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YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: EVALUATING SME PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA

By: Ibrahim Olalekan Adeyemi
Published: February 19, 2025
Globally, the youth have been considered as prime mover of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) due to their creative ability, energy and the drive to achieve. However, weak entrepreneurial climate has been a major constraint militating against the drive for self-reliance and economic autonomy and has resulted to increasing rate...

REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND CORPORATE GROWTH: A STUDY OF LISTED COMPANIES IN EAST AFRICA

By: Mary Wanjiru Kamau
Published: February 19, 2025
The objective of this paper is to thoroughly review the theoretical and empirical literature on the impact of economic integration from the perspective of the performance of listed firms in East African. The findings reveal that whereas there are several theories that underpin integration, none can individually explain it. The...

THE ROLE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SHAPING NIGERIA’S STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE

By: Blessing Kufreabasi Etuk, Nsikak Anietie Akpan
Published: February 19, 2025
The study was carried out to examine the relationship between foreign direct investment and stock market performance in Nigeria. The study was anchored on Accelerator and Tobin q theories of investments. The study also adopted the ex post facto research design hence data covering the period 2000 to 2019 were...