BUILDING THE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPACITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SMEs IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

This study focused on the building of the youth entrepreneurial capacity in the management of SMEs in Nigeria.It identified the research problem that there was the problem of inadequate capacity building of the youth in entrepreneurial knowledge for managing the SMEs, hence the need for this,the carrying out of the Study with the hope of profering solutions to it. The study adopted primary survey research method and descriptive and inferential methods on it's analyses.The findings of the study was stated that there was no proper knowledge acquisition of the youth to aid them in the management of their SMEs. The main objective that was observed in the study was analyses of the impact of the entrepreneurial capacity building for youths in their management of SMEs in Nigeria.Emphasis should be placed with the youths being equipped with entrepreneurial knowledge for the successful management of SMEs because an equipped youth with the proper entrepreneurial knowledge would be more likely to sense a business opportunity and would be better at managing MSMEs in Nigeria.