Business Opportunities, Start-ups, and Digital Transformation in Africa

Volume 23 (2022/2023) of the African Development Perspectives Yearbook focusses on the issues of digital entrepreneurship, digital start-ups, and digital business opportunities in Africa. It investigates links between digitalization and development of productive capacities. It deals with business opportunities created by the digital transformation. It discusses the role of universities in the digital transformation process. It also presents book reviews and book notes. Country case studies include Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and South Africa.

Herkulaas Mve Combrink is Interim Director of Initiative for Digital Futures at the University the Free State (UFS), South Africa.

Tobias Knedlik is Research Professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and Professor for International Economics at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Samia Satti Mohamed Nour is Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Khartoum, Sudan.

Ulrike Schuerkens is Professor at the University of Rennes.

Katinka de Wet is Associate Professor at the University the Free State (UFS), South Africa.

Karl Wohlmuth is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, University of Bremen.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52038/9783643914415