Africa’s economic stability is being undermined by the failure of global financial flows to provide crucial services for the continent’s SME sector.

In a joint report, the Shell Foundation and Forum for the Future stress the value of the small and medium sized enterprise sector for economic stability. It provides jobs and income for half the population in developing countries and contributes to around two thirds of national income, as well as strengthening communities and reducing poverty.

Sustainable investment in Africa: pipedream or possibility? draws on the experience of financial organisations which are providing viable services in Africa and argues that although the global commercial finance sector has been slow to provide the SME sector with the necessary access to capital, the time is now ripe to act.

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