Case 6: Setting Up Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises by Chinese Entrepreneurial Immigrants in Maputo, Mozambique

Louw, Mattheus Johannes; Louw, Lynette; Geyser, Fiona

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25185-7_9

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“…Immigrants face a number of challenges. These include (a) language barriers, (b) lack of recognition of their academic and professional achievements in the host country and (c) post-settlement adjustment issues to the host country's culture (Cooney and Licciardi, 2019;Louw et al, 2019;Udah et al, 2019).…”

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African immigrants self-employment journey: navigating contextual challenges in South Africa

Muchineripi

Chinyamurindi²,

Chimucheka³

2022

JGM

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PurposeThe study explores experiences of African immigrants in their self-employment journey. South Africa has been receiving many African immigrants seeking for socio-economic survival. This presents a gap to understand the self-employment journey of such immigrants post-settlement.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative inquiry is used with semi-structured interviews using a sample of African immigrants based in South Africa. Narrative enquiry was utilised in trying to understand the African immigrant self-employment journey.FindingsThe findings show strategies used by African immigrant entrepreneurs in their self-employment journey. These include immigrant relying on established relationships to respond to contextual challenges. Further, immigrant entrepreneurs turned to borrowing from family, including personal savings and using fronts as a capital generation strategy.Originality/valueBased on the findings strategies are suggested as a useful precursor in advancing understanding of the African immigrant self-employment journey. This becomes useful especially considering ideals for assisting post-settlement of migrants.

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confidence: 99%