WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OGUN STATE.
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Date
2017-06-14
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1ST COVENANT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CU-ICE) 2017
Abstract
There is a tremendous increase in the number of women who are now interested in becoming small business
owners, starting up a business of their own. Women entrepreneurship in the informal sector has remained
untapped source of job creation, business and financial opportunities, innovations and economic development
globally. In view of this, the paper is examining the role of entrepreneurship development in enhancing women
empowerment within Abeokuta South Local Government of Ogun State. Both qualitative and quantitative
research methods were adopted. The study made use of primary data that was collected through structured
questionnaire; and it was administered to two hundred and ten (210) female micro finance banks’ customers
who were selected through purposive sampling. Analysis of the data gathered was carried out using descriptive
and multiple linear regression analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version
20.0. The result showed that women entrepreneurs were faced with various challenges such as capital, gender
differences, meeting family needs etc. The paper concludes that entrepreneurship development will have a great
impact on women empowerment if the society can bridge male-female education gap, create opp
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Keywords
Women entrepreneurship,, Business development,, Job creation,, Small businesses,, Nigeria