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dc.contributor.authorDerera, Evelyn
dc.contributor.authorCroce, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorPhiri, Maxwell
dc.contributor.authorO’Neill, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-06T10:45:11Z
dc.date.available2021-12-06T10:45:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationDerera, E., et al. 2020. Entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment in Zimbabwe: Research themes and future research perspectives. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 16(1)24 - 36. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1817-4434
dc.identifier.issn2415-2005 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/38109
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4102/td.v16i1.787
dc.description.abstractThis article explores women’s entrepreneurship research conducted in Zimbabwe. For this purpose, a literature review approach was adopted where all journal articles published between 1990 and 2018 that addressed the issues of women entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe were searched and analysed. The articles were searched on Google Scholar using the following keywords: women entrepreneurs, women small business owners, women in informal sector and Zimbabwe. In total, 11 articles were retrieved, indicating a dearth of research studies on women entrepreneurship, particularly from the formal sector perspective, giving a glimpse of the entrepreneurship landscape in Zimbabwe. The content analysis of the selected articles resulted in the identification of eight themes: (1) feminism perspective, (2) informal sector trading, (3) motivations for entrepreneurship, (4) entrepreneurship characteristics, (5) obstacles in entrepreneurship, (6) socio-cultural challenges, (7) cross-border trading and (8) coping strategies within the context of women entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe. Discussions on these themes were situated within the broader literature and trends on existing women entrepreneurship literature. The study has implications at a practical and theoretical level. Supporting women entrepreneurship has positive effects on poverty reduction in agreement with the Sustainable Development Goals, and this study suggests women’s empowerment to operate at higher echelons of the business sector with bespoke support mechanism that fosters sustainable development. Also, the study proposed suggestions for future research on women entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe and other African countries.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.subjectEconomic empowermenten_US
dc.subjectInformal sectoren_US
dc.subjectWomen entrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.subjectSmall businessesen_US
dc.subjectCross boarder tradeen_US
dc.subjectMicro enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial motivationen_US
dc.subjectSocio-cultural challengesen_US
dc.titleEntrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment in Zimbabwe: Research themes and future research perspectivesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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