Author(s): Abebe Ayalew Balcha
Unemployment among youths is a serious problem in many African countries. Researchers and politicians alike consider entrepreneurship to be part of the solution to the high unemployment rates. In this study, we present the conceptual basis of an action-oriented entrepreneurship training program and provide evidence for its positive impact on trainees’ entrepreneurial behavior in a vocational training setting. The main aim of this study was to assess promoting youth employment through entrepreneurship training, and start-up capital in the case of Bale Gasgar Woreda. To this end, the descriptive and explanatory survey design was used; the target populations of this study were all employees of public servant at bale gasger wareda. The main findings of the study show that, entrepreneurship training has significant effects on youth promoting and the result from correlation analysis and results of regression analysis observed that entrepreneurship training, and start-up capital has a significant effect on the youth employment. Finally, the study recommends, efforts should be made to reduce the level of unemployment through entrepreneurship training and make access to startup capital. The study further recommends; policy should be developed as country levels to reduce unemployment rate.