Enterprise can revolutionise economic development in Africa. This edited collection provides readers with a new perspective on a continental phenomenon which is still under researched in contemporary academic discussions. An international range of contributions present real-world examples of the impact of entrepreneurial practice on economic development in Africa, drawing on original research, as well as analysis of current enterprise policies and approaches.
Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa highlights the forces that lie behind the recent economic progress on the continent, together with in-depth discussion of African entrepreneurship and the role of institutions in economic development. Chapters explore enterprise and economic development issues including rural entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, SME networks, youth employment challenges, university-based entrepreneurial promotion, export-led industrialisation and more.
This expansive collection extends the critical examinations of entrepreneurship and economic development in Africa to date, highlighting both challenges and opportunities in developing economies in this unique context.
Part A. Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Africa Chapter
1.
Introduction to Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa: The Way
Forward; Dina Modestus Nziku and John Struthers
Chapter
2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa: A Paradox;
Ernestine Ning
Chapter
3. Rural Farm and Non-Farm Based Entrepreneurship in the Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA); Dina Modestus Nziku and John Struthers
Chapter
4. Trust in Nigeria SMEs Exporting to West African Market; Kingsley
Omeihe, Isaac Amoako, and Veronika Gustafsson
Part B. Gender Entrepreneurship and Youth Unemployment in Africa
Chapter
5. Female Entrepreneurship in Africa: Relationships between SWT and
P-A Theory, Behavioural Economics Insights; John Struthers and Dina Modestus
Nziku
Chapter
6. Effects of Gender Enterprise on Women Empowerment in Eldoret
Kenya; Chritine Jeptoo Sawe
Chapter
7. Entrepreneurship in Africa: Explaining Why it Became a Primary
Solution to Youth Unemployment?; Stephen Hunt
Chapter
8. Challenges of Algeria Economic Development: A Youth
Entrepreneurship Perspective; Abderrezak Osmani and Ahmed Beloucif
Chapter
9. Using social entrepreneurship to reverse barriers to
socio-economic youth participation: an example from Zimbabwe; Hillary Jephat
Musarurwa
Chapter
10. Unemployment Intervention in Africa: A Case Study on Mount Kenya
University Graduate Enterprise Academy; Phelista wangui Njeru and Mwangi
Peter Wanderi
Part C. Economic Development (Governance and Institutions) in Africa
Chapter
11. Economic Growth and Governance in Africa: are they compatible?;
Eman Elish
Chapter
12. Institutions and Firm Registration in Africa; Abbi M. Kedir and
Joseph Baricako
Chapter
13. Industrial Parks in Ethiopia: Newcomer Advantages; Taffere
Tesfachew
Chapter
14. RoSCAs in Africa: The Case of Egypt; Dina Rabie
Chapter
15. Algerias Economy & Soft Commodities Market: An Analysis of
Broker-Buyer Relationship; Reda Emir Rebbah and Ahmed Beloucif
Chapter
16. Income Tax and Financial Performance of the Hotel Industry in
Rwanda; Omar Habimana and Côme Nahimana
Dr. Dina M. Nziku (PhD) is a Lecturer, researcher and Director for Research and Publications in the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED) at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. Dina is the lead of Global Women's Entrepreneurship Policy in the sub-Saharan Africa and Entrepreneurship Thought Leader at Women Economic Imperative (WEI).
Prof. John J. Struthers is a Professor and Director of the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development University of West of Scotland. His research in recent years has focused on commodities and other trade issues in Africa. In 2015 John was appointed Honorary Consul for Ethiopia in Scotland and in 2018 was appointed Chancellor of Mount Kenya University
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