Episode 49: Entrepreneurship = Resilience + Pragmatic Pivoting in the Face of Extortion and Other Problems

07/08/2025 25 min

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Episode Synopsis

Professor Stefan Dimitriadis studies how entrepreneurs in Togo and Nigeria have dealt with deep-seated, long-standing challenges that are occasionally made acute through external shocks. He has found that community entrepreneurship in Togo can be strengthened through the development of outside ties. And that the relief from extortion that comes with insurgent challenges to the local government can improve entrepreneurial performance. What keeps Stefan going despite the incredible stresses that he has observed in these settings? The resilience of the entrepreneurs that he studies.

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