Digital entrepreneurship in Africa : how a continent is escaping Silicon Valley's long shadow / Nicolas Friederici, Michel Wahome, and Mark Graham.

"Digital entrepreneurship has often been viewed as a game changer for African development. Empowered by a single smartphone, the thinking goes, an individual entrepreneur can lay the groundwork for the next Amazon or Apple, and this will jumpstart economic progress on the entire continent. Howe...

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Online Access: Full Text (via MIT Press)
Main Authors: Friederici, Nicolas, 1985- (Author), Wahome, Michel (Author), Graham, Mark, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hopes and potentials
  • Taking stock
  • Bounded opportunities
  • Viable strategies
  • Uneven ecosystems
  • Transitioning identities
  • Silicon tensions
  • Ways forward
  • Appendix A : methodology
  • Appendix B : case study notes and market data.