97 © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 O. Adeola (ed.), Empowering African Women for Sustainable Development, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59102-1_9 CHAPTER 9 Realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Entrepreneurial Activities of Women and Disadvantaged Groups Patience Aku Bruce and Nathaniel Boso Abstract Whilst development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa are some of the worst in the developing world, severe socio-cultural institutional blockades have persistently undermined efforts of African women and dis- advantaged groups to emancipate themselves from extreme poverty and social exclusion. This chapter contributes to the ongoing dialogue on repositioning African women for United Nations 2030 development agenda by making the case that removal of socio-cultural institutional structural hindrances to the growth of entrepreneurial activities of women and other disadvantaged groups, and increased empirical research on entrepreneurial activities of these groups can help empower women for inclusive economic growth on the continent. The chapter proposes three P. A. Bruce (*) • N. Boso Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana e-mail: nboso@knust.edu.gh