Female Entrepreneurship in Dakar: A Multidimensional Approach Where the Entrepreneurial Culture Reflects the Sociological Diversity of Female Entrepreneurs in Dakar

We investigated female entrepreneurship in Dakar with the following objectives: study of individual characteristics entrepreneurs, their motivations, existence an entrepreneurial culture and insertion networks. were also interested choice when they take on “administrative” sector (informal/formal). have thus shown importance social capital Senegalese entrepreneurship, as well motivations that distinguish engagement informal compared to formal sector. Necessity is found more “small informal” sector, it participates, thanks support from relatives, participation women’s networks, smooth running a developing economy since source employment adapted human majority women.