In this piece, I have deliberately replaced 'challenges' with 'maladies' to highlight the subtle but devastating nature of their impact on business - just as diseases wreck the body.

Understanding certain peculiar challenges facing micro enterprises and small businesses would allow us to solve the puzzle of why not less than eighty percent of small businesses in Nigeria fail between two to three years of operation. These circumstances appear trivial but have negative impacts on businesses, if not properly managed.

Countless essays have been written on the reasons small businesses fail and how to curb them. Unfortunately, none has aptly identified realistic scenarios and circumstances surrounding their operations which are breeding grounds for failure if they are not optimized.

See some scenarios and what small and micro enterprises can do to overcome such situations - https://thenewsghost.com.ng/curing-some-maladies-of-small-and-micro-enterprises/