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The Role of Commercial Banks in Small Scale Entrepreneurial Development in Adjumani District, a Case Study of Centenary Bank

Mawadri David, Dr Arinaitwe Julius, Dr Ariyo Gracious Kazaara


Abstract

It is impossible to overstate the contribution of commercial banks to the fight against impoverishment. Commercial banks provide financial services to the active harmonica who were previously disregarded by traditional banks, in an effort to help them escape poverty. The goals were to determine the degree to which small businesses in the Adjumani District were able to obtain loans from commercial lenders as a significant source of financing for the economy, to ascertain the impact of financial literacy classes on the growth of small businesses, and examine the impact of commercial banks' participation of savings on tiny business expansion. The study was conducted using a harmonica-sectional study design. According to the study's conclusions, providing loans has a 94.7%, or high, influence on small-scale business growth, improving skills has a 95.5%, or high, effect, on small-scale business expansion, and mobilizing savings has a 12.7%, or low, effect. The investigator suggested that in order to maximize the value for loans, company activities should first secure security as collateral. Additionally, small businesses should receive more training from commercial banks, and savings should be improved by offering competitive financing rates and other appropriate measures.

Keywords

commercial banks small scale businesses and entrepreneurial development
Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research

Cite This Article

Mawadri David, Dr Arinaitwe Julius & Dr Ariyo Gracious Kazaara (2023). The Role of Commercial Banks in Small Scale Entrepreneurial Development in Adjumani District, a Case Study of Centenary Bank. Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research, 2(4). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=829

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