{"id":6144,"date":"2019-10-25T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T06:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:38","slug":"women-find-it-hard-to-sustain-tourism-businesses-in-ghana-and-nigeria-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/25\/women-find-it-hard-to-sustain-tourism-businesses-in-ghana-and-nigeria-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Find It Hard To Sustain Tourism Businesses In Ghana And Nigeria. Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By The Conversation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrepreneurship can empower women economically, transform\ntheir lives socially and boost their contribution to their households. This is\nparticularly important in sub-Saharan Africa, where unemployment rates are high\nand women are often excluded from the formal economy. Yet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doingbusiness.org\/content\/dam\/doingBusiness\/media\/Special-Reports\/Womens-Entrepreneurship.pdf\">research<\/a>&nbsp;shows\nthat the proportion of women entrepreneurs who are successful is lower than the\ncomparable figure for men. This is because of barriers to women reaching their\npotential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/21568316.2018.1556329\">We\nlooked at <\/a>&nbsp;how collaborative networks affected the ability of women to\nparticipate in tourism in Nigeria and Ghana. We also looked at what role policy\ncould play in reducing the barriers to their success in the sector. We chose\ntourism because it is a relatively accessible route to entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana and Nigeria have established themselves as tourism\ndestinations in West Africa. Numbers of tourists and income from tourism have\nbeen growing, and making an impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and jobs. In\nGhana tourism&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/knoema.com\/atlas\/Ghana\/topics\/Tourism\/Travel-and-Tourism-Total-Contribution-to-GDP\/Contribution-of-travel-and-tourism-to-GDP-percent-of-GDP\">contributes\n<\/a>&nbsp;5.5% to GDP, and in Nigeria the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/knoema.com\/atlas\/Nigeria\/topics\/Tourism\/Travel-and-Tourism-Total-Contribution-to-GDP\/Contribution-of-travel-and-tourism-to-GDP-percent-of-GDP\">contribution\nis 5%<\/a>&nbsp;to GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gender inequality is apparent in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doingbusiness.org\/content\/dam\/doingBusiness\/media\/Special-Reports\/Womens-Entrepreneurship.pdf\">tourism<\/a>:\nmales dominate managerial and supervisory positions and females usually have a\nlower status. The dominance also permeates the entire entrepreneurial\nlandscape. In Ghana about 53.6% of all businesses are owned by males and 46.4%\nby females. Similarly, in Nigeria, females own only about 40% of all businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the 2018 Mastercard Index of Women\u2019s\nEntrepreneurship&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smefinanceforum.org\/post\/mastercard-index-of-women-entrepreneurs-miwe-2018\">report\n<\/a>&nbsp;suggests that women\u2019s activity in business is growing in Ghana and\nNigeria, the businesses are often small in scale or don\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main barrier we identified was that women\u2019s efforts to\nbuild a business were often interrupted by family caring roles. Other barriers\nincluded workplace discrimination, stereotyping and promotion inequities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women are the most affected by the challenges of development. When business opportunities are created for them, they have more power to deal with those challenges and get closer to the Sustainable Development\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/disabilities\/envision2030.html\">Goals<\/a>. If policymakers understand the issues that confront women in business, they can craft policies and strategies that create a more enabling environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/women-find-it-hard-to-sustain-tourism-businesses-in-ghana-and-nigeria-heres-why-123805\">Read\nmore\u2026<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Conversation Entrepreneurship can empower women economically, transform their lives socially and boost their contribution to their households. 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