FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...

However, when that come in to practice, a lot of problems were faced associated with
different internal and external factors from all stakeholders. As discussed in table 3
women entrepreneurs have no their own premises (land) to run their business. This seems
a problem observed from the side of the municipalities as it is its responsibility. The table
also shows that the financial access of the respondents is weak. This problem is
associated with micro finances in that financial arrangements are their responsibilities. In
relation to the training supports given by TVETs, still is not satisfactory and focus on
some technical aspects rather than including business matters too.
The MSEs work process owner complain that trainees will not acquire the required
trainings from TVETs .He states reasons such as shortage of trainers, trainers overloads
and lack of incentives given to them as main ones. In addition shortage or raw materials,
machines and budget problems are stated as reasons by the process owner. Because of
these, the process owner added our trainees are forced to return back before completing
and sometimes at the beginning of the training sessions. For this, the dean of W/ro Siheen
College of TVET responds that it is a problem of attitudinal change among teachers by
associating everything with incentives.
Similarly, the interview conducted with the dean shows that there were problems in
recruiting and selecting candidates for training in the side of MSEs. The dean stressed
that proper selection mechanisms were not used in screening the candidates. They faced
problems such as screening the same trainees for different training programs at different
times even though there are others waiting for their turn. The dean also added that
disciplinary problems were observed among the trainees. In their criteria of screening, the
dean commented that MSEs use of one kebele system (cooperative member trainees
should be from one/same kebele) and limiting the minimum number of cooperative
member in to 10 are the reason for the occurrence of such a problem. These problems are
also reflected in borrowing money from micro finances.
With regard to financial matter, an interview conducted with Dessie micro finance
manager shows that, those women entrepreneurs organized by MSEs have problems in
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