ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project Crowdfunding for Youth Entrepreneurs in Tanzania (C4YET), funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC), seeks to generate an in-depth understanding of crowdfunding as an effective funding mechanism for (youth) entrepreneurs.

Improving access to financing for youth entrepreneurs in Tanzania is important. On the one hand, they represent a large and untapped potential for new venture creation, on the other hand, they face steep access barriers to capitalas the mainly operate on the fringes of the economy.

The C4YET research teams use various research approaches such as lab and field experiments, analyses of existing data set combined with qualitative research to answer its key questions about financing entrepreneurship through crowdfunding.

C4YET will seek to inform policy and strategies concerning crowdfunding, including models applicable in developing countries.

RESEARCH TEAM (SOUTH)

Nsubili Isaga Mwalukasa, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Mzumbe University

Department of Accounting, Finance and Entrepreneurship

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Daudi Pascal Ndaki, Lecturer, School of Business, Mzumbe University

Department of Accounting, Finance, Strategy and International Management.

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Hawa Petro Tundui, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Mzumbe University

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

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Honest Prosper Ngowi, Associate Professor of Economics, researcher and consultant, School of Mzumbe University

Department of Economics and Business

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Davis Jason Meela, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Mzumbe University

Department of Accounting and Finance

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RESEARCH TEAM (NORTH)

Lars Bo Jeppesen, Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Department of Strategy and Innovation.

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Orsola Garofalo, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Department of Strategy and Innovation

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Diego Zunino, Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School

KTO Research Centre

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Hadar Gafni, Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK)

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RESEARCH

1. Extrinsic Motivation Toward Entrepreneurs' Intention to Adopt Crowdfunding: The Case of Kiva Lending Crowdfunding Working Paper.

Authors: Felista Ndumbaro, George Mofulu & Daudi Pascal Ndaki.

2. Crowding in Crowdfunding: Monetary Rewards Complement Prosocial Motivations in Online Social Lending Communities Working Paper.

Authors: Gafni, Garofalo, Jeppesen, Zunino

3. Crowding in Crowdfunding: Is the Crowd Wise Enough to Recognize Creditworthy Borrowers. Working Paper.

Authors: Gafni, Garofalo, Jeppesen, Zunino

4. Environmental Factors and Adoption of Prosocial Crowdfunding in Microfinance Institutions in Tanzania.

Authors: Moses Bulenge Marko, Hawa Tundui Petro and Deogratius Kibona.

5. Attributes of Prosocial Crowdfunding Innovation and its Adoption in Microfinance Institutions in Tanzania.

Authors: Moses Bulenge Marko, Hawa Tundui Petro & Devis Meela.

6. Intrinsic Motivation on Entrepreneurs' Intention to Adopt Crowdfunding: The Case of Kiva Lending Crowdfunding.

Authors: Felista Ndumbaro, George Mofulu and Daudi Pascal Ndaki.

7. Interaction Effect Between Loan Officers’ Characteristics and Loan Default Rate on Crowdfunding Approval

Authors: Wilfred Felix Kavishe, NsubiliIsaga and Daudi Pascal Ndaki.

8. Loan Officers’ Crowdfunding Awareness and Practice: The Survey among Microfinance Institutions in Emerging Economies

Authors: Wilfred Felix Kavishe, NsubiliIsaga and Daudi Pascal Ndaki.

Capacity building in Economic and Business Experiments.

There has been a surge of interest in randomized experiments within the area of economics and business. Through capacity building workshops involving researchers from South and North teams, C4YET seeks to develop, expand, and diffuse knowledge about methodologies, designs, potentials, and the practical challenges of such experiments in developing countries.