Future of Entrepreneurship in Southern Africa

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.

• 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.