This article reports on a small and medium enterprise (SME) survey carried out by the ResearchICTAfrica (RIA) in 14 African countries. It argues that the negative return on investment reported in the literature can be attributed to the failure to distinguish between the formal and informal...

Analysis of Research ICT Africa's 2011/2012 nationally representative survey data on informal businesses across 12 African countries shows that the informal sector is mainly a cash and face-to-face driven sector. Informal businesses rely on cash for transacting financially with their customers...

"This unique book explores the wide range of views of Britons in China from the late 1700s to the 1840s as they chafed under the restrictions imposed by the Canton System. Carroll brings a seminal period in the Chinese-British relationship, which revolved around tea and opium, to vivid life...