| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to assess the factors that influence the performance of women
entrepreneurs on small scale business enterprises in Uganda using Masindi municipality as a case
study. The objectives were; To ascertain the factors that motivate women entrepreneurs to start
up businesses, To determine the contribution of women entrepreneurs to the household
expenditure and determine challenges that limit their performance. The methods that were used
to collect data were; self administered questionnaire to effectively cover a bigger number of
respondents in relatively a short time and an interview guide.
The findings revealed that most women entrepreneurs up to 51.6% (16) strongly agreed that
Motivation is an important factor in Business. The majority were motivated to start up businesses
due the need for independence with 67.7%. All the responded agreed that their business
contributed to the household expenditure where by 51% had built houses, 22.6% contributed to
school fees, 12.9% to food. The most critical challenges limiting women entrepreneurship
performance were high taxes with 90.3% which could retard their rate of growth coupled with
lack of loan 61.6%. Those whose husbands felt bad to run business were 32.3%. All these
challenges hinder the prosperity of their businesses.
The researcher therefore recommends that that the government could review taxation policies for
women entrepreneurs; women could be encouraged to form small circles in order to get money
since they cannot easily access bank loans.
In conclusion therefore, there’s need for measures that are to be adopted in order to reduce this
both by government and the lending institutions. It is therefore imperative to determine whether
the country as a whole is aligned with global initiatives to promote women entrepreneurship | en_US |
