Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa
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Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Constant Beugré
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa written by Constant Beugré and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Despite several economic difficulties that have been depicted in the popular press and in policy making circles, sub-Saharan Africa presents today undeniable business opportunities that have not been fully exploited. Several countries, such as Angola, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa have seen their economies grow at faster rates than developed economies in the last decade. According to Chironga, Leke, Lund, and Van Wamelen (2011) and the McKinsey Global Institute (2010), Africans spent $860 billion on goods and services in 2008, more than the $835 billion that Indians spent, and more than the $821 billion of consumer expenditures in Russia. If the sub-Saharan Africa maintains its growth trajectory, consumers will spend $1.4 trillion worth of goods and services in 2020, which will be a little less than India's projected $1.7 trillion but more than Russia's $960 billion. As these economies progress, opportunities are opening in sectors, such as retailing, telecommunications, banking, infrastructure-related industries, resource-related businesses, healthcare, education, and the agricultural value chain (Chironga et al., 2011). To sustain this growth potential, Africa needs to develop strategies that foster homegrown entrepreneurs.
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Constant D. Beugré
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-12-13
Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa written by Constant D. Beugré and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Africa suffers from two main diseases: poor management and a lack of vibrant entrepreneurial activity. The continent has the raw materials, the people, and the potential to be developed, and yet there remain barriers that prevent it from bettering itself. To promote entrepreneurship as an engine of economic development and growth, the author has developed a Quintuple Helix Model which advocates mutual cooperation and information sharing among the five helices and provides valuable guidelines to policymakers on how to build entrepreneurship ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. It goes on to examine the roles that government, donors, and public and private sectors play and how Africans themselves might take the development of entrepreneurial societies into their own hands. The book includes seven chapters that emphasize the key role that each of the five components could play in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship scholars, policy makers, and national and local governments of sub-Saharan Africa will value this insight as they strive to create a more favorable landscape for their citizenry.
Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Dzidziso Samuel Kamuriwo
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2024-12-13
Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Sub Saharan Africa written by Dzidziso Samuel Kamuriwo and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-13 with Business & Economics categories.
What is the status of university entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)? How could they be strengthened so that students, academic staff and relevant stakeholders that are part of the ecosystems can best produce better quality ventures — i.e. that can employ more people or make venture founders more employable?This book provides a current review of the state of teaching entrepreneurship and its impact on SSA and illuminates different ways universities are strengthening their university entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. Different approaches in the book fall into four thematic sections namely: 1) the exploitation of digital infrastructure to design and deploy virtual accelerators so as to enhance both scale and reach of entrepreneurship education 2) the use of a social entrepreneurship lens to illuminate how key stakeholders can work together as well as communicate policy changes that need to be incorporated for effective implementation of ecosystems 3) ecosystem developments that focus exploiting sector specific knowledge and expertise and lastly 4) ecosystem design considerations such as factors for effective ecosystem design and curriculum development in SSA.Significant outcomes from the book are highlights of how academic entrepreneurship can be harnessed to overcome challenges facing SSA. The book showcases how digital technologies can be exploited to mainstream entrepreneurship and innovation within and beyond the universities — thus improving access to quality education and resources to a much broader audience access. In addition, the book demonstrates how to effectively engage all relevant stakeholders in an entrepreneurship ecosystem — including how to accurately identify all key stakeholders and assess their contextual needs in SSA education settings so as to inform ecosystem development strategies. Finally, the book showcases different approaches to entrepreneurship curriculum developments efforts — what it takes to develop, pilot, or enhance curriculum in SSA, as well as how provision of more support for students with specific mechanisms can be offered including different ways of including mentoring, coaching or incubation and building academic-industry partnership as a way of supporting students.
Women Entrepreneurs In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Marina Dabić
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-06-17
Women Entrepreneurs In Sub Saharan Africa written by Marina Dabić and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-17 with Business & Economics categories.
According to a 2018 World Bank report, Africa is the only region with more women than men choosing to become entrepreneurs – a phenomenon that is not the subject of adequate discussion. This book reveals the latest research-based understanding of the entrepreneurial activities of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Specially invited subject experts present salient dimensions of entrepreneurship by African women, from environmental factors to motivations and influencers as well as financial and non-financial constraints, and highlight the significant role of cultural differences. This book provides a mixture of theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research, and fills the knowledge gap by presenting a wide range of opportunities and challenges faced by sub-Saharan African women entrepreneurs. This book will help policy makers and academic researchers in understanding the role of institutions and entrepreneurship policy in building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.
Women S Entrepreneurial Journeys In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Michael Z. Ngoasong
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2023-09-06
Women S Entrepreneurial Journeys In Sub Saharan Africa written by Michael Z. Ngoasong and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-06 with Business & Economics categories.
This innovative book traces women’s entrepreneurial journeys in Sub-Saharan Africa, examining the linkages between entrepreneurship, gender and development context. With extensive case studies of women’s experiences across the enterprise life-cycle, it gives new insight into how to support and empower Sub-Saharan African female entrepreneurs.
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
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Author : Zoltan J. Acs
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-05-31
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem written by Zoltan J. Acs and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-31 with Business & Economics categories.
This edited volume systematically demonstrates the evolution of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems and highlights its importance to policy. Presenting two particular aspects of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems, the book begins with chapters that analyse multi-country contexts before going on to explore the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem. With state of the art research, this volume explores the economic, social, and policy approaches that characterize fruitful research on entrepreneurial ecosystems with economically meaningful implications for policy. Contributing to the rapidly expanding field of research, this is an insightful resource to students, researchers and policy makers interested in entrepreneurship.
Practical Handbook Business In Africa
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Author : Thomas Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Practical Handbook Business In Africa written by Thomas Schmidt and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with Business & Economics categories.
Africa is a continent on the upswing, developing great economic momentum. If German companies want to participate in Africa's upswing, they need to be familiar with some special features. This book shows the way to successful business in Africa. It is a practical, yet scientifically based guide for all entrepreneurs and economically interested parties who want to be successful in Africa. It combines the experience of many companies with the scientific perspective and findings of the Centre for Business and Technology in Africa at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. In the 2nd edition new developments on the African continent are taken up and current answers are given to the classical questions, which each actor must answer for itself, which wants to be economically successful in Africa: WHY Africa is interesting for the business, WHERE the largest chances of success exist, HOW to proceed and WHICH approaches for the future organization of the economic relations betweenGermany and Africa are promising. The book describes how to invest in Africa and bundles the current experiences of managers of large corporations and family businesses with a long history on the continent.
Resilience Entrepreneurship And Ict
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Author : Jantje Halberstadt
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-27
Resilience Entrepreneurship And Ict written by Jantje Halberstadt and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-27 with Business & Economics categories.
This book is based on the work of the YEEES Research Centre, an international network of scientists from partner universities in Germany, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. It presents inter- and transdisciplinary research that explores different ways of understanding resilience, an essential characteristic for systems, organizations and people – providing them with strength in the face of attacks and challenges, and both enabling and fostering constant adaptation and improvement. Building resilience to face today’s ever-changing societal and environmental realities requires unbiased research activities that transcend the borders of countries and academic disciplines alike. The research addressed in this book, thus, is multidisciplinary and includes contributions to areas such as sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and smart communities, as well as groundbreaking work on skills development and ICT education. Highlighting the variety of research activities and their outcomes, this book offers a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of sustainable resilience development.
The Dynamics Of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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Author : Allan O’Connor
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-26
The Dynamics Of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems written by Allan O’Connor and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-26 with Business & Economics categories.
This book aims to provide new approaches to analysing and thinking about how entrepreneurial ecosystems develop and evolve over time as well as shed light on the relatively unexplored area of entrepreneurship ecosystem dynamics. The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems has emerged as a framework to understand the nature of places in which entrepreneurial activity flourishes. Time is fundamental to the analysis of the dynamics of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. New firm creation, survival, growth and demise all occur within a temporal context that is, over and within time. Systems approaches to research invariably model the influential effects of the actors and elements that shape, re-shape, maintain, shift and change the system itself. An entrepreneurial ecosystem point of view, therefore, is inherently time-dependent and provides an analytical framework that reveals how the number and diversity of entrepreneurial actors situated in a place and time influence the creation of new firms, their survival, growth, and ultimately the stability of markets and industry in a time and place. Whether for better or worse, the historic and present time dimensions underpin the functioning and trajectory of entrepreneurial ecosystem performances and how they are shaped over time. Each chapter in this edited volume outlines a particular perspective and/or a unique case drawn from a range of countries that collectively reveal the dynamics of an ever-changing entrepreneurial ecosystem. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.
Universities As Political Institutions
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Author : Leasa Weimer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-04-06
Universities As Political Institutions written by Leasa Weimer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-06 with Education categories.
Universities can be viewed and studied as political institutions, especially considering that they sit at the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic pressures. The internal and external environment of higher education brings with it multiple and complex relationships as well as power struggles. Within these contested political spaces, there are phenomena to be studied. While the field of higher education draws from a multitude of disciplines, some scholars argue that only recently has scholarship focused on the political perspectives of higher education. To better understand the politics and policies of higher education, Universities as Political Institutions illuminates a variety of ways that researchers view and study universities as a political institution, from considering the national and international political pressures shaping higher education to the analysis of responses and political action from within the ivory tower. The 2017 annual CHER conference in Jyväskylä (Finland) brought together 213 scholars from 30 countries. This book includes a selection of papers and keynote presentations from this conference. The thematic approach of the book reflects the 2017 conference theme: "Universities as Political Institutions – Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic, and Social Pressures". The theme focused on multiple and often complex relations and relationships, internal and external, to higher education institutions. In this context, "political" refers not only to definitions, uses, and users of power but more broadly to a variety of relationships among different actors and agencies responsible for making, executing, or resisting decisions concerning higher education institutions.