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How fintech can help SMEs recover from the impact of COVID-19 

A trader gestures in his stall at a food market after Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari called for a lockdown starting tonight to limit the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lagos, Nigeria March 30, 2020.

Improving access to finance for SMEs in countries like Nigeria will speed their recovery Image: REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Tunde Kehinde
Co-Founder , Lidya
Ercin Eksin
Co-Founder, Lidya
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