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Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa presents a timely and compelling account of African entrepreneurship, shedding light on the critical part it plays in the continent’s economic growth and development. It explores the various challenges, opportunities, and success stories that define the African entrepreneurial landscape and highlights the ingenuity and determination of the continent’s entrepreneurial minds.
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Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa presents a timely and compelling account of African entrepreneurship, shedding light on the critical part it plays in the continent’s economic growth and development. It explores the various challenges, opportunities, and success stories that define the African entrepreneurial landscape and highlights the ingenuity and determination of the continent’s entrepreneurial minds.
Bringing together eminent scholars in the area, this book provides cutting-edge insights into African enterprise culture, and critically analyses issues of startups, managing enterprises, enterprise growth, and the uniqueness of trans-generational enterprises. It delves deep into the role of governments, investors, NGOs, and educational institutions in fostering an environment which allows for entrepreneurship to flourish. It also examines the power of networks and collaborations in building a support system that propels startups toward growth and success.
Both authoritative and stimulating, this book will be an invaluable resource for academics and students in business and management and entrepreneurial studies. It will similarly be an indispensable read for policymakers, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs looking to better understand Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape.
Bringing together eminent scholars in the area, this book provides cutting-edge insights into African enterprise culture, and critically analyses issues of startups, managing enterprises, enterprise growth, and the uniqueness of trans-generational enterprises. It delves deep into the role of governments, investors, NGOs, and educational institutions in fostering an environment which allows for entrepreneurship to flourish. It also examines the power of networks and collaborations in building a support system that propels startups toward growth and success.
Both authoritative and stimulating, this book will be an invaluable resource for academics and students in business and management and entrepreneurial studies. It will similarly be an indispensable read for policymakers, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs looking to better understand Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape.
Critical Acclaim
‘In Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa, the authors navigate the complex tapestry of Africa''s entrepreneurial endeavors with precision and insight. The book artfully balances academic rigor with real-world narratives, shedding light on the challenges and successes faced by entrepreneurs on the continent. A valuable read for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of Africa''s economic dynamics. This book stands as a noteworthy contribution to the ongoing discourse on entrepreneurship in Africa.’
– Ralf Meyer, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
‘Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa, edited by Daniel Agyapong and Rosemond Boohene, is an important publication which offers an insightful collection of works exploring current issues, challenges, and valuable perspectives on the future of sustainable entrepreneurial growth for the continent.’
– Stephen Dobson, University of Leeds, UK
– Ralf Meyer, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
‘Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa, edited by Daniel Agyapong and Rosemond Boohene, is an important publication which offers an insightful collection of works exploring current issues, challenges, and valuable perspectives on the future of sustainable entrepreneurial growth for the continent.’
– Stephen Dobson, University of Leeds, UK
Contributors
Contributors include: Lawrence Acheampong, Daniel Agyapong, Keren Naa Abeka Arthur, Wendy Aku Sika Mamiya, Isaac Kwadwo Anim, James Atta Peprah, Maureen Ayikoru, Andrisha Beharry-Ramraj, Madinatu Bello, Daniel Kofi Brako, Wincharles Coker, Rebecca Dei Mensah, Albert Dennis, Evelyn Derera, Richmond Forson, Husein Inusah, Evans Kulu, Lindiwe Nqobile Kunene, Patmond Thokozani Mbhele, Ebo Joseph Mefful, Enoch Mensah-Williams, Isaac Nketsiah, Promise Nyatepeh Nyatuame, Kwame Oduro Amoako, Gifty Oduro-Appiah, Benedict Ofori Antwi, Dominic Owusu, Swetketu Patnaik, Maxwell Agabu Phiri, Jayrusha Ramasamy-Gurayah, Amandla Sithole, James Tuffour, Fatimah Von Abubakari
Contents
Contents:
Foreword ix
Professor Mrs Rosemond Boohene
Preface xi
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa 1
Daniel Agyapong and Rosemond Boohene
PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA
1 Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for women in entrepreneurship 5
Amandla Sithole, Jayrusha Ramasamy-Gurayah and Andrisha Beharry-Ramraj
2 New businesses, employment, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 20
James Atta Peprah, Evans Kulu and Richmond Forson
PART II BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
3 Accounting for the informalisation of small-scale enterprises: evidence
from Ghana’s gold mining industry 37
James Tuffour, Swetketu Patnaik, Maureen Ayikoru and Kwame Oduro Amoako
PART III MANAGING AND SUSTAINING ENTERPRISES
4 Discovering brand naming strategies used by black-owned
FMCG-SMMEs in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 54
Lindiwe Nqobile Kunene, Maxwell Agabu Phiri and Patmond Thokozani Mbhele
5 Selling by persuading: The rhetoric of student entrepreneurs on social media 80
Wincharles Coker
PART IV SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA
6 A review of intellectual property laws in Ghana in the context of small
enterprises’ innovations and inventions 95
Daniel Agyapong, Keren Naa Abeka Arthur and Isaac Nketsiah
PART V ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
7 Arts entrepreneurship in higher educational institutions in theatre and
film studies in Ghana. Evidence from the University of Cape Coast 107
Promise Nyatepeh Nyatuame, Madinatu Bello, Albert Dennis, Ebo
Joseph Mefful, Gifty Oduro-Appiah, Daniel Kofi Brako and Wendy Aku
Sika Mamiya
8 ‘Arts’ lives matter: entrepreneurial university, the fate of the traditional
humanities, and the decolonial turn 131
Husein Inusah
9 Entrepreneurship education, agriculture and community development:
School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast’s approach to job creation 145
Lawrence Acheampong and Fatimah Von Abubakari
10 Entrepreneurship education landscape in selected universities in Ghana 159
Enoch Mensah-Williams and Evelyn Derera
11 Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial intentions and capacity
among undergraduate students of the University of Cape Coast 176
Dominic Owusu, Rebecca Dei Mensah, Isaac Kwadwo Anim and
Benedict Ofori Antwi
Afterword 195
Foreword ix
Professor Mrs Rosemond Boohene
Preface xi
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa 1
Daniel Agyapong and Rosemond Boohene
PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA
1 Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for women in entrepreneurship 5
Amandla Sithole, Jayrusha Ramasamy-Gurayah and Andrisha Beharry-Ramraj
2 New businesses, employment, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 20
James Atta Peprah, Evans Kulu and Richmond Forson
PART II BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
3 Accounting for the informalisation of small-scale enterprises: evidence
from Ghana’s gold mining industry 37
James Tuffour, Swetketu Patnaik, Maureen Ayikoru and Kwame Oduro Amoako
PART III MANAGING AND SUSTAINING ENTERPRISES
4 Discovering brand naming strategies used by black-owned
FMCG-SMMEs in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 54
Lindiwe Nqobile Kunene, Maxwell Agabu Phiri and Patmond Thokozani Mbhele
5 Selling by persuading: The rhetoric of student entrepreneurs on social media 80
Wincharles Coker
PART IV SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA
6 A review of intellectual property laws in Ghana in the context of small
enterprises’ innovations and inventions 95
Daniel Agyapong, Keren Naa Abeka Arthur and Isaac Nketsiah
PART V ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
7 Arts entrepreneurship in higher educational institutions in theatre and
film studies in Ghana. Evidence from the University of Cape Coast 107
Promise Nyatepeh Nyatuame, Madinatu Bello, Albert Dennis, Ebo
Joseph Mefful, Gifty Oduro-Appiah, Daniel Kofi Brako and Wendy Aku
Sika Mamiya
8 ‘Arts’ lives matter: entrepreneurial university, the fate of the traditional
humanities, and the decolonial turn 131
Husein Inusah
9 Entrepreneurship education, agriculture and community development:
School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast’s approach to job creation 145
Lawrence Acheampong and Fatimah Von Abubakari
10 Entrepreneurship education landscape in selected universities in Ghana 159
Enoch Mensah-Williams and Evelyn Derera
11 Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial intentions and capacity
among undergraduate students of the University of Cape Coast 176
Dominic Owusu, Rebecca Dei Mensah, Isaac Kwadwo Anim and
Benedict Ofori Antwi
Afterword 195
