By Pemphero Malimba The Ministry of Industrialisation, Business, Trade and Tourism has disbursed $4.5 million(approximately K7.8 billion) billion worth of matching and business plan competitive grants to about 120 medium and large companies and micro and small enterprises.
The grants are part of the Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP), which the World Bank funds.
The 120 consists of eight medium and large companies and 111 micro and small enterprises.
The benefitting medium and large companies were selected from a list of 284 applicants while the micro and other enterprises…
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By Pemphero Malimba The Ministry of Industrialisation, Business, Trade and Tourism has disbursed $4.5 million(approximately K7.8 billion) billion worth of matching and business plan competitive grants to about 120 medium and large companies and micro and small enterprises. The grants are part of the Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP), which the World Bank funds. The 120 consists of eight medium and large companies and 111 micro and small enterprises. The benefitting medium and large companies were selected from…
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