Gough, Katherine V., 1963-

Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. - Taylor and Francis, 2016. - 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations - Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series . - Routledge spaces of childhood and youth series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: youth entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa; PART I National studies of youth entrepreneurship; Introduction to Part I; 2 Youth entrepreneurship trends and policies in Uganda; 3 Youth entrepreneurship in Ghana: current trends and policies; 4 Measuring and promoting youth entrepreneurship in Zambia; Concluding comments to Part I; PART II Youth entrepreneurship in urban settlements; Introduction to Part II. 5 Young entrepreneurs in Lusaka: overcoming constraints through ingenuity and social entrepreneurship6 Youth entrepreneurship in Kampala: managing scarce resources in a challenging environment; 7 Prospects and challenges of youth entrepreneurship in Nima-Maamobi, a low-income neighbourhood of Accra; Concluding comments to Part II; PART III Youth entrepreneurship in rural areas; Introduction to Part III; 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 divideConcluding comments to Part III; PART IV Youth entrepreneurship in specific sectors; Introduction to Part IV; 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 IV; PART V Stimulating youth entrepreneurship; Introduction to Part V. 15 Social capital among young entrepreneurs in Zambia16 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 V; Index.

Open Access


English.

131754837X 9781317548379 9781138844599 1138844594 9781315730257 1315730251 9781317548362 1317548361

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2015035824


Entrepreneurship--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Young businesspeople--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Youth--Employment--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Small business--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--General.
Entrepreneurship.
Small business.
Young businesspeople.
Youth--Employment.


Sub-Saharan Africa.


Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HC800

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