Supporting entrepreneurship in French-speaking Africa

This book presents the joint reflections of academics, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in entrepreneurship, and explores the role they can collectively play in developing entrepreneurial activity to reorient African economies. It proposes solutions to the problems hindering the creation, growth and sustainability of SMEs. These include access to credit and project finance, access to suppliers and markets, growth management, weak governance, skills development and training. Finally, the book provides tools for developing more effective, appropriate and integrated approaches to supporting SMEs and entrepreneurship.