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Worldwide, the number of female small-scale entrepreneurs continues to increase steadily, and these women areactive at all levels; domestically, regionally and globally. It has been argued that increasing the number of womenentrepreneurs involved in starting new businesses is critical for a country's long-term economic growth. Inaddition to their economic and income-generating activities, women assume multi-faceted roles in society, i.e. asbreadwinner of families, unpaid family workers, service providers in the communities and mothers/care-takers ofthe family. In spite of their important contributions to socio-economic development; women suffer from variousconstraints, which inhibit them from fully realizing their potential for development. This study considered thechallenge plaguing female entrepreneur in Cameroon. Accordingly, women have limited access to certainresources such as access to credit, land ownership and inheritance, access to education extension services,entrepreneurship skills, access to markets and their minimal participation in decision making process. TheCameroonian culture, still regards the role of women as being supportive and submissive. But currently, there is agrowing recognition that economic development can be meaningfully and significantly promoted if more womenare encouraged to become entrepreneurs. This paper therefore concluded that, there is need for the Camerooniannation to adopt such specific support services in order to enhance the levels of women entrepreneurship in thecountry.