Financial discipline key to SME survival, says Bank Gaborone

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Bank Gaborone’s Airport Junction Branch Manager, Mpho Phirinyane, has emphasised that financial discipline and early engagement with banks are critical factors that determine whether small and medium enterprises (SME) succeed or fail.

Speaking during the bank’s Kgwebo Connect series featuring both Phirinyane and Lesang Busang founder of Ko Isong, Phirinyane outlined practical steps entrepreneurs must take to build sustainable businesses, cautioning that passion alone is not enough to drive long-term growth.

“At the core of every business there is passion, but passion alone does not carry the business,” she said.

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