scholarly journals Evaluation of the entrepreneurial success factors of small, micro and medium farming enterprises (SMMEs) in the peri-urban poor communities of George municipality, Western Cape Province, RSA

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (30) ◽  
pp. 2996-3012
Author(s):  
M Mmbengwa V ◽  
A Groenewald J ◽  
D van Schalkwyk H
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Western Cape Province ◽  
Poor Communities

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WEST AFRICA: THE COWPEA STREET FOOD SECTOR IN NIGER AND GHANA

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIRIAM OTOO ◽  
JOAN FULTON ◽  
GERMAINE IBRO ◽  
JAMES LOWENBERG-DEBOER
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

Women entrepreneurship in the informal sector, such as street food vending, is important for poverty alleviation in West Africa. The street food sector provides employment for women and inexpensive and nutritious food for the urban poor. In this paper, we determine the importance of the cowpea street food sector, evaluate the determinants of successful enterprises and ascertain the impact of economic, cultural, religious and geographic differentials between enterprises in Niamey, Niger and Kumasi, Ghana. Data were collected through in-person interviews with 114 and 122 women street food entrepreneurs in both countries in 2009. Results revealed that women entrepreneurs engaged in the cowpea street food sector can earn incomes 4 times and 16 times higher than the minimum legal wage in Niamey and Kumasi, respectively. Incomes earned from these entrepreneurial activities contribute directly to health, education and needs of their families. OLS regression results indicate that lack of financial resources, stable business locations and religious beliefs are important entrepreneurial success factors. Cross-country comparisons revealed enterprises in Kumasi are larger and more successful than those in Niamey.

Female Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Success Factors

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Alas ◽  
Sinikka Vanhala ◽  
Tiit Elenurm ◽  
Elizabeth J. Rozell ◽  
Wesley A. Scroggins
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Female Perceptions

scholarly journals Methylphenidate and atomoxetine prescribing trends in children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, 2005–2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liezl Joubert ◽  
Johanita R. Burger ◽  
Ilse Truter ◽  
Martie S. Lubbe ◽  
Marike Cockeran
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Western Cape Province ◽  
Prescribing Trends
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