According to a 2018 World Bank report, Africa is the only region with more women than men choosing to become entrepreneurs - a phenomenon that is not the subject of adequate discussion. This book reveals the latest research-based understanding of the entrepreneurial activities of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Specially invited subject experts present salient dimensions of entrepreneurship by African women, from environmental factors to motivations and influencers as well as financial and non-financial constraints, and highlight the significant role of cultural differences. 

This book provides a mixture of theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research, and fills the knowledge gap by presenting a wide range of opportunities and challenges faced by sub-Saharan African women entrepreneurs. This book will help policy makers and academic researchers in understanding the role of institutions and entrepreneurship policy in building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

Marina Dabic is a Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Croatia, and the University of Ljubljana, School of Business and Economics. Her papers appear in a wide variety of international journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of World Business, the Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, Small Business Economics, the Small Business Management Journal, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, IEEE- Transactions on Engineering Management, Organizational Dynamics, and many others. Professor Dabic is an Associate Editor of Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Department Editor for IEEE- Transactions on Engineering Management, and Associate Editor for Technology in Society.

Léo-Paul Dana is a professor at Dalhousie University, Canada, and affiliated with Sorbonne Business School, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.  A graduate of the Faculty of Management at McGill University and of HEC-Montreal, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and visiting professor at INSEAD.  He has published extensively in a variety of journals and is the author of several books.

Dina Modestus Nziku is a Lecturer, Researcher, and Director for Research and Publications in the Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED) at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. She is in the executive team at Global Women Entrepreneurship Policy (GWEP) and the Lead of GWEP in the Sub-Saharan Africa (GWEP-SSA); Dr. Nziku is also Entrepreneurship Thought Leader at Women Economic Imperative (WEI). Her research focuses on women's entrepreneurship, government policies, and strategies for promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries. Dr. Nziku has published in academic journals, books, and book chapters, as well as edited scientific research books and professional reports. She has also presented her research work on women's entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at the United Nations (UN) as well as other national and international conferences.

Veland Ramadani is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Faculty of Business and Economics, South East European University, North Macedonia. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, and family businesses. He authored or co-authored around 170 research articles, 12 textbooks, and 20 edited books. He has published in Journal of Business Research, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change, among others. Dr. Ramadani has recently published the co-authored book Entrepreneurial Family Business (Springer). Dr. Ramadani is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Enterprising Communities (JEC).