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Growth Factors of Jua Kali. The Agricultural sector, traditionally the main employer especially in rural areas has experienced slow and/or a decline in growth in some sectors. This created an influx of people to the urban areas, who resorted for employment in the Jua Kali sector;
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Growth Factors of Jua Kali • The Agricultural sector, traditionally the main employer especially in rural areas has experienced slow and/or a decline in growth in some sectors. This created an influx of people to the urban areas, who resorted for employment in the Jua Kali sector; • Slow economic growth in various sectors also resulted in the restructuring and downsizing of organisations; • The Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) initiated in 1993 to reduce the civil service. • Graduates from Schools, Universities could not be absorbed into the formal workstream.
Problem factors of Jua Kali • Lack of exposure/poor marketing; • Lack of capital finance; • Lack of training; • Lack of premises; • Lack of formal education/knowledge of business and legal issues; • Lack of machinery/equipment; and • Municipality by-laws not conducive to informal business.