Community Empowerment through Entrepreneurial Training; Ensuring Sustainable Community Economic Development in Uganda

Abstract

This study has been conducted among market vendors at Gaba, a suburb located on the shores of Lake Victoria, ganda. The study was intended to equip the market vendors with managerial and entrepreneurial skills to enable them to improve their productivity. The study was phenomenological in nature and the voice of the participants was central. A mixed method approach was utilized whereby tests, hands-on projects and individual interviews were carried out with the identified research group. The findings of the study indicated that there was strong necessity to train or equip people in Small and Medium Businesses Enterprises (SMEs) with entrepreneurship skills. Recommendations made in this study include: Implore both Government and Non- Governmental Organizations and individuals to get involved and support this program; that universities and higher institutions of learning put policies and practices in place in order to support the older cohort of students.