By Addisu Lashitew, Associate professor, Business, McMaster University, Annika Surmeier, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town, Bongi Bangeni, Senior Lecturer in Educational Development, University of Cape Town, David Littlewood, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, University of Sheffield, Gideon Nomdo, Course coordinator: Language in Humanities, University of Cape Town, Kasturi Behari-Leak, Academic Staff Development Lecturer, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape To and Phyllis Awor, Lecturer in Public Health, Makerere University·
Researchers writing for The Conversation argue that deficit-based views of African universities obscure their role in social innovation. Their study of the University of Cape Town identifies three pathways — intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship and extrapreneurship — while cautioning that the case is relatively well-resourced and more research across contexts is needed.
