Browsing by Author "Charles David Ebong"

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    Government interventions in supporting SME growth in Lira district, northern Uganda
    (International Journal of Emerging Research & Development, 2018) Eton, Marus; Charles David Ebong; Fabian, Mwosi; Benard, Patrick Ogwel
    Promoting economic growth without attendance to register business time, business education investment and non-gender based business growth is outrageous. The study sought to examine the role of Government interventions in supporting the growth of SME’s in Uganda a case of Lira District. Data were collected by use of the self-administered questionnaire in Erute counties and Lira Municipality. A sample of 167 respondents was chosen from the respondents and the response rate was 100%. Simple random sampling and stratified sampling was conducted. The study discovered that inadequacy of collateral security and struggle for financial resources come into view to limit the use and access to financial services. The finding indicates the correlations between entrepreneurship intervention and financial accessibility intervention (r = .628; p < .05) was relatively strong and statistically significant. The study recommended that Government should promote collateral security-free financial services to encourage entrepreneurs to access credit financing. The government organ charged with registration of business should promote online and decentralized registration. National budgets should prioritize investments in business education to promote business and entrepreneurship training. In addition, government and development partners should promote non-gender-based business growth to allow for participatory inclusiveness.
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    Human Resource Capabilities, Financial Support and Enterprise Development in Nebbi District, West Nile Region Uganda
    (International Journal of Emerging Research in Management &Technology, 2018) Eton, Marus; Charles David Ebong; Fabian, Mwosi; Deus Mutesigensi; Benard, Patrick Ogwel
    The study examined the role played by Human resource capabilities, financial availability in supporting enterprise development in Nebbi, west Nile region in Uganda. Purposive and simple random sampling was used and the selected sample of participants was 120. The study found out that Enterprise developers seem to understand the role of financial support and that lack of human resource capabilities encounter increased financial cost. Access to credit is still a challenge due to lack of understanding of SMEs by banks. The study recommended that government should support enterprise development by providing an environment which promotes business, provide access to credit, provide affordable interest rates, and provide subsidies to local enterprise developers. Universities should also develop skills that match employment needs.