Networking in Female Operated Small Scale Enterprises in Kenya

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Title:	Networking in Female Operated Small Scale Enterprises in Kenya
Authors:	Imbaya, Beatrice H.O. Ohutso Akong'a, Joshua J.
Year:	2005
Periodical:	Mila: a Journal of the Institute of African Studies
Volume:	6
Pages:	79-86
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Kenya East Africa
Subjects:	women entrepreneurs women's organizations small enterprises Labor and Employment Development and Technology economics Economics, Commerce Small business Businesswomen Business networks
Abstract:	This paper examines the extent to which networking affects the performance of female-operated small-scale enterprises in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya. A survey of 175 female-operated enterprises in Huruma, Langas and the Central Business District of Eldoret Municipality was carried out, using a questionnaire, interviews and observations. The paper shows that business performance of these enterprises is low because women do not have sufficient capital. Most women respondents prefer to run sole-proprietorship enterprises. Although most of them do belong to associations of a social nature such as women's, merry-go-round, or church groups, which provide their businesses with some benefit, none of the women interviewed belongs to any professional or business group. This is an impediment to the success of female-operated small-scale enterprises. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]