By

Josephine Christopher

Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers

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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is intensifying efforts to unlock growth capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) amid fresh warnings that up to seven in every 10 young businesses fail within their first three years, underscoring the urgency of bridging the country’s persistent “missing middle” financing gap.