Volume 07 Issue 03 March 2024
Olga Margret Maria Namasembe
University of Granada. Institute of Women and Gender Studies, Spain.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i03-08Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Many studies have been done on social networks and the sustainability of women entrepreneurship. However, these studies do not analyze the impact of social networks on women entrepreneurship from a feminist viewpoint. From an African context, this paper contributes to the studies on social networks and their impact on women entrepreneurship from a feminist perspective. Using semi-structured interviews, we interviewed 109 women entrepreneurs in agribusiness. Key questions included, how do women’s social networks impact on the sustainability of their businesses? Results show that husbands, friendships, saving groups and self- sufficiency positively impact on women business sustainability. It was established that men play a vital role in women business sustainability contrary to popular belief, that the social fabric is being torn apart due to western entrepreneurial tendencies such as competition in social networks and that post-colonial concepts such as urbanization present pseudo benefits that impact women entrepreneurs and their social networks negatively.
KEYWORDS:Social networks, feminist analysis, women entrepreneurship, business sustainability, Uganda.
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