FrontierS of Finance

How did capitalism spread in southern Africa?

(with Lloyd Maphosa)

• Digitised joint stock archive: 1892 - 1910.

• With a total of 6877 unique shareholders.

• Across 267 companies and 36 sectors.

• Spread throughout Southern Africa.

How corrupt was the colonial economy?

(with Munashe Chideya)

• Transcribed colonial civil servants and politicians employment recorded from 1888 to 1902.

• Linked them to the Joint Stock company data.

• Study how political institutions shaped the early economy and society via political elites.

Why are African traders not in history books?

(with Kereeditse Tsokodibane

• We identify 19th century African trade and merchant networks.

• Show how they were highly integrated, then decimated by colonial laws.

• We tell the story about the lives of these traders and their families.