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 article goes on to unpack the challenges and opportunities faced by tourism SMMEs, including listing various programmes offered, reporting that: "City Lodge Hotels (CLH), in collaboration with Sigma International and the SATSA Tourism Business Incubator provid[e] business development support."

Read the full article in The Sneak Peak here.