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Original Research

BORROWER'S CHARACTERISTICS AND LOAN REPAYMENT PERFORMANCE AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

ABDIKARIN AHMED ABDI 1, ISMAIL AHMED MOHAMUD 2, and FATIMA MOHAMED HUSSEIN 3.

Vol 17, No 08 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7006962   |   Author Affiliation: Faculty of Management Science, Mogadishu Somalia, SIMAD University 1,2,3.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 1265-1273   |   To cite: ABDIKARIN AHMED ABDI, et al., (2022). BORROWER'S CHARACTERISTICS AND LOAN REPAYMENT PERFORMANCE AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. 17(08), 1265–1273. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7006962   |   Published on: 18-08-2022

Abstract

Loan repayment among small and medium enterprises in Mogadishu has remained a challenge as demonstrated by the low recovery rates recorded by the available financial institutions like commercial banks and microfinance institutions in Somalia. This situation has contributed towards a reduction on profitability margins reported by these financial institutions. This study was set out to establish the effect of borrower's characteristics on loan repayment performance among small and medium enterprises in Mogadishu, Somalia. The information asymmetry theory provided anchorage to the study. Mixed research design covering descriptive survey design and correlational design was adopted targeting 45 credit officers from financial institutions in Mogadishu Somalia and census was undertaken. Information was obtained from its primary form using questionnaire that had been determined for reliability and validity. The analysis of the findings was done through Statistical Package for Social Sciences utilizing means, standard deviations, correlation and regression analysis and tables supported the presentation of the results. It was observed that borrowers’ characteristics significantly explain 70.8% variation in loan repayment performance among small and medium firms in Mogadishu, Somalia (R2=0.708, p<0.05). The study concludes that borrowers’ characteristics are significant predictors of loan repayment performance among small and medium firms in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study recommends that credit officers working among financial institutions should critically and analytically appraise the borrower’s characteristics like gender, age and level of income to qualify for loans. The borrowers among the financial institutions in Somalia should adhere to the principal of utmost good faith without concealing any specific characteristic that they have knowledge of.

Keywords

borrower's characteristics, loan repayment performance, small and medium enterprises