NIGERIAN-BORN South Africa-based author Hugo Africa, whose new book The Man Who Forgave God: Faces of 419 Scam, is currently causing ripples in the market, has been invited to talk to a group of businessmen today.
Africa also addressed members of the Network Marketing Council of South Africa at the Alberton Racecourse in Gauteng yesterday.
The Network Marketing Council of South Africa is an association of products and services distributors operating in various industries and it includes insurance and other sectors.
Often battling criticism that product distributors at times flout ethical standards, Africa's book exposes scams in Africa that range from religious and corporate to 419 scams.
"We felt that Africa's book touches on an issue that affects business in general as well as our industry," Jerry Dikgale of the Network Marketing Council of South Africa says.
"So to kick-start a debate about this industry we felt he was the right person to address us because his book touches extensively on issues affecting us."
Africa points out: "I wanted to enlighten South Africans about the 419 scam because they don't know much about it."
He says it took him a year to put the book together after months of interviewing victims of the scam.
"Granted, Nigerians advertise themselves in this ugly industry to such an extent that we begin to wonder whether their government has legalised the crime and unleashed it on the world on a colonial stolen wealth reclamation spree, but they are not the only ones involved.
"There are all forms of 419 scams: wash wash scam, the European brain drain scam, Canadian, American and Australian immigration scam, American immigrants lottery scam, voodoo scam ..." Africa writes in his book.
Africa also writes about the investment and stock scam, the crude oil scam and the religious scams.
He takes a swipe at religious leaders who use religion to defraud poor people in poverty-stricken Africa.
Africa launched his book at Xarra Books in Newtown, Johannesburg, last month.
An interesting debate ensued at the launch and he has since been invited to appear on television and radio programmes to speak about The Man Who Forgave God: Faces of 419 Scam.
The book is now available at leading book shops in South Africa for R150.
Talking about scams
NIGERIAN-BORN South Africa-based author Hugo Africa, whose new book The Man Who Forgave God: Faces of 419 Scam, is currently causing ripples in the market, has been invited to talk to a group of businessmen today.
Africa also addressed members of the Network Marketing Council of South Africa at the Alberton Racecourse in Gauteng yesterday.
The Network Marketing Council of South Africa is an association of products and services distributors operating in various industries and it includes insurance and other sectors.
Often battling criticism that product distributors at times flout ethical standards, Africa's book exposes scams in Africa that range from religious and corporate to 419 scams.
"We felt that Africa's book touches on an issue that affects business in general as well as our industry," Jerry Dikgale of the Network Marketing Council of South Africa says.
"So to kick-start a debate about this industry we felt he was the right person to address us because his book touches extensively on issues affecting us."
Africa points out: "I wanted to enlighten South Africans about the 419 scam because they don't know much about it."
He says it took him a year to put the book together after months of interviewing victims of the scam.
"Granted, Nigerians advertise themselves in this ugly industry to such an extent that we begin to wonder whether their government has legalised the crime and unleashed it on the world on a colonial stolen wealth reclamation spree, but they are not the only ones involved.
"There are all forms of 419 scams: wash wash scam, the European brain drain scam, Canadian, American and Australian immigration scam, American immigrants lottery scam, voodoo scam ..." Africa writes in his book.
Africa also writes about the investment and stock scam, the crude oil scam and the religious scams.
He takes a swipe at religious leaders who use religion to defraud poor people in poverty-stricken Africa.
Africa launched his book at Xarra Books in Newtown, Johannesburg, last month.
An interesting debate ensued at the launch and he has since been invited to appear on television and radio programmes to speak about The Man Who Forgave God: Faces of 419 Scam.
The book is now available at leading book shops in South Africa for R150.
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