Entrepreneurship, Climate Change And Economic Growth In Africa

Abstract

Over the years, Africa Countries have been exploiting other areas for the needed economic growth, such areas include; Foreign Direct Investment, external loan, foreign partnership etc. However, entrepreneurship is an area that had not been fully focused. This study carries out and in-depth qualitative analysis into the place of entrepreneurship on economic growth of the continent amidst the challenges of climate change. Africa had been adjured as the continent most vulnerable to climate change. The climate change curtails economic growth which in turn adversely affects the spate of entrepreneurship. Rapid entrepreneurship growth also influences high economic growth and the economic growth inturn brings about factors that increase climate change with its effect on entrepreneurship. Therefore, there is need for appropriate policy intervention to balance the spate of entrepreneurship growth with climate change decline and sustainable economic growth in Africa. Towards this, the study recommends among others; appropriate rules and regulations coupled with stringent compliance measures on climate change issues, encouragement of entrepreneurship growth by governments at all levels and the private sectors, development of climate change resilient seeds for farmers etc.