Africa's entrepreneurship narrative celebrates one in five adults starting businesses—the world's highest rate. But this masks economic failure, not dynamism. With 95% of youth in vulnerable employment and only 3 million formal jobs created annually against 8-12 million entering the market, survival entrepreneurship dominates. By 2030, Sub-Saharan Africa needs 15 million jobs yearly—five times current rates. This isn't an entrepreneurial boom; it's a crisis demanding change.