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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Unpacking the status of angel funding in Ghana</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leticia Browne, Investor Relations Manager at The Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN) joins in studio to unpack the status of angel funding in Ghana. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Talking about efforts to find funding</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Protraying the part of a lender</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week on SME funding, Kumaran Padayachee will be protraying the part of a lender, and Lynette Ntuli (co-host) will be acting as a business owner applying for funding. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>How an online business is a one-stop-shop for Finfind</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind discusses how their business has created an online one-stop-shop that allows the providers and seekers of small business finance to be able to interact. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind discusses how their business has created an online one-stop-shop that allows the providers and seekers of small business finance to be able to interact.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Discussion on how an online business is a one-stop-shop for Finfind</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<itunes:duration>25:45</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Unpacking grants funding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are various new forms of exciting and alternative funding option in our market space today - crowd funding, stokvels as well as grants funding. This week our guests, who are all involved in those different spaces, share some of their insights as well as tips on how to get ourselves into these spaces. Sean Emery the CEO: Rainfin discusses how crowd funding works, Andile Mazwai the CEO: NASASA takes us through the details of stokvels and Yusuf Randera-Rees, CEO at Awethu Project unpacks grants funding. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Unpacking bank overdrafts, contract finance &amp; debtor’s books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Emery, CEO of Rainfin, joins Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee to unpack bank overdrafts, contract finance & debtor’s books as funding instruments. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Unpacking debt and equity as funding instruments</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two words that often strike a chord of fear in entrepreneurs are "debt and equity" Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee are joined in studio by Refilwe Moloto, Founder & Principal advisor: Ambassador Advisory to unpack debt and equity as funding instruments. ]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>A look at who would be eligible for funding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week on SME Funding, hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee take a look at who would be eligible for funding. ]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>A look at who would be eligible for funding</itunes:title>
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		<title>Why it’s really important to have a proper business plan</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Planning ahead for when you need finance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many business owners don’t plan ahead for the day they may need funding. Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack that all businesses will need finance at some point in time and leaving preparation for this event too late, will lead to desperation, mistakes, mismatches and sleepless nights. ]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Unpacking the working capital cycle</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>How to vet a funder for your business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee provide information on the advantage and disadvantage needed by small business owners about getting a funder for their business. ]]></description>
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		<title>Unpacking the process perspective as the service provider</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack the following funding glossary terminology: executive summary, exit, exit strategy, expansion stage business, free cash flow, leveraged buyout and managed buyout. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Journey of self-funding all your businesses</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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