JONATHAN COOK: Simple tools can help African women expand their entrepreneurial prowess
Unlocking the potential of these business owners will boost GDP and create employment
04 November 2019 - 14:14
Africa is the only region in the world where more women than men choose to become entrepreneurs. That should be good news — women are more likely to spend profits on food and family.
But many women begin micro enterprises just to survive. Three-quarters of self-employed women in SA have no employees, while nearly half of self-employed men have at least one employee. So one boost for employment would be to help women in subsistence businesses to expand...
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