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Database research record2020·South Africa (Durban)

Repurposing support tendered youth owned Small, Medium, and Micro-Enterprises in urban agri-business sector in Durban

Tony Ngwenya, Pfano Mashau

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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This study investigated institutional support for youth-owned Small, Medium, and Micro-Enterprises (SMMEs) in Durban's urban agribusiness sector using a quantitative methodology. Findings indicated that CSR interventions had not yielded a fundamental impact, and there was a lack of tangible, result-driven institutional support from policymakers and authorities. Furthermore, targeted technological transfer was a constraining factor, and a lack of monetary and non-monetary access hampered the SMMEs' competitiveness and profitability.