Credit management and financial performance of small sized enterprises (SSEs) in Juba, South Sudan: a case of rural finance initiative in Juba.

Wongeji, Moses Dagama

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dc.contributor.author	Wongeji, Moses Dagama
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T11:41:59Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T11:41:59Z
dc.date.issued	2023-03-29
dc.identifier.citation	Wongeji, M. D. (2023) Credit management and financial performance of small sized enterprises (SSEs) in Juba, South Sudan: a case of rural finance initiative in Juba, Nkumba University.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1088
dc.description	A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Business Administration and Information Technology in Partial Fulfillment of the Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration of Nkumba University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The study examined the effect of credit management on financial performance of Small Sized Enterprises (SSEs) in Juba, South Sudan. A Case of Rural Finance Initiative (RUFI). The study was guided by the following objectives; examine the effect of credit appraisal on financial performance of SSEs in Juba, to assess the effect of credit risk control on financial performance of SSEs in Juba, to establish the effect of loan collection policy on financial performance of SSEs in Juba. The hypothesis of the study was: There is no statistically significant effect of credit management on financial performance of SSEs in Juba. A sample size of 159 was determined from a population of 265 using Slovene Method. Purposive and Convenience sampling techniques were used to select the respondents from the MCI and the SSEs. The respondents were issued with self-administered questionnaires which had closed ended questions and face to face interviews were conducted among administrative staff of RUFI. The correlation results indicated a significant positive effect of credit appraisal on financial performance (r = 0.763 with probability value (p = 0.000). Credit risk control on financial performance of SSEs (r = 0.668 with probability value (p = 0.002). Loan collection policy on financial performance of SSEs (r = .583 with probability value (p = 0.003) and 68% of financial performance of SSEs in Juba was explained by credit management through credit appraisal, credit risk control and loan collection policy. Therefore, improving credit management through credit appraisal, credit risk control and loan collection policy guarantees financial performance of SSEs as it was revealed that both credit appraisal, credit risk control and loan collection policy predict variances in financial performance of SSEs. The study, concludes that improving credit management through credit appraisal, credit risk control and loan collection policy guarantees financial performance of SSEs as it was revealed that both credit appraisal, credit risk control and loan collection policy predict variances in financial performance of SSEs. It was recommended that there is need for MFIs to enhance their client appraisal techniques so as to improve their financial performance, there should be prior customer evaluation before loans are granted, and a continuous process of assessment before and during the course of loan repayment, there is also need for MFIs to enhance their credit risk control this will help in decreasing default levels as well as their non-performing loans and that MFIs should enhance their collection policy by adapting a more stringent policy to a lenient policy for effective debt recovery, this will improve the credit management and overall financial performance of the MFI.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba University	en_US
dc.subject	Credit management	en_US
dc.subject	Financial performance	en_US
dc.subject	Small sized enterprises	en_US
dc.subject	South Sudan	en_US
dc.subject	Juba	en_US
dc.subject	Rural finance initiative	en_US
dc.title	Credit management and financial performance of small sized enterprises (SSEs) in Juba, South Sudan: a case of rural finance initiative in Juba.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US