The Future of Entrepreneurship in Southern Africa Technological and Managerial Perspectives

This edited collection examines the impact of new technologies and new managerial and policy perspectives on entrepreneurial development in Southern Africa, paying particular attention to small and medium sized enterprises, which contribute significantly to GDP and employment, but often find it difficult to survive beyond the first five years.

Chapters are divided in two parts, the first covering technological perspectives and the second managerial perspectives. Africa’s cultural and geographic diversity is taken into account, with authors from Ghana, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe providing regional case studies and the editors synthesising these discussions in a concluding chapter that touches on sustainability and development to working lives and livelihoods across the region. Exploring critical issues of entrepreneurial human capital development, innovation, technology, legislative frameworks and marketing strategies, this book will be of great interest to researchers, students and policymakers.

Introduction Robert Ebo Hinson and Patient Rambe.- Section 1 – Technological Perspectives.- Factors for digital entrepreneurship success on the African continent: A systematic literature review Nhamo Mashavira and Willie Chinyamurindi.- Digital entrepreneurship in Africa: New frontiers, prospects, opportunities and challenges for small digital enterprises Patient Rambe.- Digitalisation and digital innovation for sustainable business model development and value creation: Implications for policy and practice for African SMMEs Patient Rambe.- Section 2 – Managerial & Policy Perspectives.- Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa – Old and New Realities in the Light of COVID-19 Gwendoline Vusumuzi Nani and Samuel John Chiromo.- Ethical Dilemmas Faced by the Human Resource Management Practitioners in African Small Micro and Medium Enterprises Mildred Mahapa and Lekhooa Matela.- Reflections on Enabling Legislative Regimes for African Women-Owned Businesses: A Post COVID-19 Perspective Emem O. Anwana.- Section 3 – Conclusions and Reflections on Theory, Policy and Managerial Practice.- The future of innovation and entrepreneurship as a driver of livelihoods in Southern Africa: A synthesis Patient Rambe and Robert Ebo Hinson.

Patient Rambe is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Director of the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies at the Central University of Technology, Free State in South Africa.

Robert Ebo Hinson is a Professor of Marketing and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Ghana Communication Technology University.