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    Entrepreneurship training and sustainability of SMEs in Tanzania: A case of Morogoro municipal council
    (Mzumbe University, 2019) Gideon, Iganile
    The dominant literature on entrepreneurship training and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sustainability contends in a general way that entrepreneurship training is one of the important tools for ensuring performance and sustainability of SMEs. There is scarce literature on the specific entrepreneurial trainings deemed relevant for enhancing SMEs’ sustainability in Tanzania in general and Morogoro in specifically. As such this study aimed at assess the contribution of entrepreneurship training towards attaining the sustainability of SMEs from the point of view of entrepreneurs, unveil the effects of entrepreneurship trainings deemed relevant for sustainability of SMEs and to examine the accessibility of such trainings to SMEs in Tanzania. The study mainly relied on interviews with privileged witnesses as well as ordinary voters (65). Through a qualitative research approach, this study was mainly informed by interviews with a sum of 62 SMEs owners from Sabasaba, Mazimbu and Kihonda wards in Morogoro Municipal Council. The fundamental argument of this study is that entrepreneurship trainings on identification of opportunities, customers’ services and record keeping were considered most important for sustainability of SMEs. It was further revealed that entrepreneurship training has effects to entrepreneurs’ business sustainability because through training, entrepreneurs have improved their performance of conducting activities as the results their sales and profits increase which eventually leads to growth and sustainability. However, it was revealed that training costs and other criteria set by training providers hamper entrepreneurs to attend such training which lead to poor performance and unstable SMEs. The study concludes that entrepreneurial knowledge and skills acquired by entrepreneurs are assets for business and stimulate business sustainability. As such, it is recommended that there is a need for the government and other authorities to provide training which is relevant for sustainability of SMEs as well as reducing the costs of training and unfavorable criteria to enable more small and medium entrepreneurs to attend training for enhancing growth and sustainability of their enterprises.