Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys

dc.contributor.advisorEvans, Martha
dc.contributor.authorMukuka, Chisanga
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T13:26:04Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T13:26:04Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-01-27T11:48:14Z
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, stories of African entrepreneurship have become popular online, highlighting the journeys, success and challenges that emerging entrepreneurs experience. However, many of these stories and platforms focus mainly on opportunity entrepreneurs and exclude necessity entrepreneurs who operate medium to small businesses, despite the fact that these entrepreneurs overwhelmingly outnumber their more affluent counterparts. Everyday Entrepreneurs is Media Creative Production undertaken with the aim of beginning to fill this gap by highlighting the narratives of some of the entrepreneurs that we encounter daily. The researcher created a web-based platform to showcase various entrepreneurial journeys. This was done by conducting qualitative interviews with seven small-to-medium business owners operating in Cape Town, South Africa, selected through a purposive sampling process. These interviews informed a series of profiles detailing the experiences of these entrepreneurs. The supporting research, as well as the motivations and experiences of the research are documented in the accompanying reflective essay.
dc.identifier.apacitationMukuka, C. (2019). <i>Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30927en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMukuka, Chisanga. <i>"Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30927en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMukuka, C. 2019. Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mukuka, Chisanga AB - In recent years, stories of African entrepreneurship have become popular online, highlighting the journeys, success and challenges that emerging entrepreneurs experience. However, many of these stories and platforms focus mainly on opportunity entrepreneurs and exclude necessity entrepreneurs who operate medium to small businesses, despite the fact that these entrepreneurs overwhelmingly outnumber their more affluent counterparts. Everyday Entrepreneurs is Media Creative Production undertaken with the aim of beginning to fill this gap by highlighting the narratives of some of the entrepreneurs that we encounter daily. The researcher created a web-based platform to showcase various entrepreneurial journeys. This was done by conducting qualitative interviews with seven small-to-medium business owners operating in Cape Town, South Africa, selected through a purposive sampling process. These interviews informed a series of profiles detailing the experiences of these entrepreneurs. The supporting research, as well as the motivations and experiences of the research are documented in the accompanying reflective essay. DA - 2019 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Media Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys TI - Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30927 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/30927
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMukuka C. Everyday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30927en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectMedia Studies
dc.titleEveryday Entrepreneurs: Documenting African Entrepreneurial Journeys
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMA
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