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Women entrepreneurship has been growing and contributing significantly to economic activities, and it may also reduce unemployment, especially in developing countries. In Indonesia and Zimbabwe, entrepreneurship has become a very popular option among women. The high rate of entrepreneurship as a career choice among females is attributed to factors that are specific to females in these two countries, which may also possibly relate to other countries. The purpose of this paper is to understand the variables and their interrelationships that lead to sector crowding in entrepreneurship among females in Harare, Zimbabwe and Bandung, Indonesia. A phenomenological and comparative qualitative approach to research was adopted for this study to help the researcher gain deeper understanding of experiences of Bandung and Harare female entrepreneurs with respect to their to issues that influence their choice of sector to venture their business into in total early stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA). With a purposive sampling technique, 3 women from Bandung and 3 women from Harare active women entrepreneurs will sampled for the study. A multiple case study strategy, in-depth face-to-face interviews, and participant observation will be used to solicit responses from participants included in the study. The study focused solely on sector choices of women entrepreneurs and the barriers to enter male dominated sectors in Harare and Bandung. More so, the sample is quite small which may not represent the experiences of the whole population. Originality/value – As a first of its kind as a comparative study in the Harare and Bandung context, little is known in extant literature until now with regard to sector preferences in women entrepreneurship in both these cities. This study therefore seeks to bridge this gap.