This book is the outcome of the research project “Youth and employment: therole of entrepreneurship in African economies” (YEMP) which ran from October2009 until June 2014. We are very grateful to the Consultative Research Committeefor Development Research (FFU) of the Danish Ministry of ForeignAffairs (Danida) for providing the funding (project number 09-059KU) thatmade this collaborative and interdisciplinary research possible.The project involved participants from five institutions located in four countries– Denmark, Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia – all of which provided invaluablesupport. The project country coordinators, Dr George Owusu at the Universityof Ghana, Rebecca Namatovu at Makerere University Business School (MUBS),and Dr Francis Chigunta at the University of Zambia, all competently lead theirrespective teams. In the field we were assisted by numerous research assistants,all of whom did an excellent job of guiding and translating where necessary.This book would not have been possible, though, without all the young peoplewho welcomed us into their homes and workplaces, and generously gave us theirtime and shared their experiences with us. To all of them, and the adults whomwe also interviewed, we owe the greatest thanks.The project supported six African PhD students who conducted their studiesat their home universities but spent six months studying in Copenhagen. Manymembers of the YEMP team played key roles supervising them, either officiallyor unofficially, with thanks especially due to Dr Søren Jeppesen at CopenhagenBusiness School (CBS) and Professor Paul W. K. Yankson, Dr George Owusuand Dr Robert D. Osei at the University of Ghana. In addition, at the Universityof Zambia, Dr Augustus Kapungwe of the Department of Population Studiessupervised the two Zambian PhD students, while at MUBS first the late DrWarren Byabashaija followed by Professor Waswa Balunywa provided supervisionfor the two Ugandan PhD students. We are also very grateful to theDanish Fellowship Centre (DFC) for arranging the visits of the PhD students toDenmark and for providing them with an excellent environment in which to live.The Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, and the Departmentof Intercultural Communication and Management, CBS, kindly provided the studentswith office space and ICT support. This conducive environment contributedto the PhD students forming a very supportive group that played a major This book is the outcome of the research project “Youth and employment: therole of entrepreneurship in African economies” (YEMP) which ran from October2009 until June 2014. We are very grateful to the Consultative Research Committeefor Development Research (FFU) of the Danish Ministry of ForeignAffairs (Danida) for providing the funding (project number 09-059KU) thatmade this collaborative and interdisciplinary research possible.The project involved participants from five institutions located in four countries– Denmark, Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia – all of which provided invaluablesupport. The project country coordinators, Dr George Owusu at the Universityof Ghana, Rebecca Namatovu at Makerere University Business School (MUBS),and Dr Francis Chigunta at the University of Zambia, all competently lead theirrespective teams. In the field we were assisted by numerous research assistants,all of whom did an excellent job of guiding and translating where necessary.This book would not have been possible, though, without all the young peoplewho welcomed us into their homes and workplaces, and generously gave us theirtime and shared their experiences with us. To all of them, and the adults whomwe also interviewed, we owe the greatest thanks.The project supported six African PhD students who conducted their studiesat their home universities but spent six months studying in Copenhagen. Manymembers of the YEMP team played key roles supervising them, either officiallyor unofficially, with thanks especially due to Dr Søren Jeppesen at CopenhagenBusiness School (CBS) and Professor Paul W. K. Yankson, Dr George Owusuand Dr Robert D. Osei at the University of Ghana. In addition, at the Universityof Zambia, Dr Augustus Kapungwe of the Department of Population Studiessupervised the two Zambian PhD students, while at MUBS first the late DrWarren Byabashaija followed by Professor Waswa Balunywa provided supervisionfor the two Ugandan PhD students. We are also very grateful to theDanish Fellowship Centre (DFC) for arranging the visits of the PhD students toDenmark and for providing them with an excellent environment in which to live.The Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, and the Departmentof Intercultural Communication and Management, CBS, kindly provided the studentswith office space and ICT support. This conducive environment contributedto the PhD students forming a very supportive group that played a major This book is the outcome of the research project “Youth and employment: therole of entrepreneurship in African economies” (YEMP) which ran from October2009 until June 2014. We are very grateful to the Consultative Research Committeefor Development Research (FFU) of the Danish Ministry of ForeignAffairs (Danida) for providing the funding (project number 09-059KU) thatmade this collaborative and interdisciplinary research possible.The project involved participants from five institutions located in four countries– Denmark, Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia – all of which provided invaluablesupport. The project country coordinators, Dr George Owusu at the Universityof Ghana, Rebecca Namatovu at Makerere University Business School (MUBS),and Dr Francis Chigunta at the University of Zambia, all competently lead theirrespective teams. In the field we were assisted by numerous research assistants,all of whom did an excellent job of guiding and translating where necessary.This book would not have been possible, though, without all the young peoplewho welcomed us into their homes and workplaces, and generously gave us theirtime and shared their experiences with us. To all of them, and the adults whomwe also interviewed, we owe the greatest thanks.The project supported six African PhD students who conducted their studiesat their home universities but spent six months studying in Copenhagen. Manymembers of the YEMP team played key roles supervising them, either officiallyor unofficially, with thanks especially due to Dr Søren Jeppesen at CopenhagenBusiness School (CBS) and Professor Paul W. K. Yankson, Dr George Owusuand Dr Robert D. Osei at the University of Ghana. In addition, at the Universityof Zambia, Dr Augustus Kapungwe of the Department of Population Studiessupervised the two Zambian PhD students, while at MUBS first the late DrWarren Byabashaija followed by Professor Waswa Balunywa provided supervisionfor the two Ugandan PhD students. We are also very grateful to theDanish Fellowship Centre (DFC) for arranging the visits of the PhD students toDenmark and for providing them with an excellent environment in which to live.The Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, and the Departmentof Intercultural Communication and Management, CBS, kindly provided the studentswith office space and ICT support. This conducive environment contributedto the PhD students forming a very supportive group that played a major role in almost all of them succeeding in completing their PhDs, without doubtone of the project’s major achievements and a core part of this book.Many of the chapters in this book were first presented either at our yearlyworkshops held in the project countries or by YEMP team members at our“International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Employment in the GlobalSouth” held in Copenhagen in June 2013. Our excellent keynote speakers, ProfessorErnest Aryeetey, Professor Craig Jeffrey, and Professor Peter Rosa, alongwith all the other participants, provided useful feedback and encouraged us toproceed with presenting the key project findings in book form.A string of people provided support for the project and the book along theway. At the host institution – the Department of Geography, University ofCopenhagen – the untiring assistance of Dorthe Hallin with the accounts wasinvaluable, and in the closing stages Kent Pørksen kindly helped produce themaps at short notice. Wisdom Kalenga and Cecilia Gregersen both spent time atCBS providing assistance with the data analysis and conference support. MaheenPracha did an excellent job editing the entire manuscript while Jo Woodsassisted in the final checking and layout. Thanks are also due to Faye Leerink atRoutledge for seeing the potential of the book and for agreeing to allow it to besubsequently published in sub-Saharan Africa, which we hope will ensure it isalso widely read there.As all of the project participants spent lengthy periods of time in the field and/or visiting other academic institutions, many families have had to cope withthese absences. We thank them for their forbearance and for supporting therespective team members in their studies and travels. Hopefully they feel it wasworthwhile in the end.While producing this book has been a major effort, it marks the end of an erathat started back in November 2008 when we first started devising the project inresponse to a call from FFU for projects on youth employment. We areextremely grateful to all of the “YEMP family”, as the project team came to beknown, for their dedication to the project and for making it such a rewarding andfun experience, and look forward to future collaboration

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