ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book scrutinises three vital stimuli to entrepreneurship social networks, microfinance, and education which are provided by a range of actors including family, friends, microfinance institutions (MFIs), and universities. It examines the role of social capital for young entrepreneurs operating in marketplaces in Lusaka, and explains how and with what effect young entrepreneurs mobilise resources through their social networks and, in particular, their use of social capital to access information, finance, skills, and customers. The book explores entrepreneurship education at the university level in Uganda. It examines the experiences of entrepreneurship graduates from two universities in Kampala, revealing who studies entrepreneurship education and why, and examines how their studies have impacted on their entrepreneurial intentions. Much formal education in sub-Saharan Africa has been criticised for equipping young people with the skills to become "job seekers" rather than "job creators".
