Frontier Madness by PK Ngunyi

Description

It took exactly 100 years for communities in Paradise to go from consistently selling hundreds of thousands of pounds of surplus food to British caravans to being fed cornmeal (animal feed) to keep them from starvation.
A rollercoaster read that will have you laughing, crying, sad, and jubilant sometimes in the same paragraph as you follow the tug of war between colonial heists and the battle to reclaim African wealth and sovereignty.
This book is for everyone. It is a genre of its own, a business book that intentionally refuses to read like one, stripping away the jargon to reveal the raw, human reality of building a continent in un-mapped territory. It becomes a page-turning novel, with stories written to make socioeconomic and historical information easy and accessible. Debuted as a #1 Kindle New Release and has been read in over 30 countries. Book clubs from Nairobi to Washington, DC; university global studies programs; investors; policymakers; and those on the hunt for a good vacation read or travel companion.

Author
PK Ngunyi is an investor, entrepreneur, and operator who doesn’t just study the tug-of-war between capital heists and restorative cycles; he lives it. Based between Silicon Savannah (Nairobi), New York, and Dubai, PK remains an active force in the global economic ecosystem. When he isn’t in the boardroom or the trenches of a new venture, he is likely off the grid, hiking, camping, or traveling to a new corner of the map. Loves a latte and a walk in Karura or Central Park, playing guitar in the bush, and is a firm believer that the best insights are often found around a campfire or at the end of a long trail.
As a fifth-generation builder across multiple continents, PK follows a lineage of business moguls that have navigated the volatility of African markets for over a century, finding wins where many of the world’s most pedigreed professionals have consistently faltered.
Endorsements
“Pointed, provocative, yet also very warm and personal.” – Senior Advisor, Africa
“A powerful frontier markets map that reads like a novel, which is a feature, not a bug.” – Stanford Faculty
“Ngunyi writes like he’s talking to you over coffee — funny, sharp, and unafraid to say what others won’t. Africa’s story deserves this book.”
“This is the book I wish I had read BEFORE moving to Africa for work”