Impact of Funding Access and Regulatory Burdens on Social Value Creation by Social Entrepreneurs in Kano

Social entrepreneurship serves as a crucial tool to address socio-economic issues, although financial barriers and regulatory limitations regularly limit its effectiveness. The limited funding access, combined with strict regulatory processes in Kano, prevents social entrepreneurs from developing lasting social value initiatives. A study reviews how funding accessibility together with oversight barriers influence social value development by Kano-based social entrepreneurs by illustrating major difficulties and viable remedies. The research adopts a conceptual framework as it utilizes secondary data from peer-reviewed journals and reports and books, and historical documentation from relevant sources. The combination of problematic loan requirements and inadequate government spending, and insufficient alternative funding sources restricts the expansion of social enterprises. The excessive regulatory framework provides significant hurdles because of high taxation demands, together with complex licensing systems and bureaucratic inefficiencies. The obstacles such entrepreneurs face do not hinder their ability to create employment opportunities and reduce poverty while improving communities. The research findings suggest that financial inclusion improvements, along with regulatory changes and better policy execution and staff training, as well as collaborative public-private initiatives, will boost social enterprise development. Social entrepreneurship demands an immediate supportive ecosystem, which must be developed according to urgent priority. The study has limitations because it relies on conceptual foundations that demand primary research to achieve verification.