MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says his ministry has received over K16 billion worth of applications from people who want to access funding since its creation. Mubanga says the applications are against about K1 billion that government has pumped into the ministry from the time it was created to date. In an interview, Monday, Mubanga said the overwhelming applications meant that people wanted to work for themselves. “Generally, the SME sector has attracted a lot of attention, that’s number one. Meaning we have received so much overwhelming applications hitting up to 16 billion worth of applications, in fact slightly above 16 billion. When we collect all the applications for those who want to access funding through CEEC,...