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ABSTRACT

The study assessed the information services and entrepreneurship of cyber café by undergraduate students in Uyo Metropolis. The population of this study consisted of all the undergraduate students that use information services for either academic or business purposes. The study adopted a correlational research design while stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which tagged “Information Service and Entrepreneurship of Cyber Café Questionnaire (ISECCQ)” was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument was vetted by the researcher’s supervisor who is an expert in the field before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.84 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that Email services play a vital role in entrepreneurship of cyber cafes in Uyo metropolis. Electronic record management affects entrepreneurship of cybercafé in the sense that data base can be created to store customer’s data and company’s information. It was therefore recommended that students should be exposed extensively to the use of information and communication technology facilities.

KEYWORDS: email services, entrepreneurship, electronic record management, cyber cafes, Uyo Metropolis.