Publication: Towards a practical oriented entrepreneurship training. The case of a Youthful Entrepreneurs-owned Image Horizon Enterprise Limited
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2018
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Mount Kenya University
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Abstract
Youth unemployment is one of the major factors pushing young people into
vicious cycles of poverty making them vulnerable to social exclusion and crisis. It is
difficult for the youth to find decent and productive jobs due to lack of appropriate
entrepreneurial culture and vocational skills, and this leads not only to economic
challenges but also to a security challenge. Unemployment exists not just because
there are no jobs but primarily due to the absence of entrepreneurial culture and lack
of skills resulting from failure to match training with market needs. To reverse this trend,
Image Horizon Enterprise Limited saw the urgent need to direct strategies that have
been articulated by the government towards the development of both procurement
and entrepreneurial training capacities employing an extensively experiential and
participatory method of learning with a view to promoting the establishment
and growth of enterprises and promote youth leadership. The interventions have
variously targeted promotion of youth development and empowerment through
building of leadership and entrepreneurial capacities of the youth, enhancement of
employable skills, and promotion of creativity and innovation amongst the youth.
The customized training content includes but is not limited to: Entrepreneurial
Process; Motivation and Business Skills; Opportunity perception and enterprise
creation; Environment Awareness; Entrepreneurial and Managerial Skills; Enterprise
Management and Business Planning; Business plan proposals; Business mentorship;
Background to the AGPO program and the opportunities available at national level;
Government tendering process; How to fill in a tender form; How to do a Technical
Proposal and many other areas of capacity building. We have been able to reach over
3,000 young people comprising of youths, women and persons with disability. Most
of the trained young people have become beneficiaries of government tenders and
budding businessmen and businesswomen as detailed in this paper.
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AGPO program, Government tendering process, Enterprise Management, Enterprise creation