Evaluating the contribution of entrepreneurship training, perceived emancipation and value creation for rural female entrepreneurs in Uganda

Recent research has shown that women engage in entrepreneurship at the grassroots level to effectively generate individual value creation, overcome poverty and to enhance their societal and economic advancement. As productive sources in business, rural female entrepreneurs are both direct and indirect leaders in their communities who pursue a diverse range of value creation targets to support their customers. The sample for this study incorporated 266 rural women ranging from 18 to 60 years old. The instruments for the data collection consisted of a questionnaire aimed at collecting information about entrepreneurship training and perceived emancipation amongst rural female entrepreneurs in Uganda. The principal research question that this chapter asks is: ‘how does entrepreneurship training contribute to emancipation and value creation for rural female entrepreneurs in Uganda?' This chapter seeks to answer the question by critically examining the role of entrepreneurship training relative to perceived emancipation as a means to achieving greater individual value creation and increased household income amongst rural female entrepreneurs in Uganda. The main finding of the study highlights that entrepreneurship training is a significant contributor to perceived emancipation amongst women who participated in the study.