Strategies Adopted by Women Entrepreneurs to Ensure Small Business Success in the Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape

Ewere, Agholor Deborah; Adu, Emmanuel O.; Ibrahim, Seriki Idowu

doi:10.1080/09765239.2015.11885011

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“…The model illustrates the socio-spatial embeddedness (Welter, 2011) of women entrepreneurship in townships. The model confirms and further develops an in-depth understanding of the components of the ecosystem for the woman entrepreneurs in townships (Mordi et al 2010;Nikina et al 2013;Jabeen et al 2015;Ewere et al 2015). A unique component that was added to the literature based on the research findings was the importance of faith-based groups as a support structure for these women.…”

Section: An Integrated Model Of the Stakeholder Ecosystemsupporting

confidence: 69%

“…This has led to a low-trust culture, yet the building of social capital with stakeholders is recognised as a key ingredient to business growth (Preisendorfer et al 2014). A study by Ewere, Adu and Ibrahim (2015) on business start-ups in townships mentioned several factors that contribute to the success of enterprises in this specific location, including the entrepreneur's membership of organisations, whether s/he had self-employed friends, and support from his/her personal network.…”

Section: Business In Townshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The importance of informally engaging with like-minded individuals or groups has not been indicated in a substantive way in the literature. Ewere et al (2015) found that social capital factors, including self-employed friends and a personal network, have great significance for women entrepreneurs in townships.…”

Section: Research Question Two: What Are the Coping Mechanisms Used B...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The stakeholder ecosystem of women entrepreneurs in South African townships

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Sutherland

Scheepers

2019

Development Southern Africa

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The literature on women entrepreneurs indicates that they have a positive influence on national economic growth and employment levels, yet the lived experience of women business owners in the highly constrained setting of South African townships has not been reported in academic literature. This study thus explored the role of the various stakeholders by conducting semi-structured interviews with 40 women entrepreneurs in eight townships, as well as leaders of five small business support organisations. The research provides a unique insight into the contextual complexities faced by these female business owners, offers a model of their stakeholder relationships, and identifies inhibiting and enabling factors in these relationships.

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Section: Business In Townshipsmentioning

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2019

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“…Moreover, mobile phone usage is important to women entrepreneurs since it can also enable them to search information, improve communication with lenders, suppliers, customers, colleagues and trainers at any time anywhere, saving time for other responsibilities (Donner and Escobari 2009). Since it has been shown that marketing strategies improve the performance of women enterprises (Ewere et al 2015) applying mobile technology to enhance women entrepreneurs' business ventures visibility in the market is a promising intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the socio-cultural challenges of food processing women entrepreneurs in IRINGA, TANZANIA and strategies used to tackle them

Kapinga

Montero

2017

J Glob Entrepr Res

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Women entrepreneurs have significant contributions to the economies of sub-Saharan Africa. However, women in this region are facing a shocking array of challenges in their business environment. This paper examines the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in the food processing industry in Iringa, Tanzania. The study employs interviews and focus group discussions in collecting data and utilizes content analysis for interpreting findings. The findings indicate that these women entrepreneurs face problems of lack of access to markets, unequal social responsibility and lack of enough capital. Our findings also show that women entrepreneurs in the food processing business of the region employ an array of transversal strategies in order tackle and mitigate the socio-cultural challenges, including the creation of economic groups and entrepreneurship clubs. Our work sheds light on the issues that women entrepreneurs in the food processing industry struggle with in Iringa. Furthermore, we present the general and transversal strategies that they use in order to mitigate the problem and finally put forward the use of mobile technology as a transversal tool.

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“…This is also confirmed in a study by Wendy (2007) that showed that the work–family interface demands associated with running a business and managing home responsibilities tend to seriously restrict the growth and potential of many women-owned business ventures. At the same time, lack of access to information communication technology that includes gadgets such as computers, internet, video conferencing and others to ensure smooth business communication with stakeholders and quicken business transaction, as well as enabling ease access, storage and retrieval of critical business data continues to be a challenge for women entrepreneurs (Ewere et al , 2015; Dutta and Bibao-Osorio, 2012). Lack of both access to as well as knowledge of how to use these gadgets leaves women entrepreneurs with the challenges of keeping pace with the fast-changing business information thus affecting the viability of their ventures (Motilewa et al , 2015).…”

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Challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Botswana: revisiting the role of entrepreneurship education

Rudhumbu

Plessis

Maphosa

2020

JIEB

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate challenges faced by and opportunities open to women entrepreneurs in Botswana and how entrepreneurship education can boost their knowledge and skills of doing business profitably and contribute to women empowerment. Design/methodology/approach In total, 400 women entrepreneurs of different ages, educational levels and from trades and different geographical locations were selected using a stratified random sampling procedure to participate in the study from ten towns and cities in the country. A structured questionnaire that used a five-point Likert scale was used for data collection. One-way ANOVA, regression analysis and descriptive statistics were used as tools for data analysis. Findings Findings showed that women entrepreneurs faced a complex web of challenges among which were access to finance, lack of training leading to lack of technical skills, lack of knowledge of sources of financing and technical support, high competition in the market, marginalisation of women and lack of knowledge of marketing strategies. The key findings were that while women entrepreneurs faced a number of challenges, the legal and regulatory environment in Botswana was highly conducive and supportive of women entrepreneurship and also that customised entrepreneurship education and training offered opportunities for women entrepreneurs to enhance their knowledge and technical skills. Research limitations/implications The study only used a quantitative approach to collect data. It could have perhaps been more enriching if a mixed-methods approach were used to help probe the participants more. The study also only used women entrepreneurs in cities and towns. Perhaps, it could have also got some women entrepreneurs from rural areas to hear what they say. These limitations will be addressed in future studies. Practical implications Practical implications of the study are that women entrepreneurs need more training in business entrepreneurship for them to gain more knowledge and skills; finance houses become more accommodating to women entrepreneurship they could help in the empowerment of these people as they show potential in their businesses; and if more pro-women entrepreneurship policies are developed, they could enhance the activities of women entrepreneurs. Social implications Women can perform as much as men in business if given the necessary support. Originality/value This study contributes to the body of knowledge on women entrepreneurship as it helped expose challenges women entrepreneurs face as well as opportunities for them to take advantage of and improve their business operations.

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Strategies Adopted by Women Entrepreneurs to Ensure Small Business Success in the Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape

Cited by 6 publications

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The stakeholder ecosystem of women entrepreneurs in South African townships

The stakeholder ecosystem of women entrepreneurs in South African townships

Exploring the socio-cultural challenges of food processing women entrepreneurs in IRINGA, TANZANIA and strategies used to tackle them

Challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Botswana: revisiting the role of entrepreneurship education

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