Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria - SNHU ...

students‘ personal environment (parents and family members), lack of trained/educated teachers,lack of career information and business possibilities ,lack of business and education linkages andlack of ICT infrastructure/capability.All these problems constitute a major stumbling block to the successful implementation ofan entrepreneurship culture among youth in Nigeria. The dearth of entrepreneurship studies in ourschool system has to be tacked holistically focusing on introducing the curriculum at alleducational levels and changing the teaching methods and reviving the career counseling unitsboth in the secondary and tertiary institutions2.7.3 Training and Business Development Services:Potential youth entrepreneurs and existing youth run enterprises need more than access tocredit. As the successes of the OICI Ghana programme suggest, they also need to know how todevelop a business plan, business management, management of business finances (budgeting),time management, stress management, improving sales, managing and reducing costs, debtrecovery techniques, stock control techniques, marketing and recruitment.The following are the key constraints facing training and business development or supportservices for the youth; Lack of business connections: (business contacts, suppliers, suitablepartners and networks), lack of knowledge of available business support services, lack of tailormadebusiness training and advice for young start-ups, lack of trained counselors, developmentworkers and adequate support agencies, lack of mentoring capacities, lack of workspace and ICTinfrastructure, lack of exchange networks, forums and meeting places, lack of other businessdevelopment services.Some strategies, tools and initiatives could be used to improve business development assistanceand Support for young people and they includes; research targeting on the real need of young30