{"id":544,"date":"2023-06-21T12:34:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beratung.vamtam.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2026-10-23T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:24:12","slug":"africa-sme-roundtable-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/africa-sme-roundtable-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa SME Roundtable 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"544\" class=\"elementor elementor-544\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-525cba04 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"525cba04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4958ca70\" data-id=\"4958ca70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa8b9a9 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1fa8b9a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-brand-symbol\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Full Narrative<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbcfde3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fbcfde3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SMEs are the engine room for the growth of economies worldwide. One major challenge faced by the larger number of SMEs is their informality which has also<br \/>become the strongest reason for most financial institutions denying them financial support because they are considered as too risky to extend formal lending and financial support.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c49f26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c49f26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-988392\" alt=\"SME Roundtable 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c687fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c687fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE AFRICAN SME FINANCE CONCEPT OF AAASME<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc9ce4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc9ce4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Africans are a very peculiar and communal people, and the AAASME\u2019s finance concept is based primarily on engagement and research on the historical benefits of<br \/>communal living in African communities, especially with regards to interpersonal financial relationships within<\/p><p>The Afrocentric SME finance model\/template being developed by the AAASME is in the final stages before full implementation and largely takes into account the<br \/>advantages of the African communal living approach where the endorsement\/guarantees given by an African&#8230;..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d81937 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-mobile-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"50d81937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPanel on ESG\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSME opportunities in De-carbonizing Carbon Industry\/Sector and Carbon Credits; A local content recipe for Africa's ESG.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f47171 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-mobile-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"68f47171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSEZ Panel\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSMEs in SEZ as an approach to accelerate Integrated Markets in AfCFTA era.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d5e401 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-mobile-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"64d5e401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExport Panel\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExport, Logistics &amp; Supply as enablers for global value chain and critical keys for Industralization age in Africa.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44bcd5 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-mobile-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"c44bcd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiaspora Panel\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHarnessing the Diaspora to upscale Africa's SME landscape.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51cdeb1 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-mobile-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"51cdeb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWomen, Youth, Agriculture &amp; Beauty Industry\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe missing gap of a Nexus for exponential growth of Africa's economies.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c02cee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41c02cee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaasme.pixieset.com\/africasmeroundtable2024\/\">See all images&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f880f2c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"f880f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-544 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f880f2c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"SME Roundtable 2024\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTg4MzkyLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYWFhc21lLmFmcmljYVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDZcL0FBQVNNRVJvdW5kdGFibGUyMDI0MzNvZjM0Ni1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjg4MGYyYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/africa-sme-roundtable-2024\/olympus-digital-camera-28\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/AAASMERoundtable202433of346-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"SME Roundtable 2024\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-988392\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-988392'>\n\t\t\t\tSME Roundtable 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3rd edition of the Africa SME Roundtable towards AfCFTA goal.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,1,71,77],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcfta","category-articles","category-events","category-initiative","tag-initiatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988396,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/988396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}