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Survey: SMEs hardest hit by piling debt

By Brian Ngugi | 2yrs ago

Small enterprises accounted for 60 per cent of the beneficiaries followed by micro-enterprises (25 per cent). and medium enterprises (15 per cent). [iStockphoto]

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