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Empowering Street Vendors through Technology: an Explorative Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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dc.creator Mramba, Nasibu
dc.creator Apiola, Mikko
dc.creator Sutinen, Erkki
dc.creator Haule, Michael
dc.creator Klomsr, Tina
dc.creator Msami, Peter
dc.date 2019-06-27T09:33:14Z
dc.date 2019-06-27T09:33:14Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-05T12:25:22Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-05T12:25:22Z
dc.identifier http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/279
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73375
dc.description Street vending business is important for the economy and the livelihood of the poor less educated people in developing countries, as it provides employment, and a means for survival. However, street vendors face a number of challenges, including low levels of education. The main objective of this study was to explore street vendors’ business activities, skills, and strategies in order to propose mobile technology based solutions to improve street vendors’ business prospects. A qualitative data consisting of interviews and focus group discussions was collected from a total of 39 street vendors in Dar es Salaam, which is the economic hub of Tanzania. The data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis, by identifying relevant themes in the data. The findings show that street vendors operate in a challenging environment and have to employ a number of additional activities and strategies as compared to formal businesses. These activities require risk identification and risk alleviation skills and strategies, and ways to deal with various kinds of uncertainty. It was found that street vendors possess low levels of business skills in all domains of business. To improve street vendors’ business prospects, a number of mobile-technology based applications can be developed in the future.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher College of Business Education
dc.subject Informal economy; ICT4D; Tanzania
dc.title Empowering Street Vendors through Technology: an Explorative Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
dc.type Article


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