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The SME Funding Summit 2026 opened with an uncomfortable truth: the money exists, the funders exist, and most small businesses still walk away empty-handed. This is why AND what to do about it. (Part 1 of the Innovation Bridge Portal’s series covering the Summit.) Let’s start with the number that

In Part 1, we learned that funders can’t back a business they can’t see. In Part 2, the Land Bank’s Litha Kutta showed exactly what they read once they can. The session was about agriculture — the lesson belongs to every founder. (Part 2 of the Innovation Bridge Portal’s series covering the SME

South Africa has taken another step towards strengthening youth entrepreneurship with the launch of the Peo Pele Youth Fund, a new government initiative aimed at improving access to finance and integrated business support for youth-owned enterprises. Launched by the Minister of Small Business