Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa

Part I. Introduction

1. Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in Africa
Allam Ahmed

2. From Innovation to Sustainability: Life-Cycle Polylemmas and Strategic Initiatives for Entrepreneurship in Africa
Jerry Kolo

Part II. Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3. The Role of an Innovative ICT-Based Entrepreneurial Evolution on Africa’s Development: The Case of University-Based Incubators
Sherif H. Kamel

4. Prospects and Challenges of Managing Clusters as Entrepreneurship Development Interventions for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Discourse Analysis
Lukman Raimi, Morufu Oladimeji Shokunbi, Stephen Bolaji Peluola

5. Understanding How Failing a Job Interview May Be a Source of Innovation: The Case of WhatsApp Founders
Alain Ndedi, Kelly Mua Kingsley

Part III. Education

6. Impact of Education Quality on Sustainable Development in Africa
Adil A. Dafa’Alla, Elmouiz S. Hussein, Marwan A. A. Adam

7. Use of Mind Mapping (MM) as an Unconventional Powerful Study Technique in Medical Education
Nahlaa A. Khalifa

Part IV. Capacity Building and Human Capital

8. Design and Engineering Capacity Building for a Sustainable Development of African Economies: The Case of Algeria
Abdelkader Djeflat

9. Absorptive Capacity of Human Capital and International R&D Spillover on Labour Productivity in Egypt
Eman Elish, Hany Elshamy

Part V. Investment

10. Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: The Elephant in the Room
Mavis Gutu, Constantia Anastasiadou, Maktoba Omar, Collins Osei

Part VI. Banking and Finance

11. The Kenyan Banking Industry: Challenges and Sustainability
Samuel Muiruri Muriithi, Lynette Louw

12. Assessment and Way Forward of the Douala Stock Exchange in Cameroon
Alain Ndedi

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