{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4389925341","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","title":"From silicon valley to silicon savannah: Conceptualizing tech hubs in Sub-Saharan Africa","display_name":"From silicon valley to silicon savannah: Conceptualizing tech hubs in Sub-Saharan Africa","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-12-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4389925341","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/14657503231221921","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764807727","display_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","issn_l":"1465-7503","issn":["1465-7503","2043-6882"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103182055","display_name":"Simon Z\u00fcfle","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-7024","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-7024"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57589565","display_name":"Reutlingen University","ror":"https://ror.org/00q644y50","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57589565"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Simon Z\u00fcfle","raw_affiliation_strings":["Reutlingen University","Reutlingen University, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-7024","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Reutlingen University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57589565"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Reutlingen University, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57589565"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5103182055"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57589565"],"apc_list":{"value":3000,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3000},"apc_paid":{"value":3000,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3000},"fwci":1.4659,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8517767,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"27","issue":"4","first_page":"634","last_page":"636"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.6484000086784363,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10058","display_name":"Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences","score":0.6484000086784363,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13276","display_name":"University-Industry-Government Innovation Models","score":0.08969999849796295,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14293","display_name":"Biotechnology and Related Fields","score":0.06970000267028809,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tech-hubs","display_name":"tech hubs","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sub-saharan-africa","display_name":"sub-Saharan Africa","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/innovation-ecosystems","display_name":"innovation ecosystems","score":0.8550000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entrepreneurship","display_name":"entrepreneurship","score":0.4440000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/incubation-models","display_name":"incubation models","score":0.6840000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/concept-definition","display_name":"concept definition","score":0.47200000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-and-innovation","display_name":"technology and innovation","score":0.38999998569488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-forms","display_name":"organizational forms","score":0.4020000100135803}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780522230","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140419","display_name":"Ambiguity","level":2,"score":0.6752884387969971},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984737752","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163820","display_name":"Silicon valley","level":3,"score":0.6252971291542053},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780616401","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133673","display_name":"Cornerstone","level":2,"score":0.5332260727882385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84309077","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908516","display_name":"Entrepreneurship","level":2,"score":0.5122668147087097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.47336718440055847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148383697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1781695","display_name":"Regional science","level":1,"score":0.378377228975296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.377985417842865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3028471767902374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.26107898354530334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.19041568040847778},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/14657503231221921","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764807727","display_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","issn_l":"1465-7503","issn":["1465-7503","2043-6882"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:opus.reutlingen-university.de:4699","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-46997","pdf_url":"https://publikationen.reutlingen-university.de/files/4699/4699.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400499","display_name":"Reutlingen University Academic Bibliography (Reutlingen University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I57589565","host_organization_name":"Reutlingen University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57589565"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/14657503231221921","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503231221921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764807727","display_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","issn_l":"1465-7503","issn":["1465-7503","2043-6882"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":1.0}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.4300000071525574}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4303701741","display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz","ror":"https://ror.org/02vgg2808"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W629300498","https://openalex.org/W1974662260","https://openalex.org/W2067582515","https://openalex.org/W2135529576","https://openalex.org/W2138039619","https://openalex.org/W2286368446","https://openalex.org/W2291767525","https://openalex.org/W2319807923","https://openalex.org/W2321684960","https://openalex.org/W2321946188","https://openalex.org/W2326672956","https://openalex.org/W2765614291","https://openalex.org/W2795475929","https://openalex.org/W2885460565","https://openalex.org/W3014216262","https://openalex.org/W3043114650","https://openalex.org/W3177163362"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2795664901","https://openalex.org/W2600122033","https://openalex.org/W4413025520","https://openalex.org/W2913411891","https://openalex.org/W3111680201","https://openalex.org/W6911866353","https://openalex.org/W4249833600","https://openalex.org/W2886452939","https://openalex.org/W2892209200","https://openalex.org/W4231670384"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Tech":[0],"hubs":[1],"(THs)":[2],"and":[3,32,80,115],"cognate":[4],"structures":[5],"are":[6,52,118,138],"nowadays":[7],"ubiquitous":[8],"in":[9,64,82,99,113,143],"the":[10,19,27,42,69,75,95,147],"innovation":[11,79],"ecosystem":[12],"of":[13,21,29,45,71,77,97,132],"Sub-Saharan":[14],"African":[15],"(SSA)":[16],"countries.":[17],"However,":[18],"concept":[20],"THs":[22,63,98,112,142],"is":[23,38,88,109,146],"fuzzy":[24],"due":[25],"to":[26,90,120,140],"lack":[28],"a":[30,59,129],"clear":[31],"universally":[33],"accepted":[34],"definition.":[35],"This":[36],"ambiguity":[37],"further":[39],"compounded":[40],"by":[41,56],"diverse":[43],"range":[44],"organizations":[46],"that":[47,126],"self-identify":[48],"as":[49,54],"hubs,":[50],"or":[51],"categorized":[53],"such":[55],"others.":[57],"As":[58],"result,":[60],"research":[61,73],"on":[62,74],"SSA":[65,114,144],"remained":[66],"limited.":[67],"Against":[68],"backdrop":[70],"established":[72],"interconnectedness":[76],"technology,":[78],"entrepreneurship":[81],"different":[83],"organizational":[84],"forms,":[85],"this":[86],"paper":[87],"meant":[89],"provide":[91],"fresh":[92],"insights":[93],"into":[94],"study":[96],"SSA.":[100],"To":[101],"advance":[102],"future":[103,150],"research,":[104],"first,":[105],"it":[106],"reveals":[107],"what":[108],"special":[110],"about":[111],"how":[116],"they":[117,127],"related":[119],"existing":[121],"concepts.":[122],"I":[123],"particularly":[124],"argue":[125],"contour":[128],"fourth-wave":[130],"model":[131],"incubation.":[133],"Second,":[134],"four":[135],"main":[136],"categories":[137],"unfolded":[139],"delineate":[141],"which":[145],"cornerstone":[148],"for":[149],"research.":[151]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2023-12-19T00:00:00"}