Shared Interest hosted a symposium seeking to explore opportunities to enhance local capital markets through partial credit guarantees in Southern Africa. The symposium highlighted the challenges faced by Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises in the region. In South Africa, 60% of the workforce is SMMEs contributing 34% to the gross domestic product. However, 85% operate informally and a good majority, lack access to financial services.
Dorcas Onyango, who is the Global Director of Programs at Shared Interest joins us for more on this
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