Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Download or read book Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Dzidziso Samuel Kamuriwo and published by . This book was released on 2024-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the status of university entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)? How could they be strengthened so that students and academic staff and relevant stakeholder entities that are part of the ecosystems can best produce better quality ventures that can employ more people or make venture founders more employable?The book provides a current review of the state of teaching entrepreneurship and its impact on SSA and does so as it illuminates different ways the universities are strengthening their university entrepreneurship ecosystems. Different approaches in the book fall into four thematic sections namely: 1) the exploitation of digital infrastructure to design and deploy virtual accelerators so as to enhance both scale and reach of entrepreneurship education 2) the use of a social entrepreneurship lens to illuminate how key stakeholders can work together as well as communicate to policy changes that need to be incorporated for effective implementation of ecosystems 3) ecosystem developments that focus exploiting sector specific knowledge and expertise and lastly 4) ecosystem design considerations such as factors for effective design and curriculum development in SSA.Specific outcomes include highlighting specific challenges involved in academic entrepreneurship to include: the identification of key stakeholders and their needs in SSA education settings, entrepreneurship curriculum developments efforts -- what it takes to develop, pilot, or enhance curriculum in SSA, provide more support for students with specific mechanisms such as mentoring, coaching or incubation and building academic-industry partnership as a way of supporting students.