Resolving SMME challenges go beyond supportive policy, TIPS Forum finds

The yearly Trade & Industry Policy Strategies (TIPS) Forum featured a discussion on the most prominent barriers to entry for small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) as small business growth is needed for economic growth and job creation in the country.

As a first point of issue, TIPS executive director Saul Levin said the value chain of most sectors have concentration upstream, which means the pricing of inputs is unusually high.