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MSME access to credit and sources of support

| Mar 30, 2026 | South Africa

South Africa’s SMME sector is widely recognised as a powerful engine for inclusive growth, job creation, and entrepreneurship. Yet, for many small, micro, and medium enterprises (SMMEs), growth is constrained by a persistent structural challenge: access to finance. This is part of a much larger global trend.   The Alliance for Financial Inclusion estimates that the global financing gap for formal SMMEs stands at $5.7 trillion. In Africa, the gap is approximately $331 billion, while South Africa’s shortfall is estimated at between R350...
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Preparations for Africa’s Travel Indaba 2026 Underway as Key Milestones Take Shape

| Mar 30, 2026 | Event News

Preparations for Africa’s Travel Indaba 2026, scheduled from May 11 to 14 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, are progressing strongly following the appointment of Synergy Business Events as the official Exhibition Management Company. This is a key milestone in creating a focused, high-value platform for trade engagement across the continent. While planning for the 2026 event may have started later than usual, significant groundwork has already been laid behind the scenes to revitalize the platform.   Africa’s Largest Hosted Buyer Programme Africa’s...
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Hostex 2026 records 16.5% growth in visitor numbers and 60% increase in exhibitors

| Mar 30, 2026 | Event News

Hostex 2026 marked its 40th anniversary by opening doors to innovation, collaboration and business growth across the hospitality sector, welcoming 7 935 visitors to the Sandton Convention Centre — a 16.5% increase from 2024. Exhibitor participation rose by just over 60%, enabling the show to return to two floors of exhibition space and restoring it to pre-COVID scale, clearly signaling renewed confidence across the industry. Visitors engaged with a diverse mix of global brands, local suppliers and emerging businesses. An International...
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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

| Mar 30, 2026 | Checklist, Resources & Tools

5 Ways to Turn Your Kitchen into a Zero-Waste Zone In most homes, the kitchen is where good intentions quietly go to waste. A bag of spinach forgotten at the back of the fridge. Leftovers that never get eaten. Vegetable peels and scraps that go straight into the bin without a second thought. It adds up quickly. With food prices rising and increased pressure on resources like water and energy, reducing what we throw away is becoming as much of a practical priority as an environmental one. At Brahman Hills in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands,...
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