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Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
Carme Moreno-Gavara,Ana Isabel Jiménez-Zarco,Sheriff A. O. Alabi +2 more
- pp 115-145
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In this article, the authors show how women entrepreneurs in Africa generate significant benefits for their countries economically, socially and environmentally, however, they continue to face significant cultural, social and legal barriers to the entrepreneurial process.Abstract:
This chapter shows how women entrepreneurs in Africa generate significant benefits for their countries economically, socially and environmentally. They continue, however, to face significant cultural, social and legal barriers to the entrepreneurial process. The support of governments, institutions, and local and international companies will be vital to the development of entrepreneurial initiatives among women in the sustainable fashion sector and above all, to the consolidation over time of empowering business activities that provide equality for women.read more
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