SMEs Fair for growth launched - It comes on in March
A SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Fair aimed at breaking down the barriers that inhibit growth of the enterprises has been launched in Accra. The two-day event is scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre on March 16 and 17, 2016 and seeks to make known to SME entrepreneurs various government and private sector initiatives, institutions, funding and financial solutions that they could tap into. Branded the SME Financing Fair and Exhibition, the event is also expected to serve as a platform for the meeting of SME owners and the financial community to deliberate on issues of finance for the sector. At the launch, the Minister of State in charge of Private Sector Development, Mr Rashid Pelpuo, said the country could only succeed in its economic transformation agenda and job creation if SMEs succeeded. According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) statistics, SMEs comprised more than 160,000 registered limited liability companies and more than 3