Abstract: In Mwanza city women form a major part of the fish vendors especially in the shore of lake Victoria,and unorganized markets at street markets in Mwanza city. This paper examine the Effectiveness of Skills Upgrading Programme on the Performance of Women fish vendors in mwanza city. Effectiveness of Skills Upgrading Programme for women fish vendors is a vital mechanism for women entrepreneurial activities to make a meaningful contribution to the performance of their business.
Therefore the study employed the cross sectional design. It was utilized to collect data through research questionnaires and interviews administered to respondents. The data was collected by questionnaire instrument and then analyzed. The Data collected were coded and analyzed using computer software programme SPSS.
The results revealed that women fish vendors who have attended skill upgrading programme still face competition and problems on markets for selling their fish. Many skill upgrading programme given to women were not relevant to the business performed by women fish vendors. Majority of women fish vendors in mwanza city are engaged in selling fish of various species and they are still poorly improved. Basing on the findings of the study, it was concluded that, efficiency of skill upgrading programme given to women had no yet improved the performance of the women fish vendors , therefore, women fish vendors need efficiency of skill upgrading which is relevant to their business performed in order to improve its performance. Further it is recommended that; providers of skill upgrading programme to women fish vendors should provide the skills basing on the type of business performed by them.
Keywords: Skill Upgrading Programme, Women Fish Vendors.
Title: Effectiveness of Skills Upgrading Programme on the Performance of Women Fish Vendors in Mwanza City-Tanzania
Author: Sunday Isdory Mkama
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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