"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.
"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 Agricultural Development and Gender Issues in Malawi (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.
