Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Felix Ostertag, Léo-Paul Dana & Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
- Release Date: 2024-09-28
- Genre: Small Business & Entrepreneurship
This book presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary indigenization topics in the cultural context of sub-Saharan Africa. Discussing current state of affairs of indigenous entrepreneurship in Africa, it seeks to understand what enables and constrains indigenous entrepreneurship in the region. Further, it explores the role of the institutional environment in promoting indigenous entrepreneurship.
Tying in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the chapters examine how indigenous entrepreneurship relates to ending poverty, creating decent work and economic growth, reducing inequalities, contributing to sustainable cities and communities, and promoting peace, justice and strong institutions.
For researchers interested in how indigenous entrepreneurship practices in sub- Saharan Africa contest contemporary theories in entrepreneurship and management research, this work will prove a valuable resource with its much- needed case studies, quantitative and qualitative research, and practitioner perspectives.
Emiel L. Eijdenberg is an Associate Professor at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands. Previously, he worked in multiple academic and management roles at universities in Germany and Singapore. His research interests are about entrepreneurship and tourism in emerging markets.
Felix Ostertag is Sustainability Officer / Senior Manager ESG at Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung a.G., Germany, and worked previously as Associate Professor at EM Strasbourg Business School, France.
Léo-Paul Dana is a Full Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada and associated with Sorbonne Business School, France. He served as Expert Witness for the Government of Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport and later as Senior Advisor to the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises with United Nations advisory status.
Henrietta Onwuegbuzie is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, and the Director of the Business Innovation Accelerator at Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria