Young Entrepreneurs in the Mobile Telephony Sector in Ghana: From Necessities to Aspirations

By R. Afutu‐Kotey, K. Gough, George Owusu. 2017

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ABSTRACT Despite increasing research interest in the mobile telephony sector, only a few studies have devoted attention to informal businesses in the sector. Using qualitative field data collected on young mobile telephony entrepreneurs in Accra, this paper argues that despite the businesses being ‘informal’, they cannot be dismissed as ‘necessity’ enterprises unworthy of support. On the contrary, many young entrepreneurs have aspirations which are influencing their desire to stay in business. The article thus questions the bifurcated nature of entrepreneurial motivations, using the burgeoning mobile telephony sector as a case study, and draws out implications for policy support for youth-run businesses in the informal sector generally.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017, background): “knowledge spillovers in entrepreneurship (Acs et al., 2013; Hayter 2013; Kuada, 2014; Ghio et al., 2015; Afutu-Kotey et al., 2017), notably: the relevance of social media in promoting”
Educational quality thresholds in the diffusion of knowledge with mobile phones for inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa (2018, unknown): “…of agricultural wastes from demand−/supply-side constraints (Aker and Fafchamps, 2010; Muto and Yamano, 2009); (vii) social change and development (Afutu-Kotey et al., 2017; Amankwah-Amoah, 2015, 2016; Amankwah-Amoah and Sarpong, 2016; Gupta and Jain, 2014, 2015); (viii) inequality adjusted…”