Institutional Support and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-166
Author(s):  
Ethel N. Abe ◽  
Isaac Idowu Abe
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Successes And Failures

Factors that facilitate successful entrepreneurship range from cultural, educational, financial, environmental, technological factors to other macro and micro-economic factors. Scholars, for instance, report that continuance of entrepreneurship for lengthy periods may be an indicator of a culture of entrepreneurship amongst the residents of a given population, which could be significant in the development of the regional economy. The question is, do these factors each singularly or combinatorically result in entrepreneurial success? Since institutional support could foster the successes and failures of enterprises, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, which defines an individual's belief in their ability to achieve success in entrepreneurship, is joined in the investigation presented in this chapter. The chapter explores both factors as possible recipes for entrepreneurial success in Sub-Saharan Africa. The implications of the chapter for successful entrepreneurship literature are defined.

scholarly journals Hydrological education and training needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: requirements, constraints and progress

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 10565-10587
Author(s):  
D. A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources ◽  
And Training

Abstract. This paper represents a perspective on the education and training needs related to hydrology and water resources science within the sub-Saharan Africa region and discusses the requirements of the region, some of the relatively recent developments and initiatives and some of the constraints that exist and remain difficult to surmount. The requirements include the development of academic research capacity and technical skill for both the private and public sector at a variety of levels. Some of the constraints that exist include a lack of adequate funding, lack of follow-up after short training courses, lack of institutional support to continue training, and competition for major water resources development projects from organizations outside the region. One of the main conclusions is that to sustain both educational and practical expertise in hydrology and water resources science within the region there is a need to build a "critical mass" of local expertise. Part of this could be achieved by increasing networking within the region and promoting the sharing of information, tools and expertise. There is also a need to promote institutional support.

scholarly journals Hydrological education and training needs in sub-Saharan Africa: requirements, constraints and progress

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources ◽  
And Training

Abstract. This paper represents a perspective on the education and training needs related to hydrology and water resources science within the sub-Saharan Africa region and discusses the requirements of the region, some of the relatively recent developments and initiatives and some of the constraints that exist and remain difficult to surmount. The requirements include the development of academic research capacity and technical skill for both the private and public sector at a variety of levels. Some of the constraints that exist include a lack of adequate funding, lack of follow-up after short training courses, lack of institutional support to continue training, and competition for major water resources development projects from organizations outside the region. One of the main conclusions is that to sustain both educational and practical expertise in hydrology and water resources science within the region there is a need to build a "critical mass" of local expertise. Part of this could be achieved by increasing networking within the region and promoting the sharing of information, tools and expertise. There is also a need to promote institutional support.

scholarly journals Measuring contraceptive self-efficacy in sub-Saharan Africa: development and validation of the CSESSA scale in Kenya and Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 100041
Author(s):  
Lillian Whiting-Collins ◽  
Lindsay Grenier ◽  
Peter J. Winch ◽  
Amy Tsui ◽  
Pamela K. Donohue
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Development And Validation

Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa: In the Shadow of the Western Sahara Dispute

2021 ◽  
pp. 234779892110175
Author(s):  
Michael B. Bishku
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Western Sahara ◽  
The Past ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Middle Powers

During much of the past several decades, Moroccan actions in Western Sahara have impacted on that country’s bilateral and multilateral ties, especially with other countries in Africa, though to a lesser degree in the Arab world. In recent years, Morocco has gained the upper hand in its conflict in Western Sahara and has been increasing its political and economic footprint on the continent of Africa, an area of interest since independence. At the same time, Morocco has regarded itself as a “gateway” to Africa for the USA and Europe, while the USA, France (and the Gulf states) have provided military and financial assistance as well as diplomatic support for Morocco as that country’s policies have served Western interests. While attention is given by academics in recent years to the involvement in Africa of other middle powers from the Middle East such as Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia and, in the past, of Nasser’s Egypt and Qaddafi’s Libya, as well as Israel, Morocco has not stirred the same sort of interest. This article seeks to address that issue by examining all political and economic factors that have influenced Moroccan policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa, those both connected and unconnected with the issue of the Western Sahara dispute.

African Diaspora Entrepreneurs

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanya Ojo ◽  
Sonny Nwankwo ◽  
Ayantunji Gbadamosi
Keyword(s):  
African Diaspora ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Migration Corridor ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transnational Space

African entrepreneurs in the diaspora are increasingly leveraging the duality of transnational space to expand economic opportunities in their countries of origin. Using the UK (London) and Sub-Saharan Africa migration corridor as a contextual prism, this paper explores the ‘everydayness' of entrepreneurship among African entrepreneurs in relation to how they traverse entrepreneurial spaces linking their countries of origin (home) and country of residence (host). Data collection combined discovery-oriented and ‘observer as participant’ techniques and emerging strands were fully explored using focus group protocols. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the findings indicate that Africans in diaspora contribute to Sub-Saharan African economic development through entrepreneurial investments. Diaspora direct investment (DDI) is an authentic avenue that unlocks untapped investment opportunities, and its objectives are driven by both economic and non-economic factors. Thus policy makers need to focus on harnessing its benefits.

Empirical Analysis of Students’ Behavior Towards Advance Traveler Information Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 2030001
Author(s):  
Kwame Owusu Kwateng ◽  
Rabbi Osei Okyere ◽  
Muizz Oluwatobiloba Ottun ◽  
Julius Nani Gadah
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Traveler Information ◽  
Traveler Information Systems ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Use Behavior

In spite of the benefits associated with Automated Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), little attention has been given to its implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has made efforts to implement this technology on their campus transport services. It is in this regard that the researchers sought to investigate the factors that will influence the student’s intention to adopt ATIS. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) with self-efficacy, system quality and gender as moderators were employed in the study. The results indicate that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions and habit are the true predictors of people’s intention to use ATIS. Moreover, self-efficacy and gender were also found to moderate the relationship between behavioral intention and use behavior. This is among the few attempts to examine the factors that may influence user’s adoption of ATIS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

scholarly journals Epidemiological rather than macro-economic factors correlate with socioeconomic inequalities in HIV testing in 16 sub-Saharan African countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pearl Anne Ante-Testard ◽  
Laura Temime ◽  
Kevin Jean
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Testing Uptake ◽  
Sub Saharan

In order to reach the first 95 (i.e., 95% of people living with HIV having knowledge of their status) of the 2030 UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, it is crucial to better understand the contextual or structural factors driving socioeconomic inequalities in HIV testing uptake. It is still unclear whether they are mostly influenced by epidemiological or by macro-economic factors. Here, to shed light on this issue, we measured and decomposed socioeconomic inequalities in HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa in relation to contextual factors using a novel method, the Recentered Influence Function decomposition method. Indeed, we found that HIV testing uptake was more concentrated among the rich in 12 of 16 sub-Saharan African countries based on population-based surveys. The level of the HIV epidemic seems to drive the level of response of HIV testing programs, rather than the per capita Gross Domestic Product of a country (i.e., national indicator of economic development). Our results suggest that when responding to the HIV epidemic, there is a need to monitor and assess inequalities in addition to monitoring HIV incidence and prevalence. Keywords: HIV, HIV testing, socioeconomic inequalities, contextual factors, sub-Saharan Africa, decomposing inequalities

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Determinants for Biochar Deployment in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Peter Msumali Rogers ◽  
Mathias Fridahl ◽  
Pius Yanda ◽  
Anders Hansson ◽  
Noah Pauline ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Many ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Biochar may contribute to both agricultural productivity and atmospheric carbon dioxide removal. However, despite the many potential upsides of adding biochar to amend carbon-depleted soils in sub-Saharan Africa, deployment is largely lacking. This paper explores the socio-economic factors that can explain tendencies to avoid action. Based on a survey of 172 farming households, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions in the Mbeya and Songwe regions of Tanzania, which were targeted for a biochar aid program in 2014, several socio-economic drivers behind the continued use of biochar deployment were identified in this follow-up study. A key deployment driver was the increased crop yields, perceived to be the result of adding biochar to soils, increasing yields from 1 metric ton per hectare to 3 metric tons per hectare. Food security and family income were cited as the main reasons to engage in biochar production and use. Climate change mitigation and increased resilience were other key reasons that motivated adoption. In terms of socio-economic factors, farmers with low education and income, the majority being males aged 40–60 years, contributed to low adoption rates in the study area. Respondents often cited the alternative usage of biochar feedstocks, lack of government involvement or extension services, traditions, and farming customs as the main constraints limiting biochar deployment.

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