Industrialising Africa

Horman Chitonge is Associate Professor of African Studies at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. He has published extensively on economic growth and development in Africa, agrarian political economy, poverty, and social welfare. His recent publications include Social Welfare Policy in South Africa: From the Poor White Problem to a "Digitised Social Contract" (Peter Lang, 2018).

List of Tables – List of Figures – Preface – Acknowledgments – Abbreviations – Industrialising Africa: The Key Arguments – Industrialisation, Economic Growth and the Transformation of Society – Industrial Development in Africa: An Overview – Industrialisation and Development Planning in Africa – Industrial Development Strategy in National Development Plans – Industrialisation and Structural Transformation in Africa – The State and Industrialisation in Africa – Industrialisation and the Agrarian Question in Africa – Entrepreneurship and Industrialisation in Africa: Can the Cheetah Generation Deliver? – Constructing Pillars for Africa’s Industrialisation in the 21st Century – Appendixes – Index.

“Industrialisation is of key importance to Africa and could be described as the missing ingredient in the continent’s development. This important book provides not only a masterful survey of the issues, but also a policy roadmap of the way forward. It is essential reading for students of African development, as well as policy makers.”
Anthony Black, University of Cape Town School of Economics

“This book is an excellent and comprehensive survey of the theories and strategies of industrialisation, with particularly fascinating accounts of the role of the state, the transformation of agriculture, and the agency of entrepreneurs.”
Peter Lawrence, Keele School of Business Management and Economics