African entrepreneurs operate in tough conditions: the skills they’ve honed could be useful to others

When people talk about entrepreneurship in Africa, the conversation usually starts with everything that’s missing. Limited funding. Weak infrastructure. Poor internet connectivity. Unreliable electricity. Bureaucracy. Corruption. The implicit message is that African entrepreneurs succeed despite these disadvantages. These challenges are real. But they are only one part of the story. We study entrepreneurship, innovation and team building in Africa. In a recent paper we followed ten technology…