Jacana Venture Partnership announced at the end of June its first investment in an African venture capital (VC) fund manager, InReturn Capital, an East African SME investment firm based in Kenya. SMEs are generally acknowledged as crucial motors for economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa, but access to finance is a major obstacle to their growth.
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