FOR a country in which the informal sector has become the primary source of livelihoods for millions, the government’s recent push to develop dedicated SME workspaces, industrial centres and funding mechanisms is both welcome and overdue. Zimbabwe’s long-marginalised small and medium enterprises sector is finally beginning to receive the kind of infrastructural attention that matches…
More must be done for SMEs
SMEs account for up to 60 percent of Zimbabwe’s gross domestic product and employ nearly 80 percent of the working population, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.
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