Equipping Graduates with Multiple Sources of Income Skills: A Situational Analysis in the University of Buea

Work life transitions in Africa are drastically changing. Many people are either moving from formal employment to entrepreneurship or business creation. A situational analysis was conducted to ascertain dispositions of MSc students of the University of Buea about their intake on entrepreneurship and multiple sources of income skills. Data were collected from the Entrepreneurship course, hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusi-ness, for all MSc students of the University of Buea during a semester of the 2020/2021 academic year, using an online google form questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results reveal that the training used case studies from the agricultural sector spinning to the entire economy to showcase how graduates can become entrepreneurs from their fields of studies: Education, Health Sciences, Sciences, Art, Translation and Interpretation; Social and Management Sciences, Law and Political Sciences, Health Sciences, Technology and Engineering. About 40% of trainees worked in informal sector to sustain their studies. Only 4.1% had agricultural academic background. Around 77% got side training capacity to boost their multiple incomes capacity and many wish to have handy skills to exercise other talents and abilities. Almost all participants (97%) wanted to become entrepreneurs even those al-ready engaged professionally; they looked forward to create side businesses to diversify sources of income. More than 47% would like to become entrepreneurs in agri-food business. A good proportion (54.7%) had attended pro-fessional training courses enabling them to diversify profiles and easily accommodate the labour market demands. More facilities such as a university entrepreneurial incubator and multidisciplinary brainstorming projects among different programmes should be encouraged. Additionally, more research on impact created by such courses should be conducted and results disseminated. Keywords: Cameroon, Entrepreneurship, income multiplication, underemployment, Youth unemployment