TY - BOOK AU - Gough,Katherine V. TI - Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa T2 - Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series SN - 131754837X AV - HC800 U1 - 338 23 PY - 2016/// PB - Taylor and Francis KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Young businesspeople KW - Youth KW - Employment KW - Small business KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industries KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1194322 ER -