Youth Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia:Traits, Kinship and Challenges

The role of entrepreneurship in poverty alleviation and contribution to national economy is well established. Especially, a developing economy needs more entrepreneurs to contribute to the economy. The contribution to the economy is larger in developed countries. Entrepreneurship as a career choice, though can be taken up at different ages, it is usually at a younger age. There are different push and pull factors for choosing entrepreneurship. Market opportunity may pull but lack of employment may push towards entrepreneurship, with different outcomes of the effort. The difference is worthy of investigation. Entrepreneurship as a trait versus acquired skill is also debated extensively. Usually the entrepreneur is assumed to be the sole individual however, an organization requires the contribution of others as well, even before the start.