Sustainability Entrepreneurship Education in developing countries: A case of selected Universities in the East African Communities

Abstract

Sustainability Entrepreneurship Education (SEE) as a concept has received less attention from scholars in developing countries. However, the increased call for use of a sustainability entrepreneurship approach to enhance sustainable development in various projects is increasingly becoming a necessity. This situation calls for consideration of how entrepreneurship education should be delivered, particularly regarding sustainability. Clearly, this would be crucial for the university education system which plays a key role in shaping philosophical underpinnings. In expanding the scope of the phenomenon of sustainability from an entrepreneurship education perspective, this study was motivated to explore sustainability entrepreneurship education with a focus on Universities in the EAC community. The main objective was to establish the existence of a SEE curriculum in selected universities in the East African Community. The approach used is content analysis through the use of the desktop review and survey methods. The findings of this paper have implications to improve entrepreneurship education programs in developing countries.