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Promoting competitive industries in a high-growth country

This interesting post from the World Bank’s blog on private sector development cites Ricardo Hausmann, Professor of Economic Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Director of Harvard’s Center of International Development and Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at the Kennedy School and

Three things entrepreneurs do

A nice video of on the role of entrepreneurship from the Kauffman Foundation. Very US-centric, but an effective way of communicating the message. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7VZIbeUrSU&feature=player_embedded]

Creating entrepreneurial business environments

A key ingredient of entrepreneurship is risk. Doing things differently, inventing and producing different things, and providing different services… all this entails risk. Entrepreneurs invest in doing things differently and the outcomes of this investment are unpredictable. In fact, these investments are more likely to fail than not. Governments stifle

The role of government

In efforts to promote entrepreneurship and innovation most attention is given how to development entrepreneurs. While it is generally recognised that there is no entrepreneurial gene that is passed on from one generation to the next and that entrepreneurs are made and not born entrepreneurial, a high degree of attention

Namibian PM highlights the role of innovation in Africa's development

The Namibian newspaper on 30 August 2011 carried an article by the Namibian Prime Minister, Dr. Nahas Angula, on how to transform the African economy: Innovation, he says, “is the missing link in African development. African economic take-off can be enhanced if Africa can pay serious attention to innovation and

New blog -- please bear with me

This site is a work in progress. I hope to fill it with more resources, useful links and opinions in the coming days, weeks and months. Please bear with me. Your feedback and advice are most welcome.

Entrepreneurship in Africa

Entrepreneurs are important actors for sustained development in Africa. Entrepreneurship occurs when an individual or group of individuals garner their available resources and take action to achieve a desired goal. It requires a measured risk –– where the entrepreneur balances up possible failure against the benefits and rewards of success. Typically,