Cheaper Capital and Smarter Structures Can Reduce SME Funding Costs

SME South AfricaLungile Msomi · 29 September 2026 at 13:26

South Africa’s retirement and pension fund industry holds aggregate assets exceeding R5,84 trillion, yet the country’s small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing gap is put…
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