
The SME Podcast is a curated collection of interviews with industry experts and entrepreneurs. The trusted advice to help start, manage and grow your business is now available in audio.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 3 months ago |
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| Category | Business | ||||

South African SMEs have one common concern: attracting funding. Yet, the biggest problem they face isn’t that capital isn’t available; it’s being a business that funders want to fund. What businesses need is to be visible.
This episode looks at what... more
This episode focuses on the critical shift South African SMEs must make to attract investment, moving from the misconception that capital is scarce to understanding that the real challenge is becoming "investment-ready." To bridge this gap, entrepren... more
Funding is not the hardest part of running a business.
Controversial, yes. But Thabang Hleza makes a great point. Where businesses get stuck with access to funding, it’s because of the multitude of other business issues they haven’t figured out yet... more
This week’s episode featured Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Founder of Avatar Agency group. During the podcast we took a deep dive into his compelling origin story. What makes Zibusiso’s story so compelling is not just that he started Africa’s biggest black-own... more
This episode dives into growth readiness and accessing funding. We take a closer look at the vital role that funding intermediaries play in closing the funding gap, as they help businesses become funding-ready and improve their chances for approval. ... more
In this episode, we will talk to Mapule Pathela about why being a high-growth business is no longer optional but a survival strategy. She unpacks what entrepreneurs miss when they fail to see that growth-mindedness leads to long-term survival and res... more
In this episode of the SME South Africa Podcast, Omega speaks to Ruan Fourie, CEO of AAA Consortium, about purchase order funding and what makes an SME fundable after winning a tender. Ruan unpacks why winning a purchase order is only the beginning, ... more
This episode of the SME South Africa Podcast dives into mezzanine debt, flexible finance, and what makes established growth-stage businesses fundable. The conversation unpacks why many medium-sized businesses fall into the missing middle: too mature ... more
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