Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Herausgeber: Gough, Katherine V; Langevang, Thilde

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents conceptual, methodoligcal and empircal insights into the nature of youth-entrepeneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on qualitative and quantitative research to highlight the opportunities and challenges young people face in setting up and runing businesses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781138844599
• ISBN-10: 1138844594
• Artikelnr.: 42742286

Autorenporträt

Katherine V. Gough is Professor of Human Geography at Loughborough University. She has over 20 years' experience of conducting research on urban issues in the global South, with a particular focus on young people. Thilde Langevang is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. She has been conducting research on youth in Africa for over 10 years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Youth entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa Part I:
National studies of youth entrepreneurship Introduction to Part 1 2. Youth
entrepreneurship trends and policies in Uganda 3. Youth entrepreneurship in
Ghana: current trends and policies G 4. Measuring and promoting youth
entrepreneurship in Zambia Concluding comments to Part 1 Part II: Youth
entrepreneurship in urban settlements Introduction to Part 2 5. Young
entrepreneurs in Lusaka: overcoming constraints through ingenuity and
social entrepreneurship 6. Youth entrepreneurship in Kampala: managing
scarce resources in a challenging environment 7. Prospects and challenges
of youth entrepreneurship in a Nima-Maamobi, a low-income neighbourhood of
Accra Concluding comments to Part 2 Part III: Youth entrepreneurship in
rural areas Introduction to Part 3 8. Mobile rural youth in northern Ghana:
combining near and distant opportunity spaces 9. Rural youth
entrepreneurship in eastern Uganda 10. Rural youth in northern Zambia:
straddling the rural-urban divide Concluding comments to Part 3 Part IV:
Youth entrepreneurship in specific sectors Introduction to Part 4
Katherine 11.Young entrepreneurs in the mobile telephony sector in Ghana
12. Youth entrepreneurship in a small-scale gold mining settlement in Ghana
13. Young female entrepreneurs in Uganda: handicraft production as a
livelihood strategy 14. Employment in the tourism industry: a pathway to
entrepreneurship for Ugandan youth Concluding comments to Part 4 Part V:
Stimulating youth entrepreneurship Introduction to Part 5 15. Social
capital among young entrepreneurs in Zambia 16. Innovative approaches by
Ugandan microfinance institutions to reach out to young entrepreneurs 17.
Entrepreneurship education in Uganda: impact on graduate intentions to set
up a business Concluding comments to Part 5