“THE authorities are not addressing the elephant in the room. All they need to do is get banks to lend more to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs),” an investment banker told this writer back in June.
That was soon after the Securities Commission (SC) launched a five-year roadmap to bridge the funding gap for MSMEs which lack opportunities to raise funds, be it through loans or equity financing.
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