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Le but est de stimuler les pr\u00eats aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME).<\/p>\n<p>A noter qu\u2019avec ce pr\u00eat de l\u2019institution financi\u00e8re, l\u2019accent est mis sur les entreprises appartenant \u00e0 des femmes. Selon Karl Kumbier, PDG de Mercantile, le manque d\u2019acc\u00e8s au financement est l\u2019un des plus grands obstacles \u00e0 leur succ\u00e8s et \u00e0 leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 cro\u00eetre pour cr\u00e9er de l\u2019emploi et de la richesse. \u00ab\u00a0 Le but unique de la banque est de faire cro\u00eetre les entrepreneurs et elle \u00e9largit cet objectif afin de soutenir les femmes entrepreneurs.\u00a0\u00bb a-t-il ajout\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Le financement faisait partie dXCHARXune initiative visant \u00e0 investir jusquXCHARX\u00e0 40 milliards de rands dans les PME sud-africaines au cours des cinq \u00e0 sept prochaines ann\u00e9es. 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