The study was conducted at the Madimbo corridor and upper Mutale valley smallholder irrigation schemes. The purpose of the study was to characterize smallholder agricultural women and youth entrepreneurs (SHAW-YE). A semi-structured household questionnaire together with facilitation was used to survey a sample, purposively focusing on Smallholder Agriculture Women and Youth Enterprises (SHAW-YE). The sample was comprised of 294 respondents with sub-samples of respondents selected through gender category, age category, and gender by age category. The study revealed that the SHAW-YE are characterized by small land areas under cultivation. There were some associations between age, education, and income of SHAW-YE with their capacity to produce tomatoes. Participation of women was 48.4% compared to 20% of men in the winter production of tomatoes. Production participation by SHAW-YE farmers for summer revealed that women were participating at 9.7% compared with 13.3% for men. The participation of SHAW-YE around the ages of 36-59-year was at 52.9% while that for ages >60-year was at 51.5%. The main source of variation may be the level of experience that the said age group of SHAW-YE may have in the production of tomatoes compared to 29.6% of 18–35-year participants. About 61.7% of SHAW-YE were at the level of Adult Basic Education & Training (ABET). About 45.8% of the SHAW-YE earned less than R5000.00 compared with 50.7% earning more than R5000.00. Market channels and access should be promoted for SHAW-YE to enable the throughput of tomatoes to not only informal but also fresh produce and retail markets.