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Advantages And Roles Of Micro-Enterprises In Tanzania

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had increased from 11.2 million in 1990/91 to 17.8 million in 2001. This implies that 650,000 new people had been entering the labour market every year, (URT, 2005). Micro-enterprises tend to be more effective in the utilization of local resources using simple and affordable technology. They also play a fundamental role in utilizing and adding value to local resources. In Tanzania most micro-enterprises use local resources and affordable technologies to undertake their activities, these activities include: • Making craftwork e.g. carpentry, pottery, clothes-making/tailoring • Small-scale agricultural activities such as dairy processing, bee keeping, poultry farming and goat keeping • Food preparation and processing such as bakeries, local beer brewing, honey processing, grain milling and fish smoking. • Small-scale mining and processing activities such as tinsmiths and blacksmiths. In addition, SMEs technologies are easier to acquire, transfer and adopt such that there are better positioned to satisfy limited demands brought about by small and …show more content…

Nature of SMEs in Tanzania. The MEs in Tanzania are characterized by very low productivity and lack of capital accumulation; most are self-employed and located at home due to lack of designated work premises and not linked to modern sector (larger enterprise) because of people’s ignorance of regulations. This means that they do not go through business formalities (which the state imposes) such as registration, keeping accounts and even paying taxes. Another reason is use of traditional and inefficient technologies in production. There are micro-enterprises which are seasonal in the sense that its lifetime depends on situation in other sectors such as agriculture. When there is a good harvesting period many enterprises of this nature are established and buy grains from farmers for processing example for local beer making. Some existing documentation support the argument by saying that micro-enterprises

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