Entrepreneurship education in Uganda : Impact on graduate intentions to set up a business

Summary, in English

This chapter contributes to debates concerning university entrepreneurship education in sub-Saharan Africa by examining who studies entrepreneurship education and why, their career paths after graduating, and how their studies have impacted on their entrepreneurial intentions. It draws on a study of recent graduates from two universities in Uganda who had studied entrepreneurship. Governments, donor organisations, and nongovernment organisations have introduced various programmes to tackle youth unemployment including entrepreneurship education. The entrepreneurship can positively affect economic growth and development, it is argued that governments should attempt to increase the supply of entrepreneurs including by initiating entrepreneurship educational programmes. The chapter focuses on Ajzen, who argues that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behaviour control are predictors of behavioural intention. While some universities offer courses in entrepreneurship to students of other disciplines, degree-level standalone entrepreneurship education is offered in just two universities: the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) and Uganda Christian University.

• Författare: Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa; Katherine V. Gough; Waswa Balunywa
• Redaktör: Katherine V. Gough; Thilde Langevang
• Publiceringsår: 2016
• Språk: Engelska
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Dokumenttyp: Del av eller Kapitel i bok
• Förlag: Routledge-Earthscan
• Ämne: Human Geography
• Aktiv: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISBN: 9781315730257; ISBN: 9781138844599; ISBN: 9781138704930