A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award
of Masters of Business Administration in Corporate Management of Mzumbe
University
Entrepreneurship has been the only way to change human life for all long. With the era
we have, where jobs are scarce and demand is high it is even more crucial for the
youths to change their minds from formal employment obsession to self-employment
thinking. Although they are the ones affected by unemployment, youths are either
subsumed into general adult population or ignored; this arouse the researcher‘s interest
to study on this phenomena. This study was aimed at identifying those factors that
impinge youth engagement into entrepreneurship in Tanzania and specific objectives
To establish the influence of unemployment towards youth engagement into
entrepreneurship, To examine the influence of government support towards youth to
engage in entrepreneurship activities, To investigate the existence of untapped
opportunities and its relation with youth engagement in entrepreneurship, To
determine how entrepreneurship training influence youth engagement in
entrepreneurship at Moshi district. A target population of 250 units was used and total
sample size of 150 was picked as representative, in addition two Administrative
officers working with institutions were also interviewed. A casual and descriptive
survey design was used. Probability and non- probability sampling techniques were
used to create a sampling frame. Stratified sampling was one of the probability
techniques used in order to ensure that various types of youth run enterprises were
included in the survey. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires,
interview guide and observation method. The collected data was analysed using
Statistical package for Social Scientist software. The results of the study were analysed
using descriptive and inferential statistics and the results were presented using tables.
The study found that youth entrepreneurs have clear perception of entrepreneurship,
have entrepreneurial qualities and realized the factors to be considered in enabling
youth entrepreneurship. Also, study found out that entrepreneurship training on
success on youth business start-ups revealed the existence of a positive relationship
between entrepreneurship training and success of youth entrepreneurship.