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The African Missing Middle: why 90% of SMEs remain invisible to investors.

385 billion USD. That's the SME financing gap in Sub-Saharan Africa according to the IFC. But this figure masks a more structural reality: a market where the supply and demand for capital fail to meet, for lack of rigorous connection infrastructure.

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