MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says his Ministry delayed to flag off the empowerment programme because it was identifying beneficiaries with entrepreneurial minds. In an interview, Mubanga said the government would be flagging off the empowerment programme next week. “We are flagging off the empowerment funds next week. Let me just say before the 15th November we are flagging off the empowerment programme funds which are now available. What we have been waiting for is to identify potential in our SMEs that can access funding. As I have been always saying, it’s not necessarily that it’s every Jim and Jack, it’s for those with entrepreneurial minds. The Ministry together with our institution CEEC have identified people that...