SME Training to Boost the Economy.

Byline: David Ssempijja

Supporting the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) should be taken into account if the country is to boost the purchasing power of the population, economists have noted.

"The middle class will create a trickle-down effect by providing a market for the people running business in the informal sector," Mustapha Mugisa, the executive officer at Summit Business Consultancy, said recently.

He was speaking to journalists at a press conference held at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday.

The conference precedes an upcoming seminar on SME, the first of its kind, which will take place this month at the …