Joseph, Stacey-LeighKaruri-Sebina, Geci2023-01-192023-01-192022-12Joseph, S.L. and Karuri-Sebina,G. 2022. Enabling inclusive economic ecosystems in Africa: A role for city governments? Pre-distribution and Ownership SCIS Working paper | Number 45.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/34154This paper finds that the local state, and in particular major African cities, have a critical ecosystem role in advancing inclusive economic development and mitigating inequality. It reaches this conclusion by investigating: • What potential exists for African cities to design and implement inclusive local economic development approaches; and • How local actors (local government/municipal, civic, commercial and knowledge actors) can play an active role in positively influencing production and socio-economic equality, including through their leveraging of new technologies.en©2023 Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)Pre-distributionEconomic developmentMitigating inequalitySocio-economic equalityEconomic ecosystemsOwnershipWorking Paperhttps://doi.org/10.54223/10539/34154