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This chapter reviews the role of women, especially young women, in entrepreneurship in the fashion sector, and defines some of the features that characterize them on a personal level.
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Bello, H.S. (2019). Female Entrepreneurship in the African Fashion Industry: A Review of Its Determinants and Characteristics. In: Moreno-Gavara, C., Jiménez-Zarco, A. (eds) Sustainable Fashion. Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91265-3_5
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