MarketCHAIN: Engineering Trust in African SME Financing
Across sub-Saharan Africa, about 90% of businesses are SMEs, providing roughly 80% of jobs [World Bank, 2023]. Despite this central role, they face a $331 billion annual financing shortfall in the region [IFC, 2023]. Globally, the SME finance gap exceeds $5.7 trillion [IFC, 2023]. This is not just a funding issue—it is a trust crisis. […]