CEDA funds 4, 500 projects under new guidelines :: Mmegi Online

As many young people have taken advantage of opportunities presented by the new Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) Lending Guidelines, Chief Executive Officer Thabo Thamane says more still need to be done Mmegi Staff Writers OARABILE MOSIKARE & PAULINE DIKUELO recently caught up with the CEO to discuss the funding of businesses in Botswana under the new guidelines. At least 4, 500 business projects have been funded since the revised CEDA Lending Guidelines and Requirements launched in July 2020.

Mmegi: CEDA recently launched its revised guidelines and is also administering part of the Industry Support Facility for small businesses. To what extent do you reckon these measures will sustain existing businesses and create new diversified sectors of the economy?

Thamane: We launched the revised guidelines some time last year in winter and after that, we had the institution administer the ISF (Industry Support Facility). Let me start with the guidelines.

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