26/07/2026
This year's KEPSA SME Awards applications were not survival stories. They were management. Businesses that repriced when costs moved, kept records that withstand scrutiny, built teams beyond the founder, and held customers on better terms.
And the attention around them is real. A dedicated ministry. A national credit score in motion. Capital actively looking. Corporate buyers asking sharper questions.
There is a difference between a sector struggling while nobody watches and a sector struggling while everyone leans in. The second one has a trajectory.