Table of Contents :

Return Predictability and Market Conditions: Evidence from Nigerian, South African and Mauritius Stock Markets
Adefemi A. Obalade and Paul-Francois Muzindutsi 5

An Examination of the Quality of the Variable Portion of Executive Directors' Remuneration for large South African listed companies
Chelsea Thomson, Riley Carpenter, Michael Harber and Mark Graham 11


Emerging and Frontier Africa's Currency Carry Trades: Any Value to Asset Allocation Decisions?
Eric Nkansah and Irrshad Kaseeram 25


The Effectiveness Of Business Management And Entrepreneurship Training Offered By SME Service Providers In Namibia
Calvin Mukata Mukata, Watson Ladzani and Thea Visser 37


The Impact Of Black Economic Empowerment On Business Risk - Evidence From The South African Industrial Sector
Carla Morris 51


Gender Discrimination in Commercial Banks' Credit Markets in Ghana: A Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis
Frank Gyimah Sackey and Peter Nkrumah Amponsah 65


A Conceptual Framework of Organisational Alignment to Improve South African Mining Companies
F.J. Burger and T.G. Pelser 81


Impact of Brand Awareness and Association on Loyalty: The Role of Equity in Plant Medicine Market in Kumasi, Ghana
Peter Kwasi Oppong and Professor Maxwell A. Phiri 99


Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Zimbabwe
Brian Tavonga Mazorodze 111


The Relationship between Unemployment, Entrepreneurship, Rising Income in South Africa: An Exploratory Study
Darma Mahadea and Irrshad Kaseeram 143

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