Afropreneurship: Decolonising and Embracing the Pluralism of Entrepreneurial Activity in an African Context

Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi (), Olatunji David Adekoya (), Chima Mordi (), Muritala Awodun, Peter Bamkole () and Bashir Mojeed-Sanni ()
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Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi: University of Doha for Science and Technology, Department of Management
Olatunji David Adekoya: Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Business School
Chima Mordi: University of Doha for Science and Technology, Department of Management
Muritala Awodun: Crown Hill University, Centre for Enterprise and Human Capital Development
Peter Bamkole: Pan-Atlantic University, Business School
Bashir Mojeed-Sanni: University of Doha for Science and Technology, Department of Management

Chapter Chapter 3 in Decolonising the Enterprise, 2026, pp 49-71 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurship in Africa is often interpreted through Western lenses that overlook its distinctive logics. This chapter addresses the question: How does entrepreneurial action function in Africa in the absence of core Western assumptions, such as private property rights, individualist agency, abundant resources, and linear time? Drawing on Afropreneurship, Africapitalism, and Indigenous Standpoint Theory (IST), the chapter develops a decolonised, pluralistic understanding of entrepreneurial action. It reveals that African entrepreneurship is embedded in communal ownership regimes, hybrid spiritual–communal agency, adaptive resource mobilisation via social and relational capital, and cyclical/ancestral temporalities. Africapitalism reframes value creation toward social wealth and shared prosperity, while IST legitimises indigenous epistemologies and exposes productive tensions with dominant Western constructs. This understanding invites empirical refinement and comparative exploration across non-Western contexts.

Keywords: Africa; Afropreneurship; Africapitalism; Entrepreneurship; Indigenous Standpoint Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-14855-1_3

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