SMMEs call for greater venture capital funding

Their frustrations are further heightened by their failure to secure funding from local fund managers who are in charge of more than P100 billion in pension and other funds.

The challenges were revealed earlier this week at the BSE’s Tshipidi Forum, the inaugural consultative workshop around the local exchange’s mentorship initiative. The BSE’s Tshipidi initiative is a comprehensive and interactive programme where selected local enterprises that have hopes of listing on the Exchange, are handheld through the processes and changes they need to make to be ready for the listing.