South African Libraries Corner Market

A story from mid-July on a South African initiative to promote small business growth by establishing \”business corners\” in public libraries:

Each library receives a R10 000 launching grant with which to acquire books, journals, videos and other relevant equipment.

\”After more than a bumpy start, the Library Business Corner programme has over the past few months enjoyed an amazingly enthusiastic response from librarians, library authorities, sponsoring bodies and others involved in small business support,\” says Wolfgang Thomas, chief economist at Wesgro . . .

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