Perception of the network in the African context through the narratives of the women involved in three networks in Togo

Percepción de la red en el contexto africano a través de las narrativas de las mujeres involucradas en tres redes en Togo

Koffi Victor Kassegne (), Sophia Belghiti-Mahut () and Angélique Rodhain ()
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Koffi Victor Kassegne: UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, CORHIS - Communication, Ressources Humaines et Intervention Sociale - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Sophia Belghiti-Mahut: CORHIS - Communication, Ressources Humaines et Intervention Sociale - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Angélique Rodhain: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UM2 - Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School, UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: Although there are several studies on women's networks in Africa, very few of them address the question of how women perceive the concept of network. Through a qualitative research based on observations and semi-structured interviews conducted in Togo with eighteen women belonging to three different networks (women entrepreneurs, women employees and women activists for women's self-promotion), this research focuses on the respondents' in-depth understanding of the concept of a network. The perception of the network seems to be specific to the African context, and particularly to Togo, and appears to differ from that observed in the literature. Using Miles and Huberman's (1991) matrix analysis technique, a new light is shed on the purposes of a network, perceived through eight levels of contribution: support, learning, social impact, career development, manifestation of religion, affinity, challenge and family relationship. Certain levels of understanding, including the perception of the network as a manifestation of religion as well as a social impact, are new. The discussion also proposes that women's networks in Togo constitute an explicit or implicit means of emancipation and empowerment for African women.

Keywords: Réseaux; Femmes; Perception; Nana Benz de Lomé; Microfinance Fucec-Togo; Jeunes femmes leaders; Togo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-11-12
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Published in Revue Internationale PME, 2024, 37 (3-4), pp.98-120. ⟨10.7202/1114760ar⟩

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DOI: 10.7202/1114760ar

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