Maurice Sakwa

Exploring the Effect of Entrepreneurial Savings Incentives as Determinant of Savings Mobilization among Micro and Small Enterprises

The purpose of this paper was to assess the determinants of the inefficiency of public hospitals in Cameroon. The methods employed in the study involved a two-stage analysis technique whereby Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was applied using the traditional inputs and outputs with data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cameroon. The efficiency scores from the first stage were then transformed into inefficiency scores and regressed on the environmental variables using the censored regression model (Tobit Model). We found that corruption and location of health facility were signficant determinants of inefficiency; hospitals became more efficient when exposed to competition and when bed occupancy increased. The number of supervisions and size of health facility did not have a signficant effect on inefficiency while age of health facility, distance covered by patients to hospitals, distance separating public hospital from closest private hospital were negative but insignficant determinants of inefficiency. It was then concluded that Identifying the determinants of inefficiency helps hospitals to restructure how they manage their operations since improved performance helps better resource utilisation, control cost and increase accesss to healthcare.

Entrepreneurial Mentorship and Demographic Characteristics within Small and Medium Enterprises in Eldoret, Kenya

Effective and efficient mentorship programs tend to raise entrepreneurial outcomes among entrepreneurs operating Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Entrepreneurial mentees benefits from the wisdom and skills of the mentors when skillfully passed raising the level of entrepreneurial outcomes. The objective of the study was to assess the role of entrepreneurial mentoring in considering the demographic profiles of owner/managers of Small and medium enterprises in Eldoret, Kenya. A sample of 363 SMEs was used representing a total population of 3927 enterprises that had been in operation for at least 3 years. Out of the 300 entrepreneurs who responded to the questionnaires, 48 had been mentored while 252 had not been mentored. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. The study found that current entrepreneur’s age and age at business establishment were significantly associated with use of mentor services (all p