The Zimbabwe economy reached a peak in 1997 when the Gross Domestic Product rose (GDP) to Z$25 billion (1990 dollars) and exports exceeded US$3.4 billion. Employment was above 1.4 million. Since the late 1990s, with the political crisis caused by the land reform, there has been accelerating...

During the last half century, the economic performance of the developing world has been far from uniform. Developing countries were polarised into those that made great progress in catching up and those that were mired in stagnation. Many African countries belong to the second group. Therefore,...

The problem of poverty alleviation and unemployment remain the primary concerns of the government of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994. This article aims to profile some official government initiatives to tackling unemployment among black peoples. The article posits a strategic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gauge the impact of entrepreneurship training of students in Cameroon. In order to achieve the above, an empirical study was conducted in one of the main higher learning institution where entrepreneurial courses were first launched in Cameroon. The...

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a worldwide coordinated data collection effort that provides insights on several individual attributes (perception of opportunities, perception of own capabilities to act entrepreneurially, fear of failure and entrepreneurial intentions), which,...