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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge and express their gratitude to all of the three
consultancy groups for all of their hard work: to Zewde Biratu and his team from Zewde &
Co. in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; to Marcellina Chijoriga and her team at University of Dar es
Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UCED), Tanzania; and to Monica Munachonga and her
team at JUDAI Consultants. Thanks also go to the local area and regional offices of the
ILO in Addis Ababa, Lusaka and Dar es Salaam, as well as to colleagues in ILO Geneva,
for their help throughout the study. Particular mention should be made of Urgessa Bedada,
Senior Programme Officer, and Rahel Kebede, Communications Officer, ILO Addis
Ababa; Dereje Alemu, WEDGE Expert in Ethiopia; Nigest Haile, Head of Women’s
Affairs Department in Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia; Mr. Morten Lehmann,
Programme Officer, ILO Dar es Salaam; Desystant Massawe and Consolatha Ishebabi,
SME Section, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Tanzania; Dixon Moyo, Jobs in Africa
Programme (Zambia); Grania Mackie, Associate Expert, WEDGE Team; Catherine Heyn
and Bill Saleter, SAFEWORK; Giovanna Rossignotti, IFP/SEED; Mary Kawar,
GENPROM; Manuela Tomeii, DECLARATION; Adriana Mata-Greenwoood, STAT; and
Christine Vuilleumier, IFP/SEED, ILO Geneva.
Last but not least, our thanks to all of the women entrepreneurs in the three countries
who gave up their time to be interviewed and then give us feedback on our research
findings to ensure that our recommendations were embedded in their needs.
This report is dedicated to Mr. Mukelelabo Muliwana, one of our colleagues in the
Zambian Team who was sadly killed in a road accident towards the end of the research
project. This report acknowledges the contribution of Mr. Muliwana to the development of
MSEs in Zambia.
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