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17.0 References: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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15.0 The state of research on women in MSES in Tanzania: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| There is more available research on women entrepreneurs in Tanzania than in
Ethiopia and Kenya. One of the major reasons for this is the presence of the
Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDEC). |
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10.3 Training for existing enterprises: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| Once in business, women entrepreneurs express a strong need for training in
marketing, product quality, financial management and business planning. But access to
this business and management training is limited. |
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10.1 The education system: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| Over 690 vocational training centres are registered with the Vocational Education
and Training Authority (VETA),38 over 90 per cent of which are either private businesses
or NGOs. VETA centres do offer skills training courses suitable for self-employment
(tailoring, batik making, housekeeping, etc), but UDEC (2003) states that the primary
emphasis on training is for employability in large public and private enterprises. Because
there are few jobs available, most of the VETA graduates go unemployed or are
inadequately trained for entrepreneurship. Data on the proportion of women students is
not available. |
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8.0 Promotion of women’s entrepreneurship: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| According to key informants from the University of Dar es Salaam,
entrepreneurship is only now becoming considered a legitimate and valued activity in
Tanzania. There is a huge need to increase this and to create more awareness of the
important role that owners of micro and small enterprises play in the economy. A much
higher value has to be attached to opportunities in the SME sector and to the role of
entrepreneurs so as to make it an acceptable and preferred option for college and
university graduates, the next generation of entrepreneurs. |
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5.0 Support for SME development in Tanzania: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania began its first major attempt to
promote the small industries sector as far back as 1966 with the formation of the National
Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) under the National Development Corporation
(NDC). |
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1.2 Mission Objectives: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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| The mission objectives for Tanzania were to:
• review recent ILO and other relevant research on women in enterprise in Tanzania; |
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8.0 Promotion of women’s entrepreneurship: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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15.0 The state of research on women in MSES in Tanzania: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
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