African Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy

Ezenwayi Amaechi Ejiribe is an Associate Professor Faculty/Applied Learning Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program at Johnson & Wales University, USA. She is also the Founder & Executive Director of Micro Enterprise Social Entrepreneurship (MESENow)—an organization with the vision to create an ecosystem of women and youth entrepreneurs in developing nations.Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey MBCHB MPH FISQua is the Council Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice, a Ghana-based think tank dedicated to progressive social transformation and people-centered development. He is also a public health physician and a Rockefeller Global Fellow for Social Innovation.Joseph Ofori-Dankwa is the H.R. Wickes Professor of International Business and Professor of Management at the Scott L. Carmona College of Business, Saginaw Valley State University, USA.

• PART ONE: THE MARKETPLACE IN GHANA AND THE MARKET WOMEN.- Chapter 1: The Description of the Ghana Marketplace: A Four-Case Study Approach.- Chapter 2: Rebirthing of Makola Market: Evolution into Mallkets.- PART TWO: MARKETPLACE JOLTS: A TYPOLOGY, EFFECTS ON MARKET WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS.- Chapter 3: Towards the Typology of Jolts on Market Women.- Chapter 4: Implications of Marketplace Jolts on the Households.- Chapter 5: The Social Justice Implications of Jolts on the Marketplace.- PART THREE.- JOLT TYPES: NATURE, CURRENT RESOLUTION POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TYPE ONE JOLTS.- Chapter 6: Fire Crisis and its Ramifications on Market Women in Ghana.- Chapter 7: The Impact of Floods on the Livelihoods of Market Women in Urban.- TYPE TWO JOLTS.- Chapter 8: Male & Female Leadership Dynamics in The Reconstruction of The Kumasi.- Chapter 9: An Ethnographic Assessment of COVID-19 Containment Measures at the Makola Market, Accra, Ghana.- TYPE THREE JOLTS.- Chapter 10: Migration of Kayayei to the Madina Market in the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality (LANMMA) of Greater Accra of Ghana.- Chapter 11: Taxation Challenges Market Women Face: Current Policies and Recommendations.- TYPE FOUR JOLTS.- Chapter 12: Influx of Chinese Traders in Ghana: An Emerging Threat.- Chapter 13: Adoption Patterns and Impact of Digital Technologies Among Ghanaian Market Women.- PART FOUR Alleviating Marketplace Jolts: Major ways forward.- Chapter 14: Innovative Strategies for Resilience and Preventative Safety for Market Women in Ghana.- Chapter 15: Improving Financial Literacy Among Market Women in Ghana: Case Studies from Two Nonprofit Organizations.- Chapter 16: Marketplace Jolts and Risk Management Strategies.- Chapter 17: Reimagining Social Justice in the Marketplace: Perspectives from the GenZ Generation.- Chapter 18: Reducing Marketplace Jolts and Enhancing Social Justice: Recommendations and Future Directions.