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    Access to Micro Credit, Business Training Packages to Support Business and Business Growth.
    (2023) Nachiyo, Lucy
    Business growth and donor funding currently falls short in supporting the rural entrepreneurship groups. This study sought to investigate the relationship between Access to Micro Credit, Training and Business Growth among Emyooga groups’ association in Kaabong District with the objectives of investigating the relationship between access to micro credit and business growth, investigating the relationship between training packages and business growth and finding out the predicting power of access to micro credit and training packages onto business growth of Emyooga groups’ association in Kaabong District. The study specifically employed a cross sectional research design with a quantitative approach in particular. Primary data was collected from 201 from the thirteen sub counties and one town council using both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were employed. Simple random technique was used to select the Emyooga groups’ association in each Sub County and town council and Purposive sampling technique was used to select the three respondents from each Emyooga’s group that included the; chairperson, treasure and the general secretary. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics software version 25 for both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of this study indicated that access to micro credit and training packages have a significant positive association with Business growth. Multiple regression results also indicate a significant influence of micro credit and training packages on business growth. The study recommends government of Uganda to work tiresomely to ensure that Emyooga groups’ association in Kaabong District are trained and equipped with relevant skills regarding the businesses they come up with and the specific trainings need to be customized since different groups may have different kind of business dealt in. The study also recommends that Access to Micro Savings, Micro Loans and Micro Grants should be made possible so that the groups can be in position to operate their respective businesses normally and on a continuous basis. This study has a valuable implication to enable Emyooga groups to utilize the provision of micro credit and trainings packages.