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This analysis aims to explore the role of informal businesses in fostering innovation and economic growth.

December 9, 2025Open Access

Informal businesses catalyse innovation in Mpumuza, Sweetwaters

Key Points

This analysis aims to explore the role of informal businesses in fostering innovation and economic growth.
Examined the dynamic interactions between informal and formal businesses in Mpumuza and Sweetwaters.
Utilized research from the HSRC's Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators.
Found that informal traders play a crucial role in catalyzing innovation.
Highlighted the importance of micro- and small-scale enterprises in the local economy.

Abstract

Conventional thinking sees formal and informal businesses as binary opposites. But a recent study by the HSRC's Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators reveals that informal traders engage in dynamic processes to catalyse innovation and contribute to the growth of their micro- and small-scale enterprises.

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Human Sciences Research Council (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401f002d562116f28f9b79 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14749/30830750

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