The Nature of Corporate Digital Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Ghana

@article{Acheampong2019TheNO,
  title={The Nature of Corporate Digital Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Ghana},
  author={George Acheampong},
  journal={Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa},
  year={2019}
}
  • G. Acheampong
  • Published 2019
  • Business
  • Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa
The first objective of this study was to find out what kind of platforms and initiatives these corporate agricultural entrepreneurs have created using technology to improve the activities of farmers in Ghana. In line with this objective, results were obtained from a critical analysis of the content of the websites of the three cases included in the study. 
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