Corporate Governance in Africa

Kerry E. Howell holds the Chair of Governance at Plymouth University Graduate School of Management, UK. His research interests and scholarly expertise include areas relating to methodology, governance and leadership on which he has written extensively. Kerry is Chair of the Public Administration Committee, member of the Joint Universities Committee and on the editorial board of the International Journal of Management and Law.M. Karim Sorour is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management and the PhD programme leader at the Faculty of Business & Law, Northumbria University, UK. He has more than 13 years’ experience in the fields of consultancy, research and executive training and his research interests include corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and management accounting with emphasis on developing countries. Karim is an editor of Cogent Business and Management Journal and a steering committee member of the BAFA- Accounting & Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE) research interest group.

• 1. Introduction: Notions of Governance, Social Contracts and Ethical Perspectives (Kerry E. Howell).- 2. Paradigm of Inquiry: Critical Theory and Constructivism (Kerry E. Howell).- 3. Ethical Perspectives on Corporate Governance (Tony Ikechukwu Nwanji).- 4. On The Evolution of Corporate Governance Culture in Africa: The case of the Egyptian Banking Sector (M. Karim Sorour and Ahmed El Sakhawy).- 5. Ethical Dimensions of Corporate Governance Practice in Ghana: Building a Theoretical Perspective (Mark Boadou).- 6. Corporate Governance in Nigeria (Umar Abbas Ibrahim).- 7. An Examination and Analysis of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in the Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach (Sainey Faye).- 8. The King Reports on Corporate Governance In South Africa. A  Ubuntu African Philosophy Analysis (Zenzo L Dube).- 9. The Corporate Governance of the Kenyan Public Sector ( Dulacha Barako and Alistair Brown).- 10. Conclusions (Kerry E. Howell).- Index.

“The book initially provides a theoretical Foundation in which the conceptual framework of Corporate Governance and philosophical issues are discussed. The book then goes on to provide a number of case studies identifying critical issues on a range of countries in Africa. … The book covers a significant gap in knowledge and understanding of corporate governance and ethics in Africa.” (Steve Letza, February, 2017)