Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Katherine V. Gough is Professor of Human Geography at Loughborough University. She has over 20 years’ experience of conducting research on urban issues in the global South, with a particular focus on young people.Thilde Langevang is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. She has been conducting research on youth in Africa for over 10 years.

• 1. Introduction: Youth entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa Part I: National studies of youth entrepreneurship Introduction to Part 1 2. Youth entrepreneurship trends and policies in Uganda 3. Youth entrepreneurship in Ghana: current trends and policies G 4. Measuring and promoting youth entrepreneurship in Zambia Concluding comments to Part 1 Part II: Youth entrepreneurship in urban settlements Introduction to Part 2 5. Young entrepreneurs in Lusaka: overcoming constraints through ingenuity and social entrepreneurship 6. Youth entrepreneurship in Kampala: managing scarce resources in a challenging environment 7. Prospects and challenges of youth entrepreneurship in a Nima-Maamobi, a low-income neighbourhood of Accra Concluding comments to Part 2 Part III: Youth entrepreneurship in rural areas Introduction to Part 3 8. Mobile rural youth in northern Ghana: combining near and distant opportunity spaces 9. Rural youth entrepreneurship in eastern Uganda 10. Rural youth in northern Zambia: straddling the rural-urban divide Concluding comments to Part 3 Part IV: Youth entrepreneurship in specific sectors Introduction to Part 4 Katherine 11.Young entrepreneurs in the mobile telephony sector in Ghana 12. Youth entrepreneurship in a small-scale gold mining settlement in Ghana 13. Young female entrepreneurs in Uganda: handicraft production as a livelihood strategy 14. Employment in the tourism industry: a pathway to entrepreneurship for Ugandan youth Concluding comments to Part 4 Part V: Stimulating youth entrepreneurship Introduction to Part 5 15. Social capital among young entrepreneurs in Zambia 16. Innovative approaches by Ugandan microfinance institutions to reach out to young entrepreneurs 17. Entrepreneurship education in Uganda: impact on graduate intentions to set up a business Concluding comments to Part 5