Responding to calls for a better understanding of the relationship between social enterprises and their environments, this article focuses on contextual influences on social entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. We identify four predominantly African contextual dimensions, i.e., acute poverty,...

In the recent 2015 report by Social Enterprise UK – Think Global Trade Social – it is argued that social enterprises have an important role to play in the achievement of the UN’s new sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, with 17 SDGs and no less than 169 associated targets,...

Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Insights from a systematic review of literature on social enterprise and networks -- Social entrepreneurship: creating social value when bridging holes -- Networks and the idea-fruition process of female social entrepreneurs in South Africa -- Local social...