This edited volume tracks emerging perspectives to understanding contemporary and future-oriented trends relating to entrepreneurship in Africa. Following recent developments, such as the rising interest in Pan Africanism, and socio-economic developments with several African countries emerging as new regional hotspots for economic growth and entrepreneurship (e.g. Nigeria, Egypt), chapters provide case-based evidence and relevant theorisation in order to account for aspects of the emerging realities in Africa. While much of the existing literature takes an overarching economistic approach, in this book contributors do not overlook the necessity for constantly providing evidence and updating such frameworks. Instead, authors take an in-depth look at emerging perspectives to African entrepreneurship, which are currently overlooked and merit further investigation from a theoretical standpoint. Featuring context-based analysis, theoretical and conceptual approaches, case-based material as well as original interviews, the book is a vital resource for students, researchers and policy makers.

Katerina Nicolopoulou is a Professor in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation for large scale strategic change at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, and the Global DBA Director of the Strathclyde Business School, UK. She is also the University Academic Lead for Socially Progressive Innovation and Entrepreneurship, one of the three Academic Mentors for the Doctoral Training Centre and Director of the Research Group ‘Global Socially Progressive Entrepreneurship and Innovation.’ 

John Struthers is Professor and Director for the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED), School of Business and Enterprise, University of West of Scotland (UWS), UK. An experienced academic and economist with over 35 years working in a variety of universities in the UK and in Africa, he has extensive publications in a range of economics journals.

Henry Eze is a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde, UK.

Christine Samy is a Business & Entrepreneurship Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, UK. She is currently completing a PhD in Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde. Prior to joining LTU, she has worked at the University of Strathclyde and the British University in Egypt.