An appreciative inquiry into the entrepreneurial attributes of three young African entrepreneurs

Abstract

The research is an Appreciative Inquiry into the Entrepreneurial Attributes of three young African Entrepreneurs. It recognised the vital role that entrepreneurial attributes play in entrepreneurial success. The study aimed to inquire into and identify the positive and most life-giving entrepreneurial attributes that these three individuals have developed through their entrepreneurial endeavours. The study assumed an Appreciative Inquiry perspective which accentuated and focused on strengths-based positive attributes.

The research employed 5D Appreciative Inquiry Cycle workshops for each of the three African entrepreneurs to gather in-depth information regarding their most effective entrepreneurial attributes. Through the use of an appreciative lens, the study aimed to uncover the individual strengths and life-giving attributes of each entrepreneur which empowered them to further development to advance their entrepreneurship. These were encapsulated by the positive entrepreneurial attributes which emerged through the workshops.

The results of this research highlight the best entrepreneurial attributes of these three African entrepreneurs. Each article provides unique results specific to the entrepreneur studied. The entrepreneurs’ individual experiences, cultural backgrounds, communities and entrepreneurial journeys have impacted the development of their positive entrepreneurial attributes.

Further, the research provides necessary literature on entrepreneurial attributes. It also contributes towards the individual experiences and strategies utilised by three African entrepreneurs to further enhance and develop their entrepreneurial attributes. Aspiring entrepreneurs on the African continent may employ these practical implications in their entrepreneurial endeavours. It fosters the identification of effective entrepreneurial attributes which propels economic growth and development in South Africa and elsewhere.

Hierdie navorsing is ’n Waarderende Ondersoek (WO) na die entrepreneurseienskappe van drie jong Afrika-entrepreneurs. Dit erken die belangrike rol wat entrepreneurseienskappe in entrepreneurssukses speel. Die doelwit van hierdie studie was om die positiewe en mees lewenskragtige entrepreneurseienskappe, wat hierdie drie individue deur hul entrepreneursondernemings ontwikkel het, te ondersoek en te identifiseer. Die studie het ’n waarderende-ondersoekbenadering aangeneem wat klem gelê en gefokus het op sterkpuntgebaseerde positiewe eienskappe. Die navorsing het 5D- waarderende-ondersoek-sikluswerkswinkels met elk van die drie Afrika-entrepreneurs gebruik om indiepte inligting oor hul mees effektiewe entrepreneurseienskappe in te samel. Deur ’n waarderende lens te gebruik, het die studie gepoog om elkeen se individuele sterkpunte en lewenskragtige eienskappe wat hulle bemagtig het tot verdere ontwikkeling en vooruitgang in hul entrepreneurskap, te ontdek. Hierdie sterkpunte is saamgevat in die positiewe entrepreneurseienskappe wat tydens die werkswinkels na vore gekom het. Die resultate van hierdie navorsing beklemtoon die beste entrepreneurseienskappe van hierdie drie Afrika-entrepreneurs. Elke artikel verskaf unieke resultate wat spesifiek aan die onderskeie entrepreneur is. Die entrepreneurs se individuele ervarings, kulturele agtergronde, gemeenskappe en entrepreneursreise het die ontwikkeling van hul positiewe entrepreneurseienskappe beïnvloed. Voorts voorsien die navorsing noodsaaklike literatuur oor entrepreneurseienskappe. Dit dra ook by tot die begrip van die individuele ervarings en strategieë wat deur die drie Afrika-entrepreneurs gebruik is om hul entrepreneurseienskappe verder te versterk en te ontwikkel. Voornemende entrepreneurs op die Afrika-kontinent kan hierdie praktiese implikasies in hul eie entrepreneursondernemings toepas. Dit bevorder die identifisering van effektiewe entrepreneurseienskappe wat ekonomiese groei en ontwikkeling in Suid-Afrika en elders aanwakker.

Diphuputso tsena ke patlisiso ya kgahleho ho dineo tsa borakgwebo ba Maafrika ba bararo. Di ela hloko seabo seo dineo tsa borakgwebo tse nang le bohlokwa katlehong ya kgwebo. Boikemisetso ba diphuputso tsena ke ho hlahloba le ho fumana dineo tse atlehisang tsa borakgwebo tseo bana ba bararo ba di ntsheditseng pele ka boiteko ba bona ba kgwebo. Patlisiso e itshetlehile haholo ho Patlisiso ya ho kgahleha e itshetlehileng boitekong ba borakgwebo. Patlisiso e sebedisitse diwekeshopo tsa Sekele ya Patlisiso ya Kgahleho ya 5D bakeng sa e mong le e mong wa borakgwebo bana ba Maafrika ho fumana matla le botebo ba dineo tsa bona. Ka tshebediso ya leihlo la kgahleho le kananelo, patlisiso ena e ikemiseditse ho pepesa matla le ba kgothalletsang bophelo ba e mong le e mong, se ba kgothalleditseng ho tswellisa pele boitsebelo ba kgwebo ba bona. Tsena di hlahelletse ka dineo tsa ho ba borakgwebo tse hlahelletseng ka mesebetsi ya bona, tse hlahelletseng ka diwekeshopo. Sephetho sa diphuputso tsena se bontshitse dineo tsa kgwebo tseo Maafrika ana a mararo a nang le tsona. Athikele e nngwe le e nngwe e hlahisa sephetho se ikgethileng sa e mong le e mong wa borakgwebo bana. Tsebo ya e mong le e mong, meetlo eo ba phelang ho yona, botjhaba boo ba phetseng ho bona hammoho le hore maeto a bona tseleng ena a ba tswalletse eng. Hape patlisiso ena e hlahisa sengolwa sa bohlokwa ka ditshobotsi kapa sebopeho sa tsebo ya kgwebo. Ba batlang ho ba borakgwebo kontinenteng ena ya Afrika, ba ka sebedisa mekgwa le ditsela tsena ho fihlella dipheo tsa bona. E matlafatsa ho totobatsa bokgoni ba kgwebo bo tswellisang kgolo ya moruo le tswelopele ya Afrika Borwa le dibakeng tse ding.

Ucwaningo luwuPhenyo Oluncomayo eZibalulini Zezohwebo zabaHwebi base-Afrikha abathathu abasebasha. Luveza iqhaza elibalulekile lezi zibaluli zezohwebo ezilibambayo empumelelweni yezohwebo. Ucwaningo luhlose ukungena kanye nokukhomba izibaluli zezohwebo ezinhle kanye nezinikeza impilo ngokwedlulele laba bantu abathathu asebezivezile endleleni yabo yonke yezohwebo. Ucwaningo lusebenzise ukuqonda koPhenyo Oluncomayo olugcizelela futhi olugxile ezibalulini ezencike emfuthweni futhi ezinhle. Ucwaningo lusebenzise imihlangano yokufundisana yeziGaba Zophenyo Oluncomayo lwe-5D yalaba hwebi abathathu base-Afrikha ukuqoqa ulwazi olujulile mayelana nezibaluli zabo zezohwebo ezinemiphumela. Ngokusebenzisa izibuko zokuncoma, ucwaningo luhlose ukuthola imifutho yomuntu ngamunye kanye nezibaluli ezinikeza izimpilo zabahwebi ngabanye ezibanike amandla okuqhubeka nokuthuthuka ukuqhuba ukuhweba kwabo. Lokhu kwahlanganiswa nezibaluli zezohwebo ezinhle eziqubuke ngemihlangano yokufundisana. Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo iveza izibaluli zezokuhweba ezinhle kakhulu zalaba hwebi abathathu base-Afrikha. I-athikili ngayinye inikela imiphumela eyehlukile eqondene nomhwebi ocwaningiwe. Izimo zempilo zomhwebi ngamunye, izisekelo zamasiko, imiphakathi kanye nezinkambo zezohwebo sekube nomthelela ekuthuthukeni kwezibaluli zabo ezinhle. Okunye futhi, ucwaningo lunikeza ulwazi olushicilelwe oludindekayo ezibalulweni zezohwebo. Lunomnikelo futhi ezimweni zezimpilo zabo ngamunye kanye namasu asetshenziswe yilaba bahwebi abathathu base-Afrikha ukuqhubeka nokuqinisa kanye nokuthuthukisa izibaluli zezohwebo. Abahwebi abaphokophelele ezwenikazi lase-Afrika bangasebenzisa imiphumela esebenzisekayo ohambweni lwabo lwezohwebo. Lugqugquzela ukuveza izibaluli zezohwebo ezinempumelelo eziqhubela phambili ukukhula komnotho kanye nentuthuko eNingizimu Afrikha kanye nakwezinye izindawo.