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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">ejebs</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Eurasian Journal of Economic and Business Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Название журнала на русском</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2789-8253</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2789-8261</issn><publisher><publisher-name>University of International Business named after K. Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v1i67.221</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-111</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Financial Inclusion and Women-Led Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Performance during Covid-19 in Chipadze, Bindura Town</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chozarira</surname><given-names>Tatenda Lisa</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Associate, Email: tatendachozarira@gmail.com</p><p> </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">tatendachozarira@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8555-1914</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sakarombe</surname><given-names>Upenyu</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, Email: usakarombe@zegu.ac.zw</p><p> </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">usakarombe@zegu.ac.zw</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chagwedera</surname><given-names>Edson</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Email: echagwedera@zegu.ac.zw</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, Bindura<country>Zimbabwe</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>67</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>97</fpage><lpage>108</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Chozarira T., Sakarombe U., Chagwedera E., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Chozarira T., Sakarombe U., Chagwedera E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chozarira T., Sakarombe U., Chagwedera E.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/111">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/111</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Financial Inclusion</kwd><kwd>Women-Led</kwd><kwd>Entrepreneurship</kwd><kwd>Business Performance</kwd><kwd>Covid-19</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ajide, F. 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