It is clear that in much of Africa’s mining industry, attention tends to focus on large operators, major projects and headline investment figures, often at the expense of SMEs. Less…
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By the end of 2025, most African SMEs and startups had stopped treating the year as a temporary rough patch. Truth be told, the pressure did not ease. Costs continued…
For much of the past decade, the dominant startup narrative in Africa mirrored Silicon Valley logic: raise fast, grow fast, scale fast. Expansion into multiple markets, aggressive customer acquisition and…
As 2025 winds down, a familiar pattern keeps showing up. SMEs keep trading, finding demand and holding things together, while their financing continues to work against them a reality finance…
10 Sensible Ways to Manage Cash Flow for SMEs Without Compromising Stock Levels or Sales Effective cash flow management is the lifeblood of any small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). Positive…
The African startup and SMEs story is usually told through its problems. Funding gaps. Power cuts. Policy swings. Currency pressure. None of that is exaggerated. But it is incomplete. Away…
Business credibility for startups and SMEs has ceased to begin with a handshake, a brochure, or a referral. It now takes shape in search results. Before a meeting is booked…
South Africa continues to battle unequal access to assistive digital solutions for learners and citizens living with disabilities. When asked about the real gap in accessibility, Tieho Tsiane, founder of…
In this episode of “No Free Lunch,” host Greg Stewart interviewed Ethan Hunter, CEO and co-founder of Immobazyme a start-up biotech company in South Africa’s Western Cape Region. The discussion…
Cape Town, South Africa — December 1st, 2025 — Immobazyme, the stand-out Bio-tech company in South Africa who have been building scalable, cost-effective biologics, has secured an additional R25 million in…
