Co-operative societies cater for production, marketing and financial needs of members. As a strategy for achieving maximum benefits, co-operative models such as the horizontal integration of production and financial oriented ...

The co-operative unions’ role in flourishing the existence of agricultural primary cooperatives are scantly observed. This is justified by 98% of primary co-operatives with unclean reports from the account point of view. ...

Tanzania is a microfinance country. Out of Total population of 34 mil/ people, there are almost 16 million poor people mostly depending on smallholder agriculture. As such they need financial services to sustain their ...

Farmers' associations in Kilombero Valley have been providing services to sugarcane contract farmers and helping them with their farming activities since the 1990s. However, there have been elements of dissatisfaction ...

Recent developments in the banking sector have greatly improved bank customers' access to and use of banking services. However, such development in the industry is subjected to various risks, causing mistrust of the banking ...

The government of Tanzania is eying Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a catalyst towards transforming the country into a middle-income. There have been several initiatives to increase both the size and ...

It has long been demonstrated that followers of transformative leaders perform better than average, but it is unknown why this happens. However, the reasoning behind why this process occurs is unclear. The main aim of ...

The tourism sector is among the most profitable sectors with a high contribution to the world economy. The majority of tourism organisations are operated as small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). These tourism SMEs ...

Electricity is an important ingredient for development; however, inadequate electricity supply and its frequent fluctuations adversely affect the productivity and profits of small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan ...

Presumptive treatment and self-medication for malaria have been used in limited-resource countries. However, these approaches have been considered unreliable due to the unnecessary use of malaria medication. This study ...