Digital Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa - Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects

Foreword

Ashok Ranchhod Obituary

Contents

Notes on Contributors

List of Figures

List of Tables

Part I: Introduction

1: Introduction to African Digital Entrepreneurship

References

2: Innovation Hubs in Africa: What Do They Really Do for Digital Entrepreneurs?

2.1 From Internet Access to Impact: The Promise of Digital Entrepreneurship

2.2 Africa’s Digital Entrepreneurship Boom and the Rise of Innovation Hubs

2.3 Hubs Depend on Entrepreneurs but Participation Is Socially Complex

2.4 Do Hubs Make a Difference for Entrepreneurs?

2.5 Hub Practice Needs a Dyadic View, Away from Linear Thinking

2.6 Conclusion

References

Part II: Fin-tech: Trust, Legitimacy, and Digital Infrastructure—The Promise, Prospects, and Challenges

3: Renegotiating Legitimacy in the Digital Age: Insights from Nigeria

3.1 Introduction

3.2 “How to Start and Scale-up Digital Enterprises in Africa”: The Challenges of Establishing Legitimacy—Interview with Olalekan Olude

Background of Olalekan Olude

Interview Extract

3.3 The Incumbents’ Advantage and Strategies for Establishing Legitimacy

3.4 Digital Banking in Nigeria: Infrastructure, Trust, and Awareness Challenges

3.5 The Origins of Nigerian Banking and the Challenges of Legitimacy

3.6 Method of Data Collection and Analysis

3.7 Findings and Discussion of Results

Barriers to Digital Banking in Nigeria: Willingness versus Relational Trust

Investment in Digital Infrastructure (Slow but Steady)

Digital Infrastructure: How Open Is Good Enough for Healthy Cooperation between Incumbents versus New Entrants?

Digital Banking: The Preferred Approaches for Nigerian Incumbent Banks

Wema Bank Plc Nigeria: The Legitimacy Journey and Digital Footprints

Illustrative Examples of Good Practices: What Can We Learn from Wema Bank’s Digital Banking Strategy, the ALAT?

How Wema Bank Actively Uses the Digital Space and Social Media to Establish Legitimacy in a Digital Age

3.8 Conclusion: Establishing Digital Legitimacy Is an Active Not a Passive Process

References

Part III: Media-tech: The Creative Destruction and Reconstruction of African Digital Media

4: The African New Media Digital Revolution: Some Selected Cases from Nigeria

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Historical Timeline of Media Evolution in Sub-Saharan Africa

4.3 Nigeria’s Digital Media Landscape

4.4 Micro and Technological Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

4.5 Method of Data Collection and Analysis

4.6 Findings and Discussion

Media Use: Profile and Perceptions

“Mobile First” Mindset

Technological Entrepreneurship as an Enabler of Innovation

4.7 Reflections on Prospects

References

5: The Impact of New Media (Digital) and Globalisation on Nollywood

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Digital Production

5.3 Digital Distribution

5.4 Digital Marketing

5.5 Methodology

5.6 Discussion of Findings

Description of Movie Making in Nigeria Since 2008

Impact of Digital Technology on Nollywood

Nollywood Challenges (Production, Distribution, and Marketing)

Suggestions on the Way Forward

Other Challenges

5.7 Conclusions

References

Part IV: Animation and Games: Unlimited Opportunities for Exploration

6: Shifting Cultural Capital: Kenyan Arts in Digital Spaces

6.1 Shifting Cultural Capital: Kenyan Arts in Digital Spaces

6.2 Technological Geographies

6.3 But Is It ‘Authentic’?

6.4 Curating the Virtual

6.5 Digital Visibility and Invisibility

6.6 Flowing from the Immaterial to the Physical

References

Part V: Inclusive-tech: Gender Inequality, Poverty, and Digital Ecosystems

7: Technopreneurship: A Discursive Analysis of the Impact of Technology on the Success of Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Women’s Entrepreneurship in South Africa

7.3 ICT Infrastructure for Businesses in South Africa

7.4 The Digital Gender Divide

7.5 The Gender Gap in Business Activities

7.6 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Era: The myth of high returns

7.7 The Future of Women’s Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Automation

7.8 Bridging the Digital Divide

7.9 Conclusion and Recommendations

References

8: The Nature of Corporate Digital Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Ghana

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Literature Review

Agriculture in Ghana

Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Agricultural Technology

8.3 Methodology

8.4 Findings and Discussions

Profile of Corporate Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Ghana

Objective One: Improvement of Agricultural Activities Through Technology

Objective Two: Nurturing Entrepreneurship Through Technology

Objective Three: Challenges Faced by Digital Corporate Agricultural Entrepreneurs in Ghana

8.5 Conclusion and Future Studies

References

9: Agri-tech Opportunities at the Bottom of the Pyramid: How Big Is the Opportunity and How Little Has Been Exploited? Some Selected Cases in Nigeria

9.1 Introduction

9.2 The Rice Production Policy

9.3 Rice Processing in Nigeria

9.4 Case Studies: Prime Wave Limited and Al-Wabel Star Trading Company Limited

Prime Wave Limited

Al-Wabel Trading Company Limited

9.5 Analysis and Findings

9.6 Conclusions

Implications for Policymaking

Implications for Rice Paddy Farmers

Implications for Digital Entrepreneurs

Implications for Research in Digital Entrepreneurship

9.7 Recommendations

References

10: What Next for Digital Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa?

10.1 Motivation

10.2 African Entrepreneurship

10.3 Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

10.4 Animation and Games

10.5 Inclusive Technology

Further Reading

References

Index