Entrepreneurship in Southern Africa

Léo-Paul Dana is Professor at ICD Business School Paris and Professorial Research Fellow at the Next Society Institute (NSI) of Kazimieras Simonavicius University (KSU), in Lithuania.   A graduate of McGill University, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and Visiting Professor at INSEAD and at Kingston University.  He has published extensively in a variety of journals including: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, International Business Review, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of World Business, Small Business Economics, and Technological Forecasting & Social Change.Aidin Salamzadeh is an Associate Professor and the Vice Dean of the College of Management at the University of Tehran, and a researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. In 2024, Stanford University listed him among the top 2 percent of scholars in the field of business and management. His interests include startups, new venture creation, and entrepreneurship. Aidin serves as an associate editor for several well-known academic journals. Additionally, he co-founded the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Lab (London).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland).- 3. Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).- 4. Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Lesotho (formerly Basutoland).- 5. Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Mozambique (formerly Portuguese East Africa).- 6. Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Namibia (formerly South West Africa).- 7. Entrepreneurship in the Republic of South Africa (formerly the Union of South Africa).- 8. Entrepreneurship in Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia).- 9. Towards the Future.