Creativity and Innovation Effects‘ on Entrepreneurship Growth in Nigeria: Focus on Kano State

Abstract

The study examined the effect of creativity and innovation on entrepreneurship growth in Kano State, Nigeria. The study analyses the relationship between creativity, innovations, technological advancement, Resources, Government policy support on entrepreneurship growth in Nigeria with particular reference to Kano State. Before doing so, we marry the insights of several pieces of works of literature on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship stemming from Joseph Schumpeter’s perspectives, theory, and research on innovation and entrepreneurship development. The study uses primary data generated through questionnaire administered to a sample of 133 respondents selected from Kano State. The data were analysed through the use of Ordinary Least Square method. The findings show that creativity and innovation (CI), Technological Advancement (TA), Resources (R) and government policy support (GPS) have positive and significant influenced on entrepreneurship growth (EG) in Kano State while Strategies (S) is negatively related to entrepreneurship growth (EG). The study recommends that full government support through training of youths in different skills to boost entrepreneurship growth in the State. Both the state government and private sector should mobilized resources and empower the youths for entrepreneurship growth.