In the face of limited progress toward meeting Millennium Development Goals or addressing
climate change and resource degradation increasing attention turns to harnessing the
entrepreneurial innovative managerial and financial capacities of business for improved
social and environmental outcomes. A more proactive role for business in sustainable
development is especially pertinent in sub-Saharan Africa which has been plagued by conflict
and poverty but shows signs of a brighter future as the world's second-fastest-growing
region.The book considers how the socio-economic context influences the objectives of social
innovation and even our definition of what we mean by social innovation. Secondly the book
aims to show how social innovation initiatives emerge and fare in context of the limited
ability of many African countries to provide public goods and services.
