Mobile Technology for Record Keeping by Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: User Requirement Assessment

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dc.creatorKapinga, Alsen Florian
dc.creatorGomera, William Clifford
dc.creatorSuhonen, Jarkko
dc.creatorOyelere, Solomon Sunday
dc.date2019-07-08T09:43:54Z
dc.date2019-07-08T09:43:54Z
dc.date2019-05-01
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-05T12:58:48Z
dc.date.available2021-05-05T12:58:48Z
dc.descriptionMobile phone technology is increasingly being used as a tool for communication among women entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little has been done in identifying user requirements for record keeping by the mobile applications among women business in Tanzania. The present study applied the design thinking approach in explored women entrepreneurs’ user requirements for a mobile application for keeping record. Data were collected through focus group discussion and interview. The data were qualitatively coded into themes and were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The study established that women entrepreneurs need to keep records for purchases, sales, loan balance, amount due for payment, cost of goods sold, goods purchased, purchase cost, available stock, selling price, day sells information, customers, records, and market network. Similarly, they wanted an application
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dc.identifierhttp://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73919
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCollege of Business Education Journal
dc.subjectComputers in Developing Countries
dc.titleMobile Technology for Record Keeping by Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania: User Requirement Assessment
dc.typeArticle

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