EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the effect of government intervention, availability of capital and level of education on entrepreneurship development on the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive research design. A close ended questionnaire was used to elicit the needed information from the respondents and the items on the questionnaire were subjected to validity and reliability through which the authenticity of the items was determined. Simple linear regression was used to test for the hypothesis. Through the analysis, it was discovered that government intervention on entrepreneurship development has a positive but insignificant effect on the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria to the tune of 0.091 (p=0.282>0.05). It was equally discovered that availability of capital on entrepreneurship development has a positive significant effect on the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria to the tune of 0.200 (p=0.002<0.05). The last discovery made was that level of education on entrepreneurship development has a positive significant effect on the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria to the tune of 0.354 (p=0.000<0.05). It was concluded that the availability of capital and level of education on entrepreneurship development have significant effects on the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria. Also, government intervention on entrepreneurship development could not independently influence the performance of women entrepreneurship in Southwest Nigeria.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship Development, Performance, Women,  Entrepreneur.