Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to examine entrepreneurial strategies and growth of women micro-enterprises in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado North Sub County. The study sought to establish the influence that innovation, networking, entrepreneurial training, and entrepreneurial finance have on the growth of women micro-enterprises in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado North Sub County.Methodology: The target population was three hundred and seventy-two registered enterprises in Ongata Rongai. Sample size determination table by Krejcie and Morgan (1970) was used. Hence, the sample size was one hundred and eighty-nine respondents. Questionnaires were the key data collection instrument. The collected data was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Descriptive analysis and inferential statistics were used. Descriptive data were summarized into frequencies and percentages with the help of the SPSS and presented using tables, figures, and pie charts. On the other hand, infer...

The study aimed at assessing the drivers of growth of women-owned micro enterprises in Meru Municipality, Kenya. The study employed descriptive research design. Self administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. Analyzed data was presented in the form of frequency tables, pie charts, bar graphs and percentages. The study concluded that, there is need for women entrepreneurs to participate in entrepreneurship trainings and beneficial associations. The study recommended that: Private sectors and NGOs in collaboration with the government should be encouraged to come up with programs of inculcating women entrepreneurship culture through business conferences, exhibitions, foreign tours. Such forums will act as learning centres for women entrepreneurs.

Women run Small Enterprises have become increasingly important in creating employment and wealth and in growth of many economies in the developing countries. However it is only a few of these enterprises that record consistent growth. Access to entrepreneur education and training is one of the challenges that women run small enterprises encounter leading to bleak performance and sluggish growth. This paper presents evidence on why small enterprises run by women experience low grow. The research set out to investigate the extent to which entrepreneurial education and training contribute to performance of women run small enterprises in Kenya. The paper is as a result of primary data collected from enterprises run by women in the vibrant Langata Business District in Nairobi Kenya. Through use of ordinary least squares regression model, the study has derived sufficient evidence in explaining the variation in performance of women run small enterprises. The paper posits that there is a po...

The study aimed at assessing the drivers of growth of women-owned micro enterprises in Meru Municipality, Kenya. The study employed descriptive research design. Self administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. Analyzed data was presented in the form of frequency tables, pie charts, bar graphs and percentages. The study concluded that, there is need for women entrepreneurs to participate in entrepreneurship trainings and beneficial associations. The study recommended that: Private sectors and NGOs in collaboration with the government should be encouraged to come up with programs of inculcating women entrepreneurship culture through business conferences, exhibitions, foreign tours. Such forums will act as learning centres for women entrepreneurs.

This study explored entrepreneurial skills for women business operators in Nyambene region as the main enablers of rural development. The specific objectives were to: examine the entrepreneurial awareness; establish entrepreneurial capabilities and provide way forward in improving women entrepreneurial activities. The studyutilized descriptive research with mixed methods of interview schedules, questionnaires, and observation schedules. The sample consisted of 142 women business entrepreneurs. Participants admitted (mean =5.0; std. dev = 0.604) that crucial ideas are a capability used in running business ventures.Majority, 92.9% viewed training in entrepreneurial skills and competencies as an enabler with multiplier effect in improving their entrepreneurial ventures. Correlation between entrepreneurial capabilities of womenin enhancingbusiness ventures was significant (F = 13.24; p < 0.05). The correlation between improving entrepreneurial activitieson women entrepreneurs inenhan...

Women owned-income generating Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya cut across all sectors of the economy, providing a prolific source of employment, income, and government revenue and poverty reduction. The main purpose of this study was to establish drivers of women owned-income generating MSEs in Kenya. The study is built on the entrepreneurial theory, exchange relationships theory, market orientation theory and transactional theory. The target population of this study was 6000 MSEs, in Embakasi sub-county. Primary data was gathered from the questionnaires from the 160 respondents (entrepreneurs/ employees) of MSEs.The secondary data was obtained from published. A pilot study was conducted to pretest the validity and reliability of instruments for data collection. The data was analyzed by use of both qualitative and quantitative methods with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 and excel. The multiple regression analysis was adopted to estab...

For a country to achieve its development goals, women must be incorporated in the entrepreneurship activities. A lot of literature supports the role of women in economy building. This study sought to determine factors influencing the performance of women entrepreneurs in Bungoma south. The study was guided by the following objectives: To investigate the influence of levels of education on performance of women entrepreneurs; to determine the influence of property ownership on performance of women entrepreneurs; to investigate the influence of competition from well established enterprises on performance of women entrepreneurs and to assess the influence of domestic commitments on the performance of women entrepreneurs. A conceptual framework to show the relationship between the dependent variables and independent variables including all indicators was used in the study. A pilot study was conducted in the Kabula region which was not involved in the final study to avoid contaminating the final actual sample. The target population for this research included all the 12300 women entrepreneurs in Bungoma town, Bukembe, Kibabii and Mayanja, with a sample size of 370 determined from Krejcie and Morgan table and randomly selected. A descriptive Research design was used to allow researcher to gather information, summarize, present and interpret data for the purpose of clarification. Stratified random sampling was used where each location formed strata. Proportional allocation was used to compute the exact number of subjects in each location which was a correct representation from the strata. The received data was classified, summarized, coded, sorted and SPSS and excel softwares used in analysis. From this study, it was observed that although there is the possibility of women entrepreneurs operating business enterprises in the same capacity and magnitude as men, traditional roles and practices such as domestic commitments, low levels of education, lack of property ownership and lack of opportunity driven motive to start enterprises continues to influence the performance of women entrepreneurs negatively in terms of monthly income sales, profit margin and types of business enterprise.

The study sought to investigate the determinants of performance of small and medium women-owned enterprises. The study employed desk top research. Small and medium enterprises have been recognized as a major source of global economic growth and women entrepreneurs have been acknowledged to play critical roles for bringing their ideas and capabilities towards successful achievement of the SMEs development. Prior research has indicated that capital, networks affiliation, education, training and usage of ICT are important determinants of performance of women entrepreneurs in Kenya. This research not only helps the Government to identify appropriate women entrepreneurs, but also leads the Kenyan women entrepreneurs in developing sound skills and capabilities in doing businesses which might help them to create and sustain successful business ventures so as to help achieve Kenya’s vision 2030 which is based on the economic, social and political pillars with Science, Technology and Innovat...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the determinants of growth for women owned SMEs in Nairobi County in Kenya.Methodology: The population of the study was 100 exhibitions which were spread across five zones in Nairobi County. The target population was 500 small businesses. Stratified random sampling technique was used to determine the sample size. A sample size of 100 SMEs was used. This study used primary data which was collected through use of a questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was employed; which included; mean frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics such as correlation and regression analysis were used. The analysis was done using MS-EXCEL and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 17. The analyzed data was presented in frequency and percentage tables or pie charts.Results: The study results revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between education and training and SME’s growth, there was negative and sig...

The important role that entrepreneurship played to combat unemployment, wealth creation and the alleviation of poverty was not underestimated, especially in regions with growing unemployment rates. Women entrepreneurs could contribute significantly to economic development in Kenya, but their contribution had been documented to be wanting. Although it was challenging for both men and women to start and sustain a successful business, women faced unique challenges in their business ventures. The objective of this study was to assess non-financial factors influencing the business performance of women entrepreneurs for women-owned enterprises in Kisii County. The study was based on the factors affecting the business performance of women entrepreneurs operating within Kisii County involved in micro and small businesses in the service industry. The study attempted to determine the constraints of women entrepreneurs in the service industry by identifying constraints limiting their business ...