ABSTRACT

This chapter provides a discussion and reflection on the proposed study with the explicit aim to contribute towards the knowledge gap on female entrepreneurship in developing African countries. Hattab performed a cross-country comparison of female entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern and North African countries and concluded that more women are turning towards entrepreneurial roles, but their percentage is still low compared to their male counterparts. Brushing up the access to technological improvements as innovation practices are widely suggested to policy actors of African countries that tend to positively affect the growth of female entrepreneurship. Enhancing the entrepreneurship-orientated policies that would ease up access to financial opportunities could gradually support the further growth of female entrepreneurship in African countries. Nevertheless, as the people aim to understand mainly the individual factors behind female entrepreneurship, they need to include more variables that may influence women's decision to sustain in self-employment. .