This article explores the startup, growth, and success factors of Sinokrot Global Group. Sinokrot, a family-owned enterprise located in the Palestinian West Bank. Sinokrot began as a local confection in the West Bank, focusing on Agro-Industries and Agriculture, which has expanded into the global market. The firm employs permanent and seasonal workers from surrounding fifty villages and cities. It accounts for three thousand five hundred workers in Palestine society and ships to over twenty countries worldwide. Despite political and economic challenges in Palestine and the Middle East, Sinokrot has set modern successful business ventures in the Palestinian and other emerging markets. This case study on Sinokrot, now termed Sinokrot Holdings, examines factors that contributed to the success and survival of Sinokrot. A structured interview method is used to elicit relevant information from top management of Sinokrot on its sustainable growth and entry into global markets. We will discuss implications for entrepreneurs in less developed nations. An entrepreneurship success model for family-owned businesses is proposed.

The Base of Pyramid markets in Sub-Saharan Africa face challenges such as poverty, poor infrastructure, illiteracy, and government corruption. This paper examines and presents an analytical review of the difficulties among consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa using academic institutions in Kenya to illustrate disruptive technology. Sub-Saharan Africa is faced with practical challenges with disruptive technology. Qualitative analysis is conducted among a sample from Kenya to assess the validity of challenges faced in academia. The authors use stratified sampling to select the local population and reach higher precision with a response rate of 85%. The qualitative analysis findings confirm a positive relationship between smart devices and network reliability, online teaching, online grade book, and virtual learning. The authors conclude that network reliability is the most challenging, especially for higher education institutions moving forward with adopting mobile learning. There exists a research gap in the literature on the Sub-Saharan Context. The challenges of disruptive technology and academia within Sub-Saharan Africa were limited to Kenya. Further research by practitioners and scholars can explore the challenges of disruptive technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.