Developing Africa’s Financial Services: The Importance of High-Impact Entrepreneurship

Contributed by business and other researchers from Africa, the US, and Europe, the 11 essays in this volume describe how entrepreneurial financial institutions have evolved in sub-Saharan Africa. They detail background on the history of the financial services sector in Africa, the importance of high-impact entrepreneurship, managing risk in entrepreneurship and the role of the insurance sector, and currency zones in French-speaking countries; case studies of high-impact entrepreneurial banks, including Fidelity Bank, Banco Atlantico, Banco Unico, and Equity Bank; and developments and trends in the financial sector that present potential opportunities, such as non-interest banking, impact investing, and crowdfunding. Financial services are an essential element in powering entrepreneurial activity beyond resource extraction in Africa. This book examines the macro-trends and highlights inspiring success stories of entrepreneurial financial sector ventures that are making a lasting contribution to the economic development of various sub-Saharan African countries.

• | Author: Dana T. Redford
• | Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2017
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781787141872
• | ISBN-10: 178714187X