Selected Factors Influencing Development of Muslim Women-Led Enterprises in Mombasa County

One of the objectives of the Women in business and investment project is to increase capacity and motivation of women to take on new and challenging roles at higher levels coupled with the zeal to perform satisfactorily. Women are tremendous, untapped investments that yield huge returns for entire communities. Kenyan women entrepreneurs have been profiled into four categories: the Jua Kali micro-enterpriser, women with micro enterprises, small enterprises and women with university education from entrepreneurial family backgrounds. Despite the absolute increase in number of women in self-employment in recent years, there still exist significant differences in the level of new firm creation across gender and the number of Muslim women involved in starting business is significantly and systematically lower than that of Christian women. Due to such trends has led to this study aimed at analyzing the selected factors influencing development of Muslim women-led enterprises to get to the bottom of the matter to see what causes that exactly.