SME South Africa

Being able to say that your job is to make candy sounds crazy. But for the Dockrat brothers, it’s their business, and their journey into confectionery is just as wild. Suleiman, Muhammed and Aboobakr never imagined that they would find themselves as the owners of Yimmy’s Custom Cand...

The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with EdTech accelerator Injini, have announced the ten EdTech companies joining the 2026 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The selected ventur...

Throughout the past few years, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa have faced an ever-changing and challenging economic landscape characterised by growing financial pressures. Record-high inflation, steadily rising interest rates and an upswing in the cost of living have consumed the disposable income of their customer base.

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When it comes to fundraising, most people hear the term ‘funding’ and believe that’s the only option they have. And because the alternative small business lenders are also using the term, many people don’t consider financing as a viable option to accessing capital.

What is Financing?

Good ideas aren’t ‘good’ because someone said they are. What makes them good is the immense benefit they provide to a large group of people. In the case of Kasi Konnect, it serves the large, often overlooked, sector of the economy that is expected to function within the formal ...