Indigenous African Enterprise

Indigenous African Enterprise
Author: Ogechi Adeola
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2020-12-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839090359

This book examines an indigenous Africa-centric business model practised by the Igbos of south-eastern Nigeria for decades. The unique framework and rules of operation, collectively referred to as the Igbo-Traditional Business School (I-TBS) in this book, is underpinned by the ‘Igba-boi’ apprenticeship.

Indigenous African Enterprise

Indigenous African Enterprise
Author: Ogechi Adeola
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-12-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839090332

This book examines an indigenous Africa-centric business model practised by the Igbos of south-eastern Nigeria for decades. The unique framework and rules of operation, collectively referred to as the Igbo-Traditional Business School (I-TBS) in this book, is underpinned by the ‘Igba-boi’ apprenticeship.

Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa

Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa
Author: Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811366357

This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens who are sensitive to and committed to the needs of the continent. When indigenous or environment-generated knowledge forms the basis of learning in classrooms, learners are able to immediately connect their education with their lived reality. The result is much introspection, creativity and innovation across fields, sectors and disciplines, leading to societal transformation. Drawing on several theoretical assertions, examples from a wide range of disciplines, and experiences gathered from different continents at different points in history, the book establishes that for education to trigger the necessary transformation in Africa, it should be constructed on a strong foundation of learners’ indigenous knowledge. The book presents a distinct and uncharted pathway for Africa to advance sustainably through home-grown and grassroots based ideas, leading to advances in science and technology, growth of indigenous African business and the transformation of Africans into conscious and active participants in the continent’s progress. Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa is of interest to educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, researchers and individuals engaged in finding sustainable and strategic solutions to regional and global advancement.

Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa

Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa
Author: Dina M. Nziku
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2021-06-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800713223

Presenting a topical analysis of the challenges and achievements of enterprise, Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa examines contributions to economic development on the continent, as well as exploring implications for policy dimensions.

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Entrepreneurship in Africa
Author: Moses E. Ochonu
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0253032628

A tapestry of innovation, ideas, and commerce, Africa and its entrepreneurial hubs are deeply connected to those of the past. Moses E. Ochonu and an international group of contributors explores the lived experiences of African innovators who have created value for themselves and their communities. Profiles of vendors, farmers, craftspeople, healers, spiritual consultants, warriors, musicians, technological innovators, political mobilizers, and laborers featured in this volume show African models of entrepreneurship in action. As a whole, the essays consider the history of entrepreneurship in Africa, illustrating its multiple origins and showing how it differs from the Western capitalist experience. As they establish historical patterns of business creativity, these explorations open new avenues for understanding indigenous enterprise and homegrown commerce and their relationship to social, economic, and political debates in Africa today.

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Entrepreneurship in Africa
Author: Ven Sriram
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-11-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429688598

It is now widely recognized that in regions like Africa, for economic and other reasons, the public sector has had to disengage and divest from many areas of the economy and allow private enterprise, especially scalable start-ups and new ventures, to enter and flourish if economic development and employment are to grow. There is, however, a training and education gap since entrepreneurship is rarely taught formally at African universities and, when it is, it is often approached from a Western perspective which may not be appropriate given that African environments are significantly different from most Western ones in terms of economic infrastructure and political considerations. This book allows readers to understand the African entrepreneurial context by guiding them through the principal stages in the life of a new venture, and offers approaches, both Western and indigenous, that can inform their entrepreneurial actions. It concludes by examining some specialized topics, including female, youth, and social entrepreneurship, as well as real estate and technology. Exercises throughout the book will enable readers to evaluate their motivations and preparedness for entrepreneurship and learn how to communicate a new venture’s key features to potential stakeholders. By focusing on the distinctive features of entrepreneurship in the African context, and taking a conversational tone, this is an informative and practical text that will be useful for students of Global Entrepreneurship and Business as well as actual and prospective entrepreneurs in the private, non-profit, and public sectors.

African Capitalism

African Capitalism
Author: Paul T. Kennedy
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1988-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521319669

This 1988 book provides an analysis of African capitalism which offers a positive view of its role.

Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Author: Darko Opoku
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-10-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319610007

This volume offers an overview of the critical challenges faced by aspiring African entrepreneurs and their coping strategies to sustain and develop their businesses. Contributors to this volume detail the constraints placed on African entrepreneurs through rich case studies and challenge African leaders and international donors to review their own behaviors if they hope for African entrepreneurs to succeed.

African Harvest

African Harvest
Author: Anne Coomes
Publisher: Monarch Books
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2002
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9781854245991

Through African Enterprise, tens of thousands have been won for Christ and conflicts have been averted. This work tells the story of Michael Cassidy's contribution during South Africa's transition to black majority rule.

African Markets and the Utu-Ubuntu Business Model. A perspective on economic informality in Nairobi

African Markets and the Utu-Ubuntu Business Model. A perspective on economic informality in Nairobi
Author: Njeri Kinyanjui
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2019-03-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1928331793

The persistence of indigenous African markets in the context of a hostile or neglectful business and policy environment makes them worthy of analysis. An investigation of Afrocentric business ethics is long overdue. Attempting to understand the actions and efforts of informal traders and artisans from their own points of view, and analysing how they organise and get by, allows for viable approaches to be identified to integrate them into global urban models and cultures. Using the utu-ubuntu model to understand the activities of traders and artisans in Nairobis markets, this book explores how, despite being consistently excluded and disadvantaged, they shape urban spaces in and around the city, and contribute to its development as a whole. With immense resilience, and without discarding their own socio-cultural or economic values, informal traders and artisans have created a territorial complex that can be described as the African metropolis. African Markets and the Utu-buntu Business Model sheds light on the ethics and values that underpin the work of traders and artisans in Nairobi, as well as their resilience and positive impact on urbanisation. This book makes an important contribution to the discourse on urban economics and planning in African cities.