This paper seeks to determine the challenges and prospects of women entrepreneurs in the development of small-scale enterprises in Sokoto metropolis. The research sample consists of sixty female entreprenuers that were selected using stratified random sampling method. The major source of primary data for the study is structured interview schedule, prepared and conducted on three groups of women in Sokoto metropolis. Descriptive statistical techniques were employed in the data analyses. The findings show that women are involved in small scale enterprises but are facing a lot of challenges like lack of basic education, access to affordable credit and an enabling enviornment that can allow them participate fully in productive ventures on equal footing with their male counterparts This paper recommends that if the aformentioned challenges are judicously addressed, women have great potentials to contribute to the development of small-scale enterprises in particular and the economy in general.