Digital Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa : Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Description:1 online resource (XXIII, 242 pages 9 illustrations, 8 illustrations in color.) : online resource
Language:English
Series:Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2662-1169
Palgrave studies of entrepreneurship in Africa,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12573943
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Other authors / contributors:Taura, Nasiru D., editor
Bolat, Elvira., editor
Madichie, Nnamdi O., editor
ISBN:9783030049249
3030049248
303004923X
9783030049232
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Summary:This pioneering collection seeks to understand why and how some digital enterprises in Africa progress while others firms either stagnate or regress. Using a range of detailed case studies, it addresses the challenges and barriers that are in place and how some outstanding digital firms deal with operating in a hostile business environment. While digital platforms have created equal access for small businesses, many digital entrepreneurs in Africa continue to struggle with local environments replete with corruption, and other economic inefficiencies. The contributions move the debate forward by addressing the challenges, opportunities, and prospects of digital enterprise in Africa. Placing special emphasis on how African new entrant digital firms are shaping the landscape and forging a new beginning for Africa, this book offers entrepreneurial perspectives to both researchers and policy-makers seeking to support and stimulate entrepreneurship in the new era.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783030049232
Printed edition: 9783030049256
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-04924-9