Our 2021 State of Entrepreneurship Report is Ready for Download

Dear ,On behalf of the Board and Management of FATE Foundation and the FATE Institute team, I would like to thank everyone who participated and engaged with us during our 2021 Policy Dialogue Series on Entrepreneurship. The recording of the conversations can be viewed on our YouTube page

here. I would like to invite you to download and read our 2021 State of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria report, which was launched during the Policy Dialogue. The first of many annual editions to come, this year’s report shows data around key entrepreneurship indicators; women and youth-led businesses; challenges and opportunities within the ecosystem; and policy recommendations. From our survey of over 7,100 respondents across 26 states, and with indicators looking at Business Performance; Perception of Opportunities; Digital Adoption; Skills Acquisition and the Enabling Environment, key findings indicate that:

• Entrepreneurship is fairly strong in Nigeria with Skills and Digital Adoption at the highest indicator levels while business performance and enabling environment scored lowest;

• Most businesses in Nigeria are youth-led (67%) with an increasing number of businesses being female led (43%);

• States such as Abia, Bauchi, Edo, Gombe, Kwara, Jigawa, Oyo and Lagos have more female than male-led businesses;

• 34% of female-led businesses did not record growth due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown albeit;

• Technology was a major driver youth-led businesses which experienced growth with those in the Retail, Fashion, FMCG, Agribusiness and Hospitality accounting for the highest technology adoption; and

• Inadequate infrastructure, insecurity and poor access to finance are the major constraints to business growth and performance.

The report provides insights to the data highlighted above and more and is a very useful guide to stakeholders across the entrepreneurship ecosystem looking to cultivate, motivate and enable their different entrepreneurial communities.Please do reach out to us at [email protected] if you would like to explore more aspects of the research in detail particularly along state, sector and demogprahic levels.

Best regards, Adenike AdeyemiExecutive DirectorFATE Foundation

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