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Africapitalism is the economic philosophy that the African private sector has the power to transform the continent through long-term investments, creating both economic prosperity and social wealth. A think-thank tasked with studying the philosophy, the (Africapitalism Institute ) was formally launched during the 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria in May of that year. Nigerian philanthropist, private investor and former banker Tony O. Elumelu first iterated the term in 2011, which has been likened to concepts including "inclusive capitalism", "impact investing," "conscious capitalism" and "philanthro-capitalism.". However, the neo-capitalism philosophy most closely associated with Africapitalism is the theory of "creating shared value" — a concept defined in a Harvard Business Review article titled "Creating Shared Value: Redefining Capitalism and the Role of the Corporation in Society", written by renowned economist, Professor Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The central premise behind creating shared value is that the competitiveness of a company and the health of the communities around it are mutually dependent. == History == Elumelu first introduced the term "Africapitalism" in 2011 and has outlined the concept’s main tenets and philosophies in numerous publications, including The Economist, the Financial Times and Fortune. The philosophy is one of the four stated pillars of the (mission ) of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the charitable foundation he founded the same year. In 2014, the philosophy was buttressed by the establishment of the Africapitalism Institute, a pan-African think tank dedicated to the promotion of the philosophy through "rigorous academic-level applied research" on the transformative role of the private sector in Africa’s development.〔 The Institute was formally launched during the (2014 World Economic Forum on Africa ) in Abuja, Nigeria in May of that year.〔 In February 2015 – the Africapitalism Index, which evaluates the manner in which African economies are growing – was outlined by the Director of the Institute during an interview on CNBC Africa.〔http://www.cnbcafrica.com/video/?bctid=4029732365001〕 The index is one of the signature publications of the institute. African business magazine (Ventures Africa ) referred to U.S. President Barack Obama as "Obama the Africapitalist," following his pledge of $7 billion to the "Power Africa" Initiative, which aims to advance access to power in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania. The philosophy of Africapitalism was also a theme of the historic, first-ever US-Africa Summit hosted by President Obama in Washington, D.C. in August 2014;〔http://www.theafricareport.com/East-Horn-Africa/us-africa-summit-congress-and-the-last-hurdle.html〕〔http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/oped/ELUMELU--Summit--Progress-made--but-work-remains/-/1840568/2427162/-/5bh7xw/-/index.html〕 and a panel at the (Africa CEO Forum ) in Geneva in March 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Africapitalism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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