{
  "id": 7369861,
  "title": "Africa: Chasing growth while starving SMEs is a paradox",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/africa-chasing-growth-while-starving-smes-is-a-paradox",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-14T18:02:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/brands-advertising/article/africa-chasing-growth-while-starving-smes-is-a-paradox/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "African countries’ development dream faces one big obstacle today. Apart from a lack of infrastructure, it is underfunded SMEs. Across read more Africa: Chasing growth while starving SMEs is a paradox",
  "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."
}