Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book presents conceptual, methodoligcal and empircal insights into the nature of youth-entrepeneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on qualitative and quantitative research to highlight the opportunities and challenges young people face in setting up and runing businesses. The book explores the nature of youth entrepensurship at the national level, in both urban and rural areas, in separate sectors, and the key factors that can affect youth entrepensurship, such as education, captial and networks. New inisghts are provided into the multi-faceted nature of youth entrepreneurship and the situation faced by many African youth today.

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.