Research Article
Fostering Entrepreneurship Education in Africa: Presenting the Orchestration of a Pan-African University Alliance
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.21-3-2018.2278672, author={Alisa Sydow and Benedetto Lorenzo Cannatelli and Alessandro Giudici and Sam Kamuriwo and Mario Molteni}, title={Fostering Entrepreneurship Education in Africa: Presenting the Orchestration of a Pan-African University Alliance}, proceedings={EAI International Conference on Technology, R\&D, Education and Economy for Africa}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={TREE}, year={2018}, month={8}, keywords={entrepreneurship education network orchestration africa}, doi={10.4108/eai.21-3-2018.2278672} }- Alisa Sydow
Benedetto Lorenzo Cannatelli
Alessandro Giudici
Sam Kamuriwo
Mario Molteni
Year: 2018
Fostering Entrepreneurship Education in Africa: Presenting the Orchestration of a Pan-African University Alliance
TREE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.21-3-2018.2278672
Abstract
Taking the salient case of an Italian Foundation that promoted a Pan-African university alliance for entrepreneurship education, we conducted a field study based on interviews and observation for a period of seven years. The aim was to understand how to overcome challenges that arise when fostering entrepreneurship education programs (EEP) by orchestrating an inter-organizational network in Africa. Our study revealed that proximity and the presence on the field play a strategic and crucial role in orchestrating an entrepreneurial eco-system in a context shaped by resource scarcity and solid societal as well as economic problems. We contribute to scholarly and practitioner understandings of how to establish effectively EEPs by orchestrating entrepreneurial eco-systems in Africa.