ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the institutional context in sub-Saharan Africa and its influence on entrepreneurial mindsets and actions among university-educated youth. It argues that institutional determinants which provide structural reality and meaning to entrepreneurial actions have a profound influence on entrepreneurial mindsets and actions within a society. The chapter proposes and explores the extent to which institutional determinants influence entrepreneurial mindsets and actions of university-educated youth in sub-Saharan Africa. It offers a dynamic view of institutional determinants by acknowledging that the barriers to entrepreneurial activities among the youth in sub-Saharan Africa is multidimensional. However, the study established that normative institutions negatively affect the entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors of many university-educated youths. The issue of social expectation is another factor influencing the entrepreneurial mindset and youth unemployment. Therefore, this chapter contributes to the existing studies on institutional context and extends its direction to capture the complexity and heterogeneity of the institutional order under context-sensitive and pluralistic conditions such as in sub-Saharan Africa.
