A Scoping Review of Nursing Students' Readiness for Entrepreneurship in Africa

In the era of globalisation and rapid technological advancement, the healthcare sector in Africa faces various challenges, including the need for innovation and entrepreneurship. Nursing students possess significant potential to contribute to creating relevant solutions for public health challenges. This scoping review seeks to answer the question of the extent of the published literature on nursing students' readiness for entrepreneurship in Africa. This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Arksey & O'Malley, enhanced with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. The following databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles: PubMed, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. A total of 325 records were identified, and 223 were removed prior to screening. Of the 102 records screened, 57 were excluded, and 45 reports were assessed for eligibility. Two relevant studies were selected for the final review. Literature on entrepreneurship among nursing students in Africa is scarce. The lack of African research creates a substantial gap that must be filled to strengthen entrepreneurship development for the next generation of nurses.