To Examine Factors Associated with Youth Experience and Growth Enterprises in Tanzania”. A Case of Registered Motor Taxi Business Enterprise in Kimara Ward - Dar-es-Salaam

Winfrida, Benedicto (2018) To Examine Factors Associated with Youth Experience and Growth Enterprises in Tanzania”. A Case of Registered Motor Taxi Business Enterprise in Kimara Ward - Dar-es-Salaam. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Unemployment is the global issue of concern among youth. Effort to reduce unemployment through entrepreneurship approach is limited by many factors including lack of experience, particularly in the contemporary period of which youth entrepreneurship is picking up. A study aims to examine factors associated with youth experiences and growth of enterprises in Tanzania: A case of registered motor taxi business enterprise in Kimara ward-Dar-es-Salaam. A study employed a cross sectional study with mixed methods. To ensure consistency for quantitative data reliability analysis was made and data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 22. The study found that, (28.6%) of respondents were enclose working experience, (40.5%) prior entrepreneurship experience, (47.6%) entrepreneurial experience, (40.5%) business ownership experience, (35.7%) industry specific experience and (26.2%) management experience. Linear regression model found that, work experiences had (p=0.028), prior-entrepreneurship experiences had (p=0.049), business ownership experiences had (p =0.001) and management experience had p=0.024) in which were statistically significant toward the growth of the enterprises at 95% confidence level. With regards of the factors, study found that, lack of trainings, family support, business competence, lack of networking and low awareness of risk management were the common associated factors with experience and growth of enterprises. Conclusively, the appropriate and significance interventions are encouraged to be done by formulating programs to support youth to gain potential experience and to ensure they become competency and innovative through self-employed rather than to become a job seeker. However, overall of this study contributes to the entrepreneurial target body of knowledge.

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