Anthony M. Wanjohi: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) especially those run by women entrepreneurs continue to face a number of challenges. Key among them are social-cultural barriers, lack of adequate education and skills, managerial limitation, access to credit and insecurity. This article briefly examines the managerial and technical skills issues facing women entrepreneurs. A study by Olinda (2011) on
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Anthony M. Wanjohi: One major question we should pose is: what measures should be adopted to resolve issues facing women enterprises? The following are key measures that can help in addressing the challenges: measures skewed towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), establishment of the gender commission in the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services and other measures.
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