# A Good African Story

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- Book: [A Good African Story](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-rugasira/a-good-african-story) ([A Good African Story.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-rugasira/a-good-african-story.md))
- Authors: [Andrew Rugasira](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-rugasira)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-192-6
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2014-01-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Since it was founded in 2003, Good African Coffee has helped thousands of farmers earn a decent living, send their children to school and escape a spiral of debt and dependence. Africa has received over $1 trillion in aid over the last fifty years and yet despite these huge inflows, the continent remains mired in poverty, disease and systemic corruption. In A Good African Story , as Andrew Rugasira recounts the very personal story of his company and the challenges that he has faced – and overcome – as an African entrepreneur, he provides a tantalising glimpse of what Africa could be, and argues that trade has achieved what years of aid have failed to deliver. This is a book about Africa taking its destiny in its own hands, and dictating the terms of its future.