About Us
A Few Words About Us
Bridging Digital Gaps, Empowering Businesses To Thrive In The Digital Landscape
Digital SME Africa is committed to empowering African Small and Medium Scale Businesses by empowering Free Access to Tools, Services and Trainings to scale and grow their business digitally.
Anchored on SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth, we look are on a mission to impact and develop the economic landscape in Africa by training a minimum number of 10 million small business owners across all African countries to grow for profitability by leveraging on digital technologies.
Our efforts and intervention is to support the actualization of the SDG 8, by empowering SMEs across Africa to leverage on digital technologies to grow and scale their businesses for maximum impact and profitability.
Our Goal
Our goal is to reach and empower 10 Million+ Businesses across Africa by 2030.
SMEs play a vital role in driving the socio-economic development and growth of the African continent.
SMEs in Africa make up more than 90% of all enterprises and are responsible for an estimated 80% of jobs across the continent.
Technology has been proven as one of the keys for growth and sustainability and should be adequately utilized for the groth of SMEs in Africa.
SMEs in Africa have the potential to contribute to export growth.
Many SMEs in Africa operate in the informal sector and can be properly transitioned into the formal sector to enhance their access to growth opportunities.
Our Belief
We believe in the potential of traditional African businesses and SMEs to be able to immensely contribute to the growth and improvement of the economic landscape in Africa.
In a bid to resolve the growing concern of the adverse impact of technologies and digitalization on SMEs and the full actualization of the SDG 8 goal in Africa, it is imminent to put in place initiatives and programs that seek to educate and promote digital inclusiveness and sensitization on sustainability via leveraging on digital technologies for SMEs across Africa, as technology has been proven as one of the keys for growth and sustainability.
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Partner With Us
We are open to partner with individuals and organizations who are out to make notable impacts in developing the economic landscape in Africa through contributions to the digital development of Small and Medium Scale Businesses in Africa.