{"id":988320,"date":"2025-09-06T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/?p=988320"},"modified":"2026-10-23T02:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:23:47","slug":"aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/","title":{"rendered":"AAASME, SEC &#038; AICCI Unveil Continental SME Fund: Ubuntu-Susu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"988320\" class=\"elementor elementor-988320\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bfb7ae8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bfb7ae8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc542e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc542e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-438e3069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"438e3069\" 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 style=\"text-align: left;\">In a landmark move to strengthen financing for African SMEs, the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Africa International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AICCI) jointly unveiled the <strong data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"432\">Fonds des PME de Continental<\/strong>, named <strong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"455\">Ubuntu-Susu<\/strong>, during the 4th Africa SME Roundtable held alongside the Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja. The initiative blends African cultural values with modern financial systems to provide a sustainable, inclusive model of SME financing across the continent.<\/p><h2>Key Highlights<\/h2><ul><li><h3><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li><strong>AAASME<\/strong>: Dr. Ebiekrue Jasper Eradiri (President)<\/li><li><strong>SEC<\/strong>: Dr. Emomotimi Agama (Director General)<\/li><li><strong>AICCI<\/strong>: Ambassador Wallace Williams (Global Board Chairman) (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><h3><strong>Vision &amp; Purpose<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Mirroring the spirit of <strong>AfCFTA\u2019s $3.6 trillion market<\/strong>, Ubuntu-Susu aims to help SMEs shift from making \u201cmillions\u201d to thinking in \u201cbillions.\u201d (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><li>Seeks to <strong>drive continental investments<\/strong> into SMEs and facilitate exponential growth. (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><h3><strong>Fund Concept<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Emulates traditional <strong>\u201casusu\u201d<\/strong> (informal communal savings) with a modern, inclusive twist.<\/li><li>Combines <strong>\u201cUbuntu\u201d<\/strong> (African philosophy of togetherness) with <strong>\u201cSusu\u201d<\/strong> (community savings model) to create a culturally-rooted, collective financing instrument. (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><figure id=\"attachment_988322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988322\" style=\"width: 854px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-988322\" src=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"AAASME, SEC &amp; AICCI Unveil Continental SME Fund: Ubuntu-Susu\" width=\"854\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Africa-SME-Roundtable-2025-122-of-171-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-988322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AAASME, SEC &amp; AICCI Unveil Continental SME Fund: Ubuntu-Susu<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li><h3><strong>Strategy &amp; Timing<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Hosted under the SEC to leverage regulatory credibility.<\/li><li>Formal launch scheduled for <strong>November 2025<\/strong> during the Africa Celebrates Programme under the AU and UNECA. (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><h3><strong>Broader Context &amp; Significance<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Responds to the need for an <strong>Afrocentric financing model<\/strong> tailored to informal SMEs that are underserved by traditional, Western-based systems. (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><li>Highlights AAASME\u2019s evolving role as a <strong>private-sector SME advocate<\/strong> and financial innovator. (<a title=\"AAASME, SEC, AICCI unveil Continental SME Fund 'Ubuntu-Susu' - Vanguard News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Read the full report and interview on<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/07\/aaasme-sec-aicci-unveil-continental-sme-fund-ubuntu-susu\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1792\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAASME, SEC, and the AICCI jointly unveiled the Continental SME Fund, named Ubuntu-Susu, during the 4th Africa SME Roundtable held alongside the Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":988321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,78,77],"tags":[94,89],"class_list":["post-988320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-continental-sme-fund","category-initiative","tag-initiatives","tag-ubuntususu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988320","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=988320"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988372,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988320\/revisions\/988372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/988321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}