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

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dc.creator Kapinga, Alsen Florian
dc.creator Monter, Calkin Suero
dc.date 2019-01-03T05:15:02Z
dc.date 2019-01-03T05:15:02Z
dc.date 2017-07-17
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T08:35:08Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T08:35:08Z
dc.identifier http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/117
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79319
dc.description 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.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.publisher College of Business Education (CBE)
dc.subject Women entrepreneurs, Sub-Saharan Africa, Institutional theory, Feminist theory
dc.subject Women entrepreneurs
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.subject Institutional theory
dc.subject Feminist theory
dc.title Exploring the socio-cultural challenges of food processing women entrepreneurs in Iringa, Tanzania and strategies used to tackle them
dc.type Article


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