Abstract: Globally, Women’s involvement in Businesses is applauded as a necessary precursor to economic growth of nations. Women in developed countries have access to capital and the acceptance of women as business owners has improved. However, women in developing countries do face obstacles such as lack of access to finance. The purpose of this study is to investigate knowledge and skill gap influencing performance of women funded businesses in Saboti Sub- County. This study was guided by the following research objectives: To determine how women personal characteristics and women experience in business influence the performance of women funded businesses, This study used a descriptive design with a target population of 1262 registered women groups since 2014 in Saboti Sub-county, a sample of the study. Data was collected using questionnaires administered to sample of women Businesses. Interviews were conducted to officers from the department of Gender and Social Development in the same sub-county. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques with the aid of SPSS. The findings of the study indicate that, knowledge and skills influence women performance in business as demonstrated by 93.8% response to the research questions on the variable. It was recommended that the Department of Gender and Social Development in collaboration with civil rights groups should sensitize, educate and train the society to stop stigma, discrimination, and outdated practices that hinder women from enhancing performance of WFB.
Keywords: knowledge, skill gap, performance, women businesses, influence.
Title: INFLUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL GAP ON PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN FUNDED BUSINESSES (WFB) IN SABOTI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Hellen Namalwa, Dr. Patrick Simiyu
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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