| dc.creator |
Yahya, Mzomwe |
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| dc.creator |
Mutarubukwa, Pelagia |
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| dc.date |
2018-10-01T21:38:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2018-10-01T21:38:50Z |
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| dc.date |
2015 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-20T08:35:15Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-20T08:35:15Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Mzomwe Yahya, Pelagia Mutarubukwa (2015), Paper Title: Capacity Of Tanzania Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (MMSES) In Tapping The Business Opportunities In The East African Community. Business Education Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, 20 Pages. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/61 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79585 |
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| dc.description |
After its collapse in 1977, the East African Community was revived again in 1999 with the aim of, among
other things, elimination of trade barriers and increase trade volume between the member states. The
impact of economic integration on the economic development and entrepreneurship prosperity in Tanzania
cannot be underestimated owing to the income and employment opportunities created by SMEs. However,
the extent to which SMEs in Tanzania are capable of benefiting from the business opportunities associated
with the EAC are virtually unclear. Therefore, this paper aims at gaining a better understanding of the
ways in which SMEs are capable of taking advantage of the EAC to enhance various entrepreneurship
activities. The paper identifies challenges faced by the SMES and explores the efforts the government and
other stakeholders have made so far in creating the environment for supporting the SMEs to fully exploit
available opportunities. The study employs mostly qualitative analysis techniques whereby in-depth
interviews were conducted among twenty (20) business people and conducted among five (5) government
officials. Secondary data were used in the study to implement the empirical research design and
complimenting field results. Summaries from transcribed data were used to establish the study findings.
The findings revealed that Tanzania’s SMEs are less capable of tapping the business opportunities
provided by the EAC due to the fact that these SMEs are micro and small enterprises, in the sense that
they have low capital, people they lack entrepreneurial education at tertiary level, networking activities
are mostly social rather than business focused, they are formal but not informed. It is recommended that
entrepreneurship education be provided from primary to tertiary level, the ministry responsible for SMEs
needs to be established, and that SMEs need to network among themselves as that will improve business
environment. Schemes that will enable SMEs access loans and grants should be established. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Business Education Journal |
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| dc.relation |
Volume 1,;Issue 1, |
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| dc.subject |
SMEs, EAC, entrepreneurship, SME capacity, business opportunities, SMEs challenges. |
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| dc.subject |
entrepreneurship |
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| dc.subject |
SME capacity |
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| dc.subject |
business opportunities |
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| dc.subject |
SMEs challenges |
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| dc.title |
Capacity of Tanzanian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MMSES) in Tapping the Business Opportunities in the East African Community |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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