Abstract
Technological advancement, the adoption of digital marketing and incorporation of digital platforms and websites have
fundamentally changed the entrepreneurial landscape in Africa especially from a gender based perspective. Reduced data
bundle rates, growth and spread of Internet use in Kenya has contributed to the development and incorporation of technology
and digital tools by most women entrepreneurs in their business. During the last decade women based entrepreneurial
ventures on the African continent has had to adapt and develop with the digital and modern technologies. This paper is a case
study based on three business ventures, namely an informal small scale venture and two formal woman entrepreneurial
ventures. The purpose of the paper was to establish the experiences of these women entrepreneurs with regards to their use of
technology and digital marketing platforms, in order to ascertain their impact on the growth and development of their ventures.
Incorporating technology tools in business has supported the survival and expansion of most Kenyan women entrepreneurs,
through the creation of competitive advantages that allows and encourages prosperity within a global economic setting. This
enables technology and digital marketing platforms to be categorised as an important strategic component and tool in modern
commercial ventures. Women entrepreneurs on the African continent seem to have adapted to these new developments. This
paper also reports specifically on the findings of an online survey conducted in Kenya in 2013, which investigated the
experiences of women entrepreneurs in adapting and incorporating online social network platforms and digital tools in both the
formal and informal sectors. This paper further explains the role digital technology tools such as ICTs, Online Marketing, and EMarketing
including the Social media platforms, play to enhance Kenyan women entrepreneurial ventures.