Heineken in Africa - A Multinational Unleashed

Shortlisted for the African Business Book of the Year AwardFor Heineken, 'rising Africa' is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent. But is this true? Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen has spent years seeking the answer, and his conclusion is damning: Heineken has hardly benefited Africa at all. On the contrary, there are some shocking skeletons in its African closet: tax avoidance, sexual abuse, links to genocide and other human rights violations, high-level corruption, crushing competition from indigenous brewers, and collaboration with dictators and pitiless anti-government rebels. Heineken in Africa caused a political and media furore on publication in The Netherlands, and was debated in their Parliament. It is an unmissable exposé of the havoc wreaked by a global giant seeking profit in the developing world.

Summary

'Precisely and rigorously ticks off Heineken's excesses and tribulations in Africa.' - Le Monde

Product details

• Authors: Olivier van Beemen, Olivier van Beemen
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781787384880
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-488-0
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Business ethics & social responsibility, History of specific companies / corporate history, Business ethics and social responsibility, Development Studies