Peer-reviewed papers, working papers, methodology documents and conference proceedings from the OSE in Africa team and our scientific council.
Guéneau, G., Audretsch, D.B., Stam, E. · OSE Working Paper Series #001 (2026)
We argue that traditional ecosystem indices fail to capture the relational and psychological substrate of African entrepreneurial dynamics. Building on RBV, NRBV and meso-organizational theory, we propose a 5-layer framework operationalized over 16,000+ qualified actors across 117 countries.
Guéneau, G., Leguay, E. · OSE Methodology Series (2026)
Documents the complete data pipeline: harvesting (Wikidata, web crawling, Nominatim), qualification (LLM-augmented, multi-source provenance), scoring (5-layer OSE Quality), and longitudinal stability checks. Includes 14 quality indicators with mathematical definitions.
Guéneau, G., Messeghem, K. · Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2025
Cross-country longitudinal study using OSE data. Finds that ecosystem robustness scores predict post-shock recovery time better than traditional macro indicators (GDP/cap, FDI). Implications for crisis preparedness in fragile contexts.
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For academic or policy work, please cite the methodology paper and the data extraction date. BibTeX template:
@misc{ose_africa_2026,
author = {Gu\'eneau, Gregory and OSE in Africa team},
title = {OSE in Africa: Live ecosystem intelligence platform},
year = {2026},
url = {https://expert.ose.africa},
note = {Accessed YYYY-MM-DD},
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