Abstract: This paper covers the entrepreneurship evolution of the Zimbabwe seed industry covering private-public engagements, changes in research technologies, commercialisation strategies and the graduation from serving Zimbabwe to serving the whole of Africa. Various survival strategies are shared for wider critique and possible adoption. Guiding entrepreneurship theories included: innovations, economic and opportunity based inspirations.
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