{
  "id": 17268826,
  "title": "Why SMEs are losing customers by failing to build the right business networks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/why-smes-are-losing-customers-by-failing-to-build-the-right-business",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:20:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/insights/why-smes-are-losing-customers-by-failing-to-build-the-right-business-networks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), finding customers is becoming as difficult as delivering the products and services they sell. Even businesses with competitive products and qualified professionals are struggling to convert their capabilities into sustainable revenue, exposing a less obvious obstacle to growth: limited access to the right business networks. In an increasingly […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}