Staying in touch with World SMEs Day celebration this June, Dr Seyefar Clement – international finance expert, principal lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) discusses the critical role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the Nigerian economy and the multidimensional approaches required to shape their growth. With over a decade experience advising SMEs in Nigeria and United Kingdom, Dr Clement shares with Mary Nnah the importance of strengthening SMEs in Nigeria through targeted interventions, effective and transparent funding programmes and financial literacy