Abstract It is argued in this article that many modern-day African states share a set of characteristics in their political ideology and economic doctrines which stem from a shared history of colonialism and forms of foreign occupation and subjugation of indigenous peoples. Policies such as black economic empowerment (BEE) in South Africa and indigenisation and economic empowerment (IEE) in Zimbabwe are archetypes of this policy explicitly aligned with this indigenisation project and designed to promote indigenous people’s participation in economic activities. In the context of this political economy of empowerment-oriented political ideology and legislative and policy frameworks in African states, this article seeks to define the features of indigenous entrepreneurship, which is the natural focus of much of the indigenisation project. It is theorised in this article that these factors combine to form a unique type of entrepreneurship, here termed indigenous entrepreneurship in the modern African state.

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现代非洲国家的土著企业家理论：以南非和津巴布韦为例

摘要 本文认为，许多现代非洲国家在其政治意识形态和经济教义上具有共同的特征，这些特征源于共同的殖民主义历史和外国占领和征服土著人民的形式。南非的黑人经济赋权 (BEE) 和津巴布韦的本土化和经济赋权 (IEE) 等政策是该政策的原型，与本土化项目明确一致，旨在促进土著人民参与经济活动。在非洲国家以赋权为导向的政治意识形态以及立法和政策框架的政治经济学背景下，本文试图定义本土创业的特征，这是本土化项目的自然焦点。