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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

16. From Cameroon to South Africa: From Refugee to Successful Businessman

Author : Robertson K. Tengeh

Published in: Refugee Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Like any ambitious young man, Oliver dreamt of becoming successful. When it became apparent that the conditions in Cameroon would not allow him to realize his dreams, Oliver did what most Africans do today. He immigrated to South Africa, where he had to overcome a different set of challenges to achieve his goal. With a lot of hard work and the support of his family and ethnic network, today, Oliver is an affluent entrepreneur in his own right.

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Literature
Crush, J., G. Tawodzera, C. McCordic, S. Ramachandran, and R.K. Tengeh. 2017. Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa. African Human Mobility Review 3 (2): 784–819.
Handmaker, J., L. de la Hunt, and J. Klaaren, eds. 2011. Advancing refugee protection in South Africa. 2nd ed. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Tengeh, R.K. 2016. Entrepreneurial Resilience: The case of Somali grocery shop owners in a South African township. Problems and Perspectives in Management 14 (4–1): 73–81.
Metadata
Title
From Cameroon to South Africa: From Refugee to Successful Businessman
Author
Robertson K. Tengeh
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Refugee Entrepreneurship

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-92533-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-92534-9

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92534-9_16