Specialist in tech entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2025.
Recipient of the Young Scholar award in 2022 from ESCP Business School.
Founder of Nampelka, which originates from a Mapuche word meaning “traveler.”
Alisa Sydow’s research interests are in entrepreneurship, particularly in developing countries such as Kenya and Uganda, with a particular focus on technology entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurship. She is the author of articles published in top management journals including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and case studies and papers presented at international conferences including AOM, EGOS, and EURAM. Alisa mainly teaches entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship, with a focus on new technologies and impact.
Alisa is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at ESCP Business School, London campus. She is also the founder of Nampelka, a startup that provides a platform to connect women entrepreneurs from developing countries with international experts to create a shared learning experience. She holds a PhD in management and innovation from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and is the academic director of the MSc in digital transformation management and leadership.
‘The new rise of artisanship in Kenya: evidence from artisan entrepreneurs’ (chapter contribution to The Artisan Brand: Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Contemporary Craft Economies by Jon Mulholland, Alessandra Ricci and Marta Masi Edward Elgar, 2022); ‘Crafting a Cultural Shift: Artisan Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Kenya’s Landscape’ (blog, May 2024); ‘Innovation, Women Entrepreneurship and Emerging Markets’ (The Sustainability Journey podcast, June 2024).
Crafting a Cultural Shift: Artisan Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Kenya’s Landscape
“Alisa is on a mission to explore and contribute to the creation of a more sustainable future; we couldn’t agree with that more!”
Stuart Crainer & Des Dearlove, Thinkers50
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