Title: Journal of Entrepreneurial Innovations Special Issue: Entrepreneurship Education: Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2023
Abstract: This Special Issue explores the concept of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship ecosystem through the lenses of our esteemed contributors.As you are aware, entrepreneurship education and its antecedents have remained core discussions for governments and practitioners worldwide.Researchers in the Global South have argued that to escape the stranglehold of poverty, inequality, and unemployment, they need to invest their economies in entrepreneurial projects.This Special Issue couldn't have come at a better time as UWC is hosting the 7 th Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Lekgotla.It is worth noting that the 2023 theme of EDHE is Social Innovation for Societal Impact.This theme expresses the utility of universities in realising social innovation that "enables the addressing of societal challenges" and the fostering of "interdisciplinary collaboration that engages students and faculties, strengthens community partnerships, generates knowledge and research, and cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset, ultimately leading to positive societal impact and a more equitable and sustainable future".Essentially, the necessity for the youth to embrace entrepreneurial projects remains a key priority in EDHE's discussions.It is within this goal of embracing entrepreneurial projects that the papers in this Special Issue become valuable.For instance, Evelyn's and Henry's conceptual paper, Redefining Entrepreneurial Education in Africa through Africanisation: A Review of the Igbo Apprenticeship System, assesses how Africans can develop an Africanised philosophical framework on which their identity and worldview can be incorporated into an entrepreneurial curriculum that has been appropriated from Western nations.Achieving this according to Evelyn requires two crucial steps, namely: the use of indigenous languages and examples in conveying important entrepreneurial messages, as well as improving the competency of academic staff on Africanisation philosophy.Along with the argument of local language use in entrepreneurial instructions is Kelechi Mezieobi's paper titled: The Use of Mother Tongue and Gender as Determinants of Students' Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship Education.Kelechi and his colleagues found that students with knowledge of the use of the mother tongue related better to entrepreneurship education.