Factors of Entrepreneurship Intention amongst students of The University of Bamenda-Cameroon

Abstract

To remedy the situation of unemployment, underemployment and poverty in
Cameroon, the government introduces entrepreneurship programmes in
higher institutions to promote and enhance skills acquisition, ease the spirit
of creativity, self-reliance and self-independence. This work assesses the
reliability of factors of entrepreneurship intention amongst students of The
University of Bamenda in Cameroon. The population comprises all students
of the University. A simple random sampling technique is adopted to select
1700 students in the University. A structured questionnaire is the major
intsrument of data colection. A binary Logit analysis is employed on the
data collected. The results show that students’ entrepreneurship intention is
positively and significantly influenced by gender, level of education, family
entrepreneurial background and risk taking propensity. From a policy
perspective, this study concludes that there is need for the government to
promote and encourage female entrepreneurship as well as enforce the
teaching of entrepreneurship at the lower levels of education both in the
technical and general sub-systems. Finally, there is ultimate need for
government and other education stakeholders to speed up the process of
professionalization of education in Cameroon.