Creating value for whom? Digitization and governance practices of nontraditional export firms in Africa

The nontraditional export (NTE) sector promises to be the antidote to Africa's economic woes in the face of dwindling traditional exports. Adopting Porter's Value Chain Framework and a case study design, we explore how alcoholic beverage companies in the African NTE sector could create value in their upstream, midstream, and downstream value chain activities through effective governance and digitization. In exploring these intricacies of governance and digitization within African global value chains (GVCs), we draw on two major case studies, Diageo South Africa and Kasapreko Ghana Limited. Our study shows that the NTE sector can contribute to both economic and social upgrading activities, contribute to industrialization and create international competitiveness for African firms. Second, GVC governance and digitization, even though still at its infant stages in Africa, has the potential to propel economic value through the NTE sector

Inmigración, empresa y comunidad: dos pioneros de la industria nacional en Valentín Alsina, a lo largo del siglo XX

The aim of this article is to contribute to the knowledge of the integration process of European immigrants in a particular area in the Buenos Aires’ province, Valentín Alsina, through the study of the main features of their contribution as pioneers of thenational industry. As regard this, we will analyze the evolution of the Campomar industry, founded by an Spanish immigrant at the end of the 19th century, through a family archive preserved in the Fundación Ortega y Gasset Argentina (FOGA). In addition, we will choose to follow the personal trajectory of the Italian industrialist Ugolino Giardino who, together with his brother Juan, installed a spinning mill in the early 1920s. This analysis, unlike the previous one, will be based on sources of a more varied nature: bibliography, periodical press, personal testimonies, etc. Finally, in both cases, we will focus on the relationships established by these entrepreneurs with the communityEl presente artículo pretenderá contribuir al conocimiento del proceso de integración de los inmigrantes europeos en un ámbito particular de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Valentín Alsina, por medio del estudio de los rasgos principales de su aporte como pioneros de la industria nacional. En este sentido, analizaremos el derrotero de la industria Campomar, fundada por un inmigrante de origen español a fines del siglo XIX, a través de un archivo familiar preservado en la Fundación Ortega y Gasset Argentina (FOGA). Además, optaremos por el seguimiento de la trayectoria personal del industrial italiano Ugolino Giardino que, junto con su hermano Juan, instaló una hilandería a principios de la década de 1920. Este análisis, a diferencia del anterior, se basará en fuentes de carácter más variado: bibliografía, prensa periódica, testimonios personales, etc. Finalmente, en los dos casos, pondremos el foco en las relaciones establecidas por estos empresarios con la comunidad