Energy Use and Enterprise Performance in Ghana: How Does Gender Matter?

Pueyo, Ana; Bawakyillenuo, Simon; Carreras, Marco

doi:10.1057/s41287-020-00273-0

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“…However, none of these studies focuses on the effects of energy poverty on entrepreneurship as a labour market outcome. While a body of literature has investigated the productive use of energy in promoting the growth and performance of entrepreneurial firms established by the poor and disadvantaged (Akpan et al, 2013;de Groot et al, 2017;Gray et al, 2019;Meadows et al, 2003;Pueyo et al, 2020), there is little research on the relationship between household energy poverty and individual entrepreneurship. We contribute to fill this gap.…”

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Energy poverty and entrepreneurship

2021

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Energy poverty and entrepreneurship

2021

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“…Some customary beliefs prescribed or proscribed women enterprising in Africa. Areas of prohibition in Ethiopia and Ghana include livestock management, wholesale trading and cash crop trading (Gebrehiwot et al, 2018;Pueyo et al, 2020). Further findings in Ethiopia and Ghana were that women's community roles in supporting the bereaved hindered their enterprising (Adom and Williams, 2012;Hailemariam et al, 2019).…”

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“…Areas of prohibition in Ethiopia and Ghana include livestock management, wholesale trading and cash crop trading (Gebrehiwot et al. , 2018; Pueyo et al. , 2020).…”

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A review of and future research agenda on women entrepreneurship in Africa

Woldesenbet Beta,

Mwila,

Ogunmokun

2024

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PurposeThis paper seeks to systematically review and synthesise existing research knowledge on African women entrepreneurship to identify gaps for future studies.Design/methodology/approachThe paper conducted a systematic literature review of published studies from 1990 to 2020 on women entrepreneurship in Africa using a 5M gender aware framework of Brush et al. (2009).FindingsThe systematic literature review of published studies found the fragmentation, descriptive and prescriptive orientation of studies on Africa women entrepreneurship and devoid of theoretical focus. Further, women entrepreneurship studies tended to be underpinned from various disciplines, less from the entrepreneurship lens, mostly quantitative, and at its infancy stage of development. With a primary focus on development, enterprise performance and livelihood, studies rarely attended to issues of motherhood and the nuanced understanding of women entrepreneurship’s embeddedness in family and institutional contexts of Africa.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper questions the view that women entrepreneurship is a “panacea” and unravels how family context, customary practices, poverty and, rural-urban and formal/informal divide, significantly shape and interact with African women entrepreneurs’ enterprising experience and firm performance.Practical implicationsThe findings and analyses indicate that any initiatives to support women empowerment via entrepreneurship should consider the socially constructed nature of women entrepreneurship and the subtle interplay of the African institutional contexts’ intricacies, spatial and locational differences which significantly influence women entrepreneurs’ choices, motivations and goals for enterprising.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a holistic understanding of women entrepreneurship in Africa by using a 5M framework to review the research knowledge. In addition, the paper not only identifies unexplored/or less examined issues but also questions the taken-for-granted assumptions of existing knowledge and suggest adoption of context- and gender-sensitive theories and methods.

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“…The project aimed to increase the gender inclusivity of the model, specifically targeting women, because previous research has shown that men typically benefit more than women from productive uses of electricity. This is because men tend to own more and bigger enterprises, operate in the more electricity-intensive sectors such as milling, metalworking and woodworking, and control the key economic activity of a community (Pueyo and Maestre 2019;Pueyo, Bawakyillenuo and Carreras 2020a;Pueyo, Carreras and Ngoo 2020b).…”

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The Quest for Scalable Business Models for Mini-Grids in Africa: Implementing the Keymaker Model in Tanzania

Pueyo¹,

Ngoo²,

Daulinge³

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Achieving universal electrification in sub-Saharan Africa requires creative solutions. Renewable mini-grids are a promising technology to electrify remote communities with a substantial productive demand, mainly from agro-processing. Mini-grids have experienced fast growth and there are now around 2,200 systems in the sub-Saharan Africa region. However, their economic case in the sub-continent is unclear. Most mini-grids are struggling not only to obtain a profit but also to recover costs. This Research Report describes the case of a private company in Tanzania implementing a business model for mini-grids that promotes productive uses of energy to achieve financial sustainability (the ‘Keymaker model’). A group of researchers worked jointly with the mini-grid developer to procure equipment for fish processing activities, support local entrepreneurs to use electricity productively, and to document and learn from the process. Although the business model was ultimately unsuccessful – facing high regulatory risks, high initial tariffs required to recover costs, and complex management of agro-processing activities – the project offers useful lessons and considerations for future efforts to promote mini-grids, and how public–private partnerships can help improve affordability and reduce regulatory risks.

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Energy Use and Enterprise Performance in Ghana: How Does Gender Matter?

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Energy poverty and entrepreneurship

Energy poverty and entrepreneurship

A review of and future research agenda on women entrepreneurship in Africa

The Quest for Scalable Business Models for Mini-Grids in Africa: Implementing the Keymaker Model in Tanzania

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