Nairobi, March 9 -- An article published by the International Network for SMEs highlighted the importance of women to entrepreneurs. It stated that women form a very big and special market for various goods and services.

Demand for some services and products, for example in the fashion and beauty industry, is driven by female consumers.

The article went on to state the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs. The writer's opinion is that the challenges were unique and chose to classify them separately.

However, when I went through the list I felt that the challenges were not peculiar to women but applied to both men and women entrepreneurs.

Some included a lack of experience, role models, capital, time, and relevant networks. These ch...