Enterprise Uganda Executive Director, Charles Ocici has said that poor entrepreneurship skills among the youths is the major cause of unemployment in the country

Speaking before alumnus of the Madhvani Foundation scholarship scheme over the weekend Mr Ocici said that the failure by many graduates to have practical skills and narrow perception by many of the real value of education was driving up unemployment numbers. He said many youth today perceive the theoretical formal education they get as and end in itself as a ticket to a comfortable white-collar jobs and they fail to acquire the right skills to tap into opportunities.