Nigerian immigrant women’s entrepreneurial embeddedness in Ghana, West Africa
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
ISSN: 1756-6266
Article publication date: 1 October 2018
Issue publication date: 12 March 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of female immigrant entrepreneurs generally and more specifically Nigerian women entrepreneurs in Ghana, West Africa.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a qualitative research that draws on a broad-based research on Nigerian men and women immigrants’ entrepreneurship in Ghana. Face-to-face interviews with six women in the study are analysed here to provide insights into their motivations for and embeddedness of their entrepreneurship activities in Ghana.
Findings
The women’s entrepreneurship activities lend themselves to the mixed embeddedness argument in two ways: first is their ethnic embeddedness, and second their embeddedness in informality and policy framework. Also, all the women work in very trying circumstances and thus display what can be described as a “daring entrepreneurship” drive.
Practical implications
This paper is positioned at the intersection of ethnic embeddedness, informality and daring entrepreneurial drive by migrant women.
Originality/value
The paper provides an unprecedented and a refreshing account on the entrepreneurship and operational pathways of women in the margin of the global economy.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia through its International Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES) to the first author.
Citation
Antwi Bosiakoh, T. and Williams Tetteh, V. (2018), "Nigerian immigrant women’s entrepreneurial embeddedness in Ghana, West Africa", International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 38-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJGE-05-2018-0043
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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