Developing a multilevel framework for university entrepreneurship in Africa

Devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives, this issue focuses more specifically on the IAU 15th General Conference. The In Focus section is on Leadership for a changing public private higher education funding landscape, the theme retained for the upcoming IAU 2017 International Conference and IAU Global Meeting of Associtaions to take place in Ghana in October 2017

Developing a multilevel framework for university entrepreneurship in Africa
More than ever before, African Universities are undergoing a second revolution2 of a third mission of economic development and poverty reduction which entails becoming engaged in the countries’ economic growth, employability of graduates and linking up with industries. This leads to increased entrepreneurship education in most African Universities. Following up my study on “the role of higher education in poverty reduction in Africa”, this paper presents a multilevel framework aiming at linking up the different dimensions of university entrepreneurship. More...