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11. Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa from a Venture-ship Approach: A Research Agenda

verfasst von : Jean Kabongo, James Baba Abugre, Simon Sigué

Erschienen in: Understanding Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

This concluding chapter presents entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa through a venture-ship lens, emphasizing its role in economic growth and poverty reduction. It explores some of the challenges entrepreneurs encounter such as financing and infrastructure needs while showcasing digital innovation opportunities such as women's entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this chapter proposes supportive policies, improved financial access, education programs designed to empower entrepreneurs as well as research agendas which aim at uncovering entrepreneurial opportunities, innovations and impacts of supportive ecosystems on sustainable development in this region. 

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Metadaten
Titel
Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa from a Venture-ship Approach: A Research Agenda
verfasst von
Jean Kabongo
James Baba Abugre
Simon Sigué
Copyright-Jahr
2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50128-9_11

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