Index

Alfred Mbeteh (Arden University, UK)
Massimiliano M. Pellegrini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Entrepreneurship Education in Africa: A Contextual Model for Competencies and Pedagogies in Developing Countries

ISBN: 978-1-83909-703-4, eISBN: 978-1-83909-702-7

Publication date: 1 August 2022

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Mbeteh, A. and Pellegrini, M.M. (2022), "Index", Entrepreneurship Education in Africa: A Contextual Model for Competencies and Pedagogies in Developing Countries (Entrepreneurial Behaviour Series), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 169-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-702-720221004

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INDEX

African context
, 31

African education system
, 32

challenges of unemployment for youth
, 40–41

entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sierra Leone
, 41–50

Sierra Leone
, 33–37

structure of Sierra Leone’s economy
, 37–39

African Development Bank (ADB)
, 32

African Economic Outlook
, 38

Agenda for Prosperity, The
, 44

Agro Mindset
, 102

Asiamah, David [founder of Agro Mindset]
, 102

Auto-ethnography
, 54

Axial coding
, 53

Behavioural approach
, 2–3

Bootstrapping
, 72

Bourdieu’s practice theory
, 69

Business and real-life projects/experimentation
, 104–106

Business Model Canvas (BMC)
, 103

Capability approach
, 11

Career and Advisory, Placement Services (CAPS)
, 41

Church Missionary Society (CMS)
, 47

Cognitive approach
, 3

College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS)
, 47

Competence
, 17

to pedagogical strategies
, 89–90

Competency
, 17

Competition
, 42

Constructivism and EE
, 4

Constructivist approach
, 3

Contextualisation
, 37, 69

Contextualised framework for entrepreneurship education

participants’ profile
, 54–56

protocol and analysis
, 51–54

qualitative findings
, 56–62

Conveying compelling vision
, 20

Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk
, 80–81

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
, 86

Creative problem solving/imaginativeness
, 20

Creativity
, 71–73, 92

Cultural perception
, 49

Cultural support
, 42

Culture of pragmatism
, 35

De VICTORS
, 76, 109

Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI)
, 45

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
, 26

Displacements (see Triggers)

Doe, Kelvin [founder of K-Doe Tech]
, 99

Economic literacy
, 95

Education system
, 107–108

Educational deficiencies
, 49

Elong, William [founder of Will & Brothers]
, 100

Employment
, 36

perception of employment opportunities
, 40

self-employment
, 5, 11, 38, 77

status of recent graduates
, 41

youth
, 9–10, 44–45

EntreComp framework
, 51, 71, 79

adaptation of
, 86–87

Entrepreneurial competencies
, 89–90

adaptation of EntreComp framework
, 86–87

African countries
, 98

business and real-life projects/experimentation
, 104–106

case studies
, 91

conceptualisations of
, 19

coping with uncertainty, ambiguity
, 80–81

creativity
, 71–73

debate
, 61–62

definition and types of
, 17–18

EntreComp
, 26–30

financial and economic literacy
, 78–79

Forbes’s list of Africa’s entrepreneurs
, 99–102

key constituents of
, 18–21

learning through experience
, 83–85

management
, 79–80

mobilising resources
, 77–78

models of
, 26

motivation and perseverance
, 77

pedagogical approaches for entrepreneurship education
, 21–26

previous studies focusing on
, 22–23

risk-taking initiative
, 80–81

self-awareness
, 75–77

self-efficacy
, 75–77

in Sierra Leone
, 63–69

spotting opportunities
, 69–70

teamwork
, 81–83

vision
, 73–75

workshop led by experts
, 98, 103

Entrepreneurial ecosystem

higher education sector
, 47–50

institutional support for Start-Ups and SMEs
, 44–47

pillars of
, 42

in Sierra Leone
, 41

in Sierra Leone based on GEDI
, 41–44

Entrepreneurial education
, 56–62

Entrepreneurial intentions
, 5, 77

entrepreneurial event model
, 6–7

TPB
, 7–9

Entrepreneurial motivation
, 56–61

Entrepreneurial pedagogy
, 23–24

Entrepreneurship
, 32

Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp)
, 26–30

Entrepreneurship education (EE)
, 1–2, 76

constructivism and
, 4

delivering programmes
, 10–12

impacts of
, 12–15

nature of entrepreneurial intentions
, 5–9

objectives of
, 3–5

pedagogical approaches for
, 21–26

teaching
, 2–3

and unemployment
, 9–10

Entrepreneurship Training Programmes
, 2

Ex ante studies
, 14

Ex post studies
, 14

Experiential learning
, 83

Extrinsic factors
, 25

Factor-driven economies
, 38

Fatoumata Ba [founder of Jumia]
, 101

Financial and economic literacy
, 78–79

Financial literacy
, 95

Fourah Bay College (FBC)
, 47

Freetown Business School
, 48

Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute (GEDI)
, 41

entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sierra Leone based on
, 41–44

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
, 38

Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL)
, 44, 45, 55

Guerrilla skills
, 20

Hard competencies
, 21, 79

Higher Education Institutions
, 10

in Sierra Leone
, 47

Higher education sector
, 47–50

High growth
, 42

Higher National Diploma (HND)
, 47

Higher Teacher Certificate (HTC)
, 47

Human capital
, 42

Human Development Index
, 37

Ideas and opportunities
, 27

Individualism
, 34

Indulgence national culture
, 35

Initial coding (see Open coding)

Innovation-driven economies
, 38

Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM)
, 47

Institutional support for Start-Ups and SMEs
, 44–47

Intention-based models
, 5

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
, 78

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
, 9

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
, 31, 37

Internationalisation
, 43

Interpretative thematic analysis technique
, 53

Into action area
, 27

Intrinsic factors
, 25

Joint Research Centre (JRC)
, 26

K-Doe Tech
, 99

Kuria, Kelvin Macharia [founder of Sunrise Tracking]
, 102

Lazy Makoti, The
, 100

Learning
, 23

through experience
, 83–85, 97

Local Content Policy (LCP)
, 45, 48

Management
, 95

Masculinity/femininity
, 34

Mentorship programmes
, 83

Meta-competencies
, 21

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
, 78

Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
, 48

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
, 80

Mobilising resources
, 77–78, 94

Motivation
, 65, 77–78, 83, 93, 104

National Youth Commission (NAYCOM)
, 44, 73

National Youth programmes
, 45

Neoliberal human capital approach
, 11

Networking
, 42

Nominal Group Technique (NGT)
, 52

Non-governmental organisations
, 44

Oboth, Isaac [founder of Media 256]
, 99

Open coding
, 53

Opportunity
, 2

assessment
, 19–20

perception
, 42

evaluation
, 3

recognition
, 20

Osusu
, 72

Participants’ profile
, 54–56

Pedagogical approaches for entrepreneurship education
, 21–26

Pedagogical strategies

competences to
, 89–90

contextualised for Sierra Leone
, 91–97

Perceived behavioural control
, 8

Perceived desirability
, 7

Perseverance
, 20, 21, 65, 77–78, 82–83, 93, 104

Personal attitudes
, 21

Policymakers, implications for
, 107–108

Power distance
, 34, 35

Practice-based entrepreneurship pedagogy
, 25

Private Sector Development (PSDS)
, 48

Product innovation
, 42

Progression model
, 27–28

Protocol and analysis
, 51–54

Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
, 27

Quasi-ethnography approach
, 51

Reflection
, 26

Research designs and methods
, 14

Resilience
, 20

Resource leveraging
, 20

Resources area
, 27

Risk acceptance
, 42

Risk capital
, 43

Risk management/mitigation
, 20

Risk-taking
, 11, 13, 21, 62

ability
, 62, 71

and proactively dealing with uncertainty
, 96

initiative
, 80–81

Risk-tolerance
, 62

Second cycle coding method (see Axial coding)

Self-awareness
, 75–77, 93

Self-efficacy
, 14, 20, 75–77, 93

Self-employment
, 7

Self-ethnography
, 54

Seshoene, Mogau [founder of The Lazy Makoti]
, 100

Shayo, Edwin Bruno [founder of Smart Codes]
, 101

Short Attention Span Disorder (SASD)
, 61

Sierra Leone
, 33

business in Sierra Leone–score
, 46

entrepreneurial ecosystem in
, 41

entrepreneurial ecosystem on GEDI
, 41–44

higher education sector
, 47–50

indulgence
, 36

institutional support for Start-Ups and SMEs
, 44–47

lectures in
, 106

map of
, 33

pedagogical approaches
, 91–97

power distance
, 35

score on masculinity
, 35–36

sociocultural aspects of
, 34

sociocultural panorama
, 36–37

structure of economy
, 37–39

youths in
, 108–109

Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
, 41

Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)
, 45

Skills Audit
, 105

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
, 55, 103

institutional support for
, 44–47

Smart Codes
, 101

Social learning theory
, 83

Social marginality
, 84

Socio-emotional skills
, 77

Sociocultural context
, 33–37

Soft competencies
, 21

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound plan (SMART plan)
, 105

Spotting opportunities
, 69–70

Spotting opportunities
, 91

Start-up

institutional support for
, 44–47

skills
, 42–43

State of Entrepreneurship 2017 report
, 41

Storytelling
, 83

Subjective norms
, 8

Sunrise Tracking
, 102

‘Survival entrepreneurship’
, 85

Taal, Momarr Mass [Founder of Tropingo Foods]
, 102

Teacher’s Certificate (TC)
, 47

Teamwork
, 81–83, 96

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
, 45

Technology absorption
, 42

Tenacity/perseverance
, 20

Theory of planned behaviour (TBP)
, 5, 7–9

Theory of reasoned action (TRA)
, 7

Theory-based entrepreneurship pedagogy
, 25

Theory-driven methods
, 12

Triggers
, 6

Tropingo Foods
, 102

Uncertainty avoidance
, 35

Unemployment
, 9–10

for youth
, 40–41, 60

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
, 37

University of Sierra Leone (USL)
, 55

Value creation
, 20

Vision
, 64, 73–75, 92

statement
, 73

West African Senior School Certificate Education (WASSSCE)
, 47

World Bank
, 31–32

Youth

EE and
, 10

employment
, 9–10, 44–45

in Sierra Leone
, 40, 60

unemployment
, 9, 40–41, 60