“…Informal entrepreneurship also provides stability, opportunity and wealth creation for women, disadvantaged groups and minorities and is a way to strike a better balance between family and work life obligations (Hattab, 2012; Ratten, 2014), especially when they take the form of home-based projects (Al-Dajani and Marlow, 2010). Most entrepreneurs that operate in the informal sector in developing countries are considered to be necessity-driven (Hattab, 2012; Henry et al , 2014; Maritz, 2004; Rosa et al , 2008), yet a growing body of knowledge seems to show that this may not always be the case (Williams and Round, 2007; Williams, 2015; Williams et al , 2012). Sometimes, informal entrepreneurs may be driven solely by opportunity or the co-existence of both necessity and opportunity (Williams, 2008; Williams and Williams, 2014).…”