The Influence of Street Vending Business on Household Characteristics in Dar es Salaam and Coast Region in Tanzania
- November 18, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Business Management, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue X, October 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Felix Joseph Chille
Assistant Lecturer, College of Business Education, Tanzania .P.O Box 1968, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania
ABSTRACT:- The aim of the study was to investigate on the influence of street vending business on its household characteristics in Dar es Salaam and Coast region. The study applied the Survey methods in data collection. Data were collected around bus stops along the Morogoro Road, in ten (10) different localities from Kimara bus stand (15 km) to Mlandizi which is 65 kilometers from Dar es Salaam city. A sample of 100 respondents were interviewed, 10 from each centre. Quantitative data were analyzed based on descriptive statistical analysis. Qualitative data were processed manually by applying the content analysis. The findings indicated positive relationship between the persons involved in business and household size. There was a blurred relationship on mobile street vendors with household characteristics. There were also observed positive relationship between static street vendors and household characteristics as a means to fulfill consumer demands at particular places. Policy makers and business stakeholder’s needs to align their policies and plans in support on street vending business, which will influence better business performances at household levels in Tanzania.
Key words: Street vending, household, Tanzania, Africa.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Street vending is defined as a global urban phenomenon as the type of informalized labor forces that performs trading activities in urban settings (De Soto, 1989; Portes, Castells and Benton, 1989). This type of micro business has been asserted as an instrument for creation of business opportunities and job (Graaff and Ha, 2015).The term informal business activities was for the first time coined in 1970s, whose understanding varied widely depending on which activities were regarded as “informal” (Mazhambe, 2017).In Africa the informal sector accounts almost 60% of informal workers and street vendors have large share(Turok & McGranahan, 2013). The informality of street vending business is associated with being neglected by the governments and hence illegality, thus makes the measurements on the number of street vendors to be difficult, as they are not included in the municipality and cities plans(Skinner, 2008) For despite the number of street vendors measurements is difficult, the number of street vendors has been growing from year to year, for example the street vendors in Dakar, Senegal accounts 13% of urban population, Lomé, Togo accounts 24% of the population and Kenya they accounts 5.2 % of the non-agriculture workforce(Skinner, 2008; Turok and McGrahanan, 2013). In Dar es salaam they are estimated to account at about 1 million(Mramba, 2015) The fact that street vending continues to persist, with increasing numbers of young men and women getting involved, it deserves attention to study how it links with household characteristics
