Abstract:
This article reviews literature on how religious cultural practices affect entrepreneurship success.
It is informed by different religious cultural practices on entrepreneurship success. African
indigenous religious practice, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are presented as aspects of culture
in this article. The influence of these religious practices was bench-marked by success factors
which were recorded by various authors. The findings indicated that religious cultural practices
promote success in entrepreneurship activities. All of these practices are by faith which renders it
impossible to scientifically prove the claims therein. These religious practices promote some ethics
an motivation within the individuals which results in the success of their entrepreneurship
activities. It additionally notes that even businesses that are anchored on social intelligence as an
additional asset are also generally perceived as anchored in any one or more of these faiths. The
review however notes that there are some negative influences as well from some of these religious
cultural practices. The paper thus concludes by proposing to the reader who is interested in
venturing into free enterprise to consider these practices with care in order to get the best out of
them.
