Factors influencing growth of Entrepreneurial activity among the youth In Mombasa county, Kenya
Abstract
Mombasa County like the rest of the country has experienced high unemployment among
the youth being the most hit. This has resulted to separatist movements like :MRC, drug
abuse, robberies and many more crimes. Despite these negatives, Mombasa County is
strategically placed to terms of opportunities in tourism sector, transport sector with the
presence of a harbor. Despite the opportunities the county has, there are few
entrepreneurial activities going on, therefore this research study did analyze the factors
influencing growth of entrepreneurial activity among the youth in Mombasa County. The
study objectives included to determine the effect of family background on entrepreneurial
activity among the youth in Mombasa, determine the extent to which level of academic
education influences entrepreneurial activity among the youth in Mombasa, to assess the
extent to which past experience on entrepreneurship determines entrepreneurial activity
amongst the youth in Mombasa, to assess whether access to capital has effect on
entrepreneurial activity among the youth in Mombasa and to analyze the extent to which
physical infrastructure influence entrepreneurial activity among the youth in Mombasa
county. The research shall be useful at policy making level in initiating projects which
promote enterprise creation and formulating policies which offer enabling environment
for hatching and executing entrepreneurial activities among the youth in Mombasa and
the country at large. Research design used was descriptive survey which was conducted
among entrepreneurs who have running enterprises within Mombasa County.
Questionnaire and interview schedules were used to collect data from a sample size of
322 enterprises drawn across the four constituencies through stratified random sampling
method. The study concludes that family background influence entrepreneurship through
parental support such as financial support and any other support and also deduced that
academic qualifications were in relation to their business activity and this contributed to
establishment of business. The study recommends that in order to deal with
unemployment issue interest free or low interest financial support to be extended to the
unemployed who cannot afford a saving due to joblessness in the first place enabling
them to start more entrepreneurial activities.
Citation
Degree Of Master Of Arts In Project Planning And Management,Publisher
University of Nairobi,
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- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5964]