant continent. The Seven Dimensions shows how the universal principles of branding may be successfully applied in emerging economies.
Download or read book Brands and Branding in South Africa written by and published by Affinity Advertisin and Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marketing in South Africa written by John Simpson and published by Van Schaik Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of case studies aims to gather the best possible South African examples of marketing in theory and marketing in practice and was initiated in recognition of the need for case studies as a means of marketing training.
Download or read book Marketing Management in Africa written by George Tesar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on strategies for developing consumer markets in Africa using concepts and techniques from marketing, entrepreneurship, and project management. The authors argue that entrepreneurial activity in Africa is rapid, but limited, and requires a structured approach to drive success. Beginning with an introductory chapter that frames the socio-economic and technological developments in Africa, readers are introduced to the conceptual model that provides this structured approach in four logical parts: The creative stage Entrepreneurial and enterprise activities Understanding consumer behavior and market segments A project management-based framework. This multidisciplinary approach is supplemented with many examples and cases from a variety of sectors including health care, wind and solar power, and mobile technology. Through these, readers are able to understand how the model is implemented in reality to drive innovative economic and social development. Marketing Management in Africa will prove a valuable companion to any student of marketing or entrepreneurship with a particular interest in Africa.
Download or read book Dynamics of Marketing in African Nations written by Sonny Nwankwo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consider Africa—not with pre-established mindsets, unexamined assumptions, and bland generalizations—but for what Africa actually is: a setting in which marketers can gather new ideas and test old ones and perhaps emerge with a more varied, certain sense of what the marketing enterprise itself, is all about. Nwankwo, Aiyeku, and their contributing authors, all specialists with a remarkably wide range of experience and viewpoints, uncover the unexpected factors that they are certain will determine the success of selling just about any product or service to established or developing African nations. Original, eclectic, and agenda-setting, their book provides a startling insight into the dynamics of marketing in this fascinating region of the world as it continues to initiate the new macroeconomic and political reforms that are transforming the African continent into an important player on the international business scene. Nwankwo and Aiyeku see their book as a welcome attempt to identify and explore the institutional processes in which not only the study but also the practice of marketing is embedded. They work with three main themes: the processual issues, including theory development and the reconceptualization of conventional paradigms; the nature of the interrelationships that shape the dynamics of marketing overall; and the context-specific dimensions of marketing generally, its marketing operations. As the volume editors state: By and large, African nations present new contexts and new strategic challenges. As they become focused, certain general approaches as to how various characteristics influence marketing behaviors have to be established. This book, through addressing these contextual issues, provides a better focus for creating a relevant set of marketing activities in African situations.
Download or read book The Villager written by Feyi Olubodun and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Feyi Olubodun, CEO of one of West Africa's leading creative agencies, witnessed one too many cases of brands failing in the African marketplace he began to ask himself questions: - Why did brands, both global and local, so often fail to connect with the African consumer? - What was it about the African market that brand owners were not seeing? He began to reflect on his own marketing experiences and out of this emerged the framework for The Villager. In Feyi's view, the African consumer begins his life's journey by moving from the village, his rural dwelling, to the city, carrying with him not only his own dreams but also the dreams of his community. He is a highly aspirational consumer, motivated to succeed, and he becomes the economic portal for the rest of his community back home. But although he may be exposed to global influences and technology, his essential identity remains largely intact. This is why Feyi calls the African consumer a Villager. The Village is no longer a physical space; it is a psychological construct that defines him and the filter through which he engages with and consumes brands. In developing his construct, Feyi posits that if you wish to engage successfully in a market you may not understand, you must have the right 'lenses' to view a people. He believes the secret lies in applying these lenses at the confluence of commerce, culture and consumer. Data is not enough to understand the vagaries of a particular market. Drawing on his wide experience and wealth of astute observations, he provides a highly readable and indispensable guide to the mindset of the African consumer today, yet it is true to say that his insights apply, albeit in a more nuanced way, to consumer behaviour across the globe. The Villager is essential reading for brand owners wishing to conquer new markets."--Back cover.
Download or read book Branding and Positioning in Base of the Pyramid Markets in Africa written by Charles Blankson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand management to sustain corporate reputation and customer loyalty is essential for both multinationals and indigenous fi rms in Africa. This book provides a practical overview of country branding and positioning activities in Africa, based on a broad defi nition of base of the pyramid (BoP) marketing, which includes both goods and services, as well as business-to-business marketing, corporate branding, and country branding. The text highlights branding strategies that can be adopted in BoP markets, as well as marketing mix strategies appropriate for much of the continent. Taking into account the role of social networks, culture, and religion, the book explores avenues for developing and building competitive advantage, and how African countries can leverage country branding as part of the development process. The book is ideal for researchers, educators and advanced students in international marketing, management, and brand strategy who are interested in the unique branding characteristics of the African continent.
Download or read book Decolonising Africa s Business Practices Pro Indigenous Marketing Pathway to a Paradigm Shift written by Prof. Ogechi Adeola and published by Pan-Atlantic University Press. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15th Inaugural Lecture of the Pan-Atlantic University delivered on Sept 1, 2023, by Professor Ogechi Adeola LL.B (Nigeria), B.L. (Nigeria), MBA (Manchester), DBA (Manchester), Professor of Marketing. Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria
Download or read book Public Sector Marketing Communications Volume I written by Ogechi Adeola and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African nations are seeking ways to build strong institutions that are development-oriented and people-centred. Extant literature has reported the negative consequences of ineffective government communications with the public. In response, this book — the first of a two-volume edited work — focuses on marketing communication themes related to branding, public relations, trade fairs and exhibitions, and public sector communications. Public sector marketing communication plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between society and the government. Building a relationship with the public through appropriate communication tools and platforms is sacrosanct to restoring public sector image and trust. The book supports this effort by sharing conceptual and theoretical research towards the marketisation of Africa’s public sector as it strives to become an effective partner with the public it serves. Together with the second volume, which focuses on traditional and digital perspectives, this collection fills an existing information gap that is evident in Africa’s public sector.
Download or read book From Witblits to Vuvuzelas Marketing in the New South Africa written by Dale Hefer and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From Witblits to Vuvuzelas, Dale Hefer, founding director of the Chillibush Group of Companies, shares a wealth of advice with South African marketers in the New South Africa. In a rapidly evolving industry, new and innovative ways of understanding target markets, objectives and go-to market opportunities are required. For this reason, the book dispels popular myths about which part of the population makes up the ‘main market’, provides novel guidelines based on the author’s years of experience with clients and incorporates invaluable insight from local marketing legends. Personal anecdotes illustrate key concepts, while the main focus of the book is on our diverse culture and the challenges and pitfalls that marketers encounter in this country. Informative, witty and accessible, From Witblits to Vuvuzelas is an essential tool for anyone in the marketing industry or for those who want to enter the world of marketing.
Download or read book Digital Public Relations and Marketing Communication Trends in Africa written by Anne W. Njathi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uptake of digital media platforms necessitates the need to understand how digital cultures of consumers and brands are unfolding. Despite the increase in usage and adoption of the internet in Africa, there is limited information about digital marketing trends on the continent. This book is among the first to present an edited collection of chapters on digital and influencer marketing authored by many who are either from or have close ties to Africa. This book showcases digital marketing trends in Africa that are burgeoning at the same speed as the uptake of technology in the continent. With this in mind, the contributors seek to interrogate digital marketing trends in two stages: the status of digital marketing on the African continent, including cases from Nigeria, Egypt, Uganda and Kenya, and an analysis of the rise of influencer marketing, including cases from Nigeria and Uganda. This book will explore factors driving the increase in digital media platforms in Africa as well as an analysis of the implications of the growth in digital marketing, using various theoretical and methodological underpinnings to probe trends. Digital Public Relations and Marketing Communication Trends in Africa provides significant implications for marketing scholars and researchers and will be relevant to those looking to understand the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Download or read book Marketing for an African Powerhouse written by Fatema Dewji and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a business race, how does a wounded cheetah learn to stop the bleeding and outrun everyone else? How does a decades-old family business that knew nothing about Marketing learn to stay relevant today? And how does one young woman learn to initiate powerful changes within a company while discovering her life purpose? ... In MARKETING FOR AN AFRICAN POWERHOUSE: HOW TO GET YOUR BRAND AHEAD OF THE HERD, Fatema Dewji (Marketing Head of the MeTL Group and Founder of Educate, Empower & Inspire) shares intimate stories and insights of her father's, MeTL's, and her own challenging yet sweetly rewarding journeys. Including: Her father's work ethics and how he grew one truckload of produce into a modest, respectable trading house. How their lack of understanding their consumers almost crumbled the future of the company. How Fatema approached changing mindsets before changing work systems. How she discovered MeTL's big WHY as well as her own wildest dream. How she went about building campaigns for MeTL's various products. (Yes, with specific questions, angles, and executions. Just for you, Marketing nerds!) What she has learned about Teamwork, Humility, and Giving Back. And the most inspiring woman in Fatema's life who got her and her father where they are today. Told through real-life stories, with the aid of motivational speeches, interviews, and resources from big-hearted, passionate people, this is a book for every business owner (no matter the size of your company or the mileage of your business journey) who wants to know how to connect with their crowd, as well as everyone who wishes for more personal growth in business and in Life.
