Chances and challenges of African entrepreneurial activity in times of crisis

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ID6030129
AuthorsUte Röschenthaler (0000-0002-5005-2293, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume18
Issue3
Pages253-262
Publication date2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14725843.2020.1777084
OpenAlexW3037222255
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This special issue looks in new ways at the relationship between small-scale entrepreneurship, economic (and political) crisis, and the outcomes of neoliberal market economy in African countries. In other words, it studies entrepreneurial activities particularly of young people in crisis situations in contemporary African economic contexts through close-to-the-ground ethnography and an anthropological perspective. The contributions examine from the vantage point of the specific circumstances in their country – Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon/South Africa, Southern Algeria, Burkina Faso, Nigeria – how young people work on their futures as entrepreneurial agents navigating between local settings, governmental regulations and (global) market relations

Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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