There is renewed interest in female entrepreneurship as policy makers recognize the\nimportance of social inclusiveness in economic development. Women�s involvement in\nentrepreneurship is applauded as a necessary precursor to economic growth of developing\nnations despite women under-representation among business owners. Many factors have been\nblamed for this under-representation among them, socialisation and lack of motivation in\nchoosing entrepreneurship as a career option. In Kenya, women entrepreneurs have low\nlevels of education; are in need of business knowledge and skills yet unable to pay for\nbusiness development services; and are affected strongly by patriarchal structures especially\nthe role of husbands. Yet, some few women own growing businesses that contribute towards\nwealth and employment creation. This study sought to determine how women learn to be\nentrepreneurial and to establish hindrances to female entrepreneurial learning process. A\nsurvey was conducted on 106 women micro-entrepreneurs in the Kenyan dairy processing\nindustry. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings showed that majority (76.9%) of the micro-entrepreneurs went into\nbusiness without any prior business skills. Only 5.5% of them had training in business-related\nfields before starting their businesses. Another 17.6% had learnt some business skills from\nprevious employment. Social contacts and relations were important sources of business\nknowledge and skills for 68.7% of them. Rarely did the respondents engage in active search\nof business knowledge and skills. Probably an entrepreneurship development curriculum\nweaved through the entire school syllabus would help in entrenching an enterprising culture\namong women.
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