Abstract :
The aim in this article is to examine the ingredients of ‘success’ in the small enterprise development experience of Africa. More specifically, it seeks to review and selectively highlight issues of the successes of the African small enterprise development experience and to identify the key factors or agents of change with a focus upon the record of sub-Saharan Africa. Overall, this paper focusses on identifying (1) the elements of successful enterprises, (2) the ingredients of successful clusters of enterprises, and (3) the best practices of policy support for small enterprise development in Africa, in terms of both finance and business development services.
