Entrepreneurship is widely argued to be critical for economic development and alleviating extreme poverty. However, entrepreneurship research in sub-Saharan Africa has not received much attention over the last few decades possibly due to a lack of sufficient resources. It is becoming increasingly important as Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa, is developing rapidly and moving from a resource-based economy to one of innovation and progress. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), this paper discusses the opinions of national expert informants in Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa and looks at the factors which are possibly hindering and inhibiting entrepreneurial development. The results indicate that there are four main inhibitors ranging from lack of access to finance, government policies, regulations and practices for entrepreneurs and the poor levels of entrepreneurship education. Some recommendations are made as to what can be done to assist in promoting economic development.

人们普遍认为，企业家精神对于经济发展和减轻极端贫困至关重要。但是，由于缺乏足够的资源，在过去的几十年中，撒哈拉以南非洲的企业家精神研究并未受到太多关注。随着非洲，特别是撒哈拉以南非洲地区的快速发展，并从基于资源的经济向创新和进步之一发展，这一点变得越来越重要。本文使用来自全球创业监测机构（GEM）的数据，讨论了安哥拉，马达加斯加，莫桑比克和南非的国家专家线人的观点，并探讨了可能阻碍和抑制企业家发展的因素。结果表明，有四种主要的阻碍因素，包括缺乏融资渠道，政府政策，企业家的法规和实践以及较差的创业教育水平。就可以采取什么措施来促进经济发展提出了一些建议。