The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship

This chapter analyzes the themes of “assimilation” or “alienation” in the UK from the perspective of the Black African entrepreneurship dovetailing into the issue of double jeopardy against women. The objective is to highlight the perceived sense of inclusion or exclusion among the entrepreneurs and incidentally raise the issue of the penalties around African women entrepreneurship in the UK.

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The Informal and Illegal Entrepreneurship

The Evolution of Black African Entrepreneurship in the UK - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7631-0.ch006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 106-128

Keyword(s):

Market Economy ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Black African ◽

Legal Structures ◽

The Government ◽

African Entrepreneurship ◽

Insight Into

This chapter looks into the economic activities in unofficial and illegitimate spaces by providing an insight into why some Black African entrepreneurs work and feel justified in operating outside the formal/legal structures regulated by the government. Its contribution is in the understanding of the Black African entrepreneurship at the periphery or grey zones of the market economy.

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Black African Entrepreneurship in the UK

The Evolution of Black African Entrepreneurship in the UK - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7631-0.ch004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 67-89

Keyword(s):

Black Africans ◽

Black African ◽

Ethnic Entrepreneurship ◽

The Uk ◽

Entrepreneurial Activities ◽

African Entrepreneurship

This chapter appraises the general literature of immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship linking it with the evaluation of the nature and characteristics of the entrepreneurial activities of Black Africans in the UK. It aims to understand, within this context, the process, challenges, attribution, and outcome of their entrepreneurship.

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