ABSTRACT
Immigrant entrepreneurs in Nigeria are primarily motivated to start a business as a means of poverty alleviation. Female immigrant entrepreneurs (FIE) are amongst the most challenged of groups, facing a greater degree of problems than their male counterparts in trying to start a business. Access to resources, including finance, labor, and markets, may be more difficult for FIEs than their male counterparts in this West Africa nation. Women appear to equally contribute to the country's growth potential and positively impact its enterprise development, productivity, and competitiveness. Trying to build the profile of FIEs as business owners in Nigeria, the survey was distributed to 40 female and 41 male immigrant entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Taking into consideration census data, where Nigeria has one of the lowest percentages of enterprises owned by women, analysis of the survey was unable to conclude if this was also true for FIEs.
