Well-functioning business sectors are crucial driving forces for economic growth. In developing countries, entrepreneurship can function as a tool to fight poverty as well as to strengthen the role of women and promote gender equality. This study used the sample size of 132 women entrepreneurs from the three districts in Dar es Salaam city; Simple random sampling was used in sampling the women entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam city in Tanzania. A Pearson's correlation was employed in this study. SPSSv16.0 software was used to generate thePearson's correlation coefficient. The findingshowever reflected as, there is a correlation between threats and weakness is at Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) equals .421**correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) and p < .000, opportunities and weakness Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) equals .388**, correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) and p < .000 , strengths and opportunities Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) equals .245**, correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), p < 0.05 on the other hand there was weak correlation between strengths and weakness, Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) equals .089, p < .309 which indicates that the coefficient is significantly where the (r) is lower than the P value. Strengths and threats Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) equals .038, indicating that there is a weak relationship in terms of correlation. p< .667 . We can conclude that there is a correlation between weakness and threats, opportunities and weakness, strengths and opportunities. There is a weak correlation between opportunities and threats, strengths and threats.Recommendations that the government and Non-governmental organizations should open training programmes for women entrepreneurs based on their needs. Finance be made available to enable them to access business development and other services.

ICT plays a critical role in the growth and development of SMEs. Tanzania is a developing country where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are perceived as the engine of growth, yet they have not attained the expected level. The adoption of ICT enables the SMEs to be more competitive. ICT plays a very important role in the current knowledge economy. The ICT sector presents a tremendous opportunity for economic growth. If ICT is adopted, it will significantly improve the performance and productivity of SMEs. The problem facing most of the SMEs is partial or non-adoption of technology. They have to adopt ICT in order to remain competitive and be competitive. The study investigates how the adoption of ICT could contribute to the success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), examines impact of information and communication technologies in small and medium enterprises growth and development. Technology acceptance model was adopted by the researcher. The case study and cross-sectional survey research design was used to generate data. This is because with such a design it is easy to collect data in a short period of time from many respondents. The researcher used questionnaires to gather data from SMEs institutions covering Ilala district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The researcher used the sample size of 82 respondents. Simple random sampling was used in sampling SMEs in Ilala district. The data collected from the survey was analyzed using simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, and regression analysis. The results show that T1 and T3 Pearson's correlation coefficient(r) equals .231*, indicating a strong relationship in terms of correlation. p< .037 and indicates that the coefficient is significantly different from 0. We can conclude that there is correlation between T1 and T3. In particular, it seems that the more the use of computer network it stimulates the growth and development of the SMEs (r = .231, p <.037). Also T1 and T2 Pearson's correlation coefficient(r) equals .196*, indicating a strong relationship in terms of correlation. p< .077 and indicates that the coefficient is significantly different from 0 (r = .196, p <.077). ICT has great potential in the growth and development of SMEs which is still untapped in Ilala district. The adaption of ICT in SMEs business has helped to transform business to another level, sharpen market intelligence, improve efficiency, reduce supply chain from B2C, B2B, and increase customer satisfaction.

ICTs have played a critical role within the development of business particularly small and medium enterprises. During a modern digital era, technology is most vital pillar within the provision of data and knowledge for the growth of development, sustainability, productivity and competitiveness of small and medium enterprises. The primary goal of this study was to research on the role of ICT4D in the growth and development of SMEs: a solution to digital divide. The paper used secondary data. It was noted that small and medium enterprises take part in a significant role in Kenya’s economy. Enterprises in Kenya, more especially SMEs, have enjoyed the benefits and the potential of adoption and utilization of ICT within their operations. ICT has the potential of remodeling the business and improve.

Social media allow people to communicate with others and this has increased online communication. There are numerous risks of attack on the use of internet and cyber criminals across the digital world. Cyber-crimes is the latest and the most sophisticated problem in the digital world. Cybercrime varies from computer fraud, unauthorized hacking, forgery, infringements of privacy, online gambling, propagation of harmful content, phishing, computer viruses, falsification of prostitution, theft, espionage, copyright infringement , financial crimes, sale of illegal articles, pornography, intellectual property crime, e-mail spoofing, cyber defamation and cyber stalking. The study was guided by the following objectives, to establish various forms of cybercrimes performed on social media, to examine the effects of cyber-crimes on the security of social media, to study the impact of cyber-crimes on social media security. The research population was used from the selected higher learning institutions and a sample size of 132 was used. Simple random sampling was used in sampling the respondents. A descriptive statistics analysis was done, comprising the generation of mean and standard deviation. SPSSv16.0 software was used to generate the mean and standard deviation. The findings show that many students share too much information through emails and social media which may pose threats to them. Most organization they have implemented multilayered security mechanisms information security may leak on the social sites. Cyber-bullying has spread widely especially are prone to the practice of cyber-bullying. Security attacks such as hacking, spoofing spamming cyber stalking Trojan, worms, viruses and exposure scams are common through social media, hence the ICT policy and government policy have address such issues. Higher learning institutions need to invest more resources in training students, awareness, research and development, IT security and social media crimes.