African Entrepreneurship: Theory and Reality

"An enormously important contribution to our understanding of the full range of indigenous entrepreneurship in Africa from the small-scale trader in the informal sector to large-scale enterprises. . . . Will put the importance of African entrepreneurs on the agenda of international development agencies, as well as African governments."--D. Michael Warren, Iowa State University

Practical and penetrating, this collection explores the varieties of entrepreneurship in Africa--rural and urban, legal and illegal, formal and informal--and considers the vital role of entrepreneurs in the economic development of the continent from Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa.

Contents
Entrepreneurship in Africa: Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms, by Anitha Spring and Barbara E. McDade
Part I. Entry into Entrepreneurship

Creatively Coping with Crisis: Entrepreneurs in the Second Economy of Zaire (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), by Janet MacGaffey

What Drives the Small-Scale Enterprise Sector in Zimbabwe: Surplus Labor or Market Demand? by Lisa Daniels

Black Entrepreneurs in Post-Apartheid South Africa, by Okechukwu C. Iheduru

Differentiation among Small-Scale Enterprises: The Zambian Clothing Industry in Lusaka, by Mwango Kasengele

Part II. Entrepreneurs as Provisioners of the City and Household

Women Entrepreneurs? Trade and the Gender Division of Labor in Nairobi, by Claire C. Robertson

Overcoming Challenges: Women Microentrepreneurs in Harare, Zimbabwe, by Nancy E. Horn

Entrepreneurs and Family Well-Being: Agricultural and Trading Households in Cameroon, by Judith Krieger

Part III. Entrepreneurial Management Styles and Characteristics

A Historical Perspective on African Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Duala Experience in Cameroon, by Yvette Monga

Managers and Their Entrepreneurs: Power and Authority in Indigenous Private Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria, by Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu

Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Business Success in Artisan Enterprises in Ghana, by Barbara E. McDade

Part IV. Public Policy and Private Initiative in Entrepreneurial Development
Policy Lessons from the Kenyan Experience in Promoting African Entrepreneurship in Commerce and Industry, by David Himbara

Institutional Constraints on Entrepreneurship in Kenya's Popular Music Industry, by Robert A. Blewett and Michael Farley

Trade Credit in Zimbabwe, by Marcel Fafchamps

Part V. Structural Adjustment and African Entrepreneurs

Negotiating Identities during Adjustment Programs: Women Microentrepreneurs in Urban Zimbabwe, by Mary Johnson Osirim

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Improving Policy Credibility in South Africa, by Willem Naude

Anita Spring, professor of anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida, is the author or editor of four books, most recently <i>Agricultural Development and Gender Issues in Malawi </i>(1995).

Barbara E. McDade, assistant professor of economic geography at the University of Florida, has served as chair of the Africa Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.