{
  "id": 3287321,
  "title": "The One Thing the SADC Summit Should Have Put at the Top of the Agenda Was Small Business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-one-thing-the-sadc-summit-should-have-put-at-the-top-of-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:16:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-08-25-the-one-thing-the-sadc-summit-should-have-put-at-the-top-of-the-agenda-was-small-business/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While high-level summits focus on grand declarations, Southern Africa’s industrial future depends on small and medium enterprises. Unlocking regional value chains and empowering SMEs to trade across borders is the real key to economic resilience.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}