SMEs
Do not know what tier they are in, what is missing, or what to fix next.
Run programmes.
Prove progress.
Mothusi gives every business a Live Growth Record and AI mentor, while helping teams manage SME support, learning, interventions, evidence, and reporting around one shared MGS score, tier system, and evidence model.
- 8,000+ SMEs supported
- 11 languages
- Live programme ecosystem
SME support creates activity. But activity is not the same as progress.
Training happens. Mentors meet businesses. Documents are uploaded. Funding applications move. Site visits happen. But across most SME ecosystems, that activity is scattered across spreadsheets, reports, portals, inboxes, and partner systems. The deeper problem is that every programme measures readiness differently. Without a shared score, tier system, and evidence standard, it is hard to compare SMEs, design the right interventions, or prove which businesses are actually moving.
Programme teams
Can track activity, but struggle to prove business movement.
Funders and lenders
Receive applications without enough verified, comparable evidence.
Ecosystem leaders
Cannot see duplicated support, common blockers, or where intervention should go next.
Mothusi creates a shared growth standard for SME ecosystems.
At the centre of Mothusi is the Mothusi Growth Score: a standardised scoring and tiering framework for SME maturity, readiness, risk, evidence quality, and movement over time. Every SME is assessed against a common baseline, then programmes extend it with their own levers. Standardisation first, customisation second.
From SME activity to scored progress.
Mothusi turns programme activity into a structured growth record that can be scored, tiered, supported, and reported.
01
Adopt the MGS standard
Each SME is assessed against the Mothusi Growth Score, creating a common baseline for maturity, readiness, evidence, risk, and tier position.
02
Add programme-specific levers
Teams can extend the core framework with sector requirements, funder criteria, learning outcomes, diagnostic questions, evidence rules, reporting indicators, or local programme priorities.
03
Capture evidence from the SME journey
Mothusi captures useful signals from conversations, diagnostics, documents, financial updates, mentor notes, learning outputs, programme milestones, funding actions, buyer activity, field visits, and sector workflows.
04
Identify issue clusters
The platform shows what is holding each SME back: cashflow, compliance, operations, customer proof, market access, team capacity, learning gaps, funding readiness, procurement readiness, or sector-specific risks.
05
Design interventions around the gaps
Courses, mentors, support actions, funding pathways, buyer readiness, compliance support, and sector interventions can be mapped directly to the issue clusters that matter.
06
Report movement over time
Programme teams, funders, lenders, and governments can see whether SMEs are improving, which tiers they are moving into, what evidence has been created, and which interventions are working.
THE GROWTH RECORD
One SME. One scored record of progress.
Every SME builds a live Growth Record as it moves through support.
The Growth Record brings together the business profile, MGS score, tier, evidence, issue clusters, mentor notes, learning outputs, programme activity, interventions, risks, actions, and outcomes. It is not just a profile. It is the operating record of where the SME stands, why it has that score, what is holding it back, and what should happen next.
- For SMEs
- it shows the tier they are in, what is missing, what to fix next, and what evidence they need to build.
- For programmes
- it shows who is moving, who is stuck, what interventions have happened, and which issue clusters need support.
- For funders and lenders
- it shows the evidence behind readiness, not just a pitch deck or application form.
- For governments and ecosystem leaders
- it shows how businesses are moving across cohorts, sectors, regions, and tiers.
Support should be designed around what is actually holding the business back.
Mothusi does not treat all SMEs in a cohort as if they need the same intervention. The MGS framework identifies issue clusters, then helps programmes route the right support to the right business at the right stage.
If financial evidence is weak
The SME can be routed to finance-readiness support, cashflow review, bookkeeping assistance, or a lender-pack preparation pathway.
If buyer proof is weak
The SME can be asked for contracts, invoices, delivery records, offtake proof, purchase orders, or customer references.
If learning gaps are visible
Courses, assessments, mentor tasks, and learning outputs can be assigned against the specific capability gap.
If compliance is blocking readiness
The SME can be routed to tax, registration, governance, safety, standards, or procurement-compliance support.
If market access is the issue
The business can be prepared for buyer introductions, supplier onboarding, marketplace visibility, or sector-specific opportunities.
Tools that operationalise the standard.
Mothusi is not a generic workflow tool. The platform tools exist to help teams apply the MGS framework in real programmes.
Programme management
Manage cohorts, applications, diagnostics, SME records, milestones, support actions, site visits, mentor activity, approvals, and programme progress.
Learning management
Assign learning paths by tier, sector, issue cluster, programme stage, or capability gap. Track completion, assessments, outputs, and learning evidence.
Mentor and intervention management
Route SMEs to mentors, finance-readiness support, compliance assistance, buyer preparation, funding pathways, or sector services based on their Growth Record.
SME tools
Give each business a guided workspace to complete tasks, submit evidence, track readiness, ask questions, prepare documents, and understand what to fix next.
Ecosystem management
See SMEs, mentors, partners, funders, buyers, opportunities, regions, sectors, and interventions through one shared framework.
Reporting tools
Turn SME records into cohort dashboards, funder reports, board summaries, evidence trails, risk views, and tier-movement reporting.
Report movement, not just activity.
Because every SME is scored and tiered against a shared framework, teams can report movement across businesses, cohorts, sectors, regions, and programmes - built from the same records used by SMEs, mentors, and partners.
Cohort dashboards
See tier distribution, readiness movement, issue clusters, evidence gaps, intervention activity, mentor progress, learning completion, and risk trends.
Funder and board reports
Show progress, unresolved risks, support delivered, evidence created, outcomes achieved, and which SMEs are becoming more ready for funding or procurement.
Evidence trails
Show where each claim comes from: self-report, document upload, mentor note, field visit, live data source, or third-party verification.
Intervention reporting
See which interventions were delivered, which issue clusters they addressed, and whether businesses improved afterwards.
Ecosystem visibility
Compare movement by region, sector, cohort, funder, programme, tier, issue cluster, or support pathway.
Progress should be backed by evidence, not assumptions.
The MGS score is not just a number. It is tied to evidence. Mothusi distinguishes between claims, documents, live data, mentor observations, field activity, and third-party review. That means users can see not only what the SME says, but what has been checked.
- 01Self-reportedThe business provides the information.
- 02AI consistency checkedMothusi checks the claim against previous signals, context, and the wider record.
- 03Document verifiedA document supports the claim.
- 04Live data verifiedA bank feed, registry, tax record, platform integration, or other trusted source confirms the signal.
- 05Third-party verifiedAn accredited reviewer, mentor, partner, funder, or programme team signs off.
Example progression
"I have customers"invoicescontractsbank transactionsreviewer confirmation
MOTHUSI AI
An always-on guide for the SME journey.
Mothusi AI helps SMEs understand their score, complete tasks, submit evidence, prepare documents, and work through the actions linked to their tier and issue clusters. It does not replace the MGS framework - it helps each SME move through it.
SMEs can ask questions, complete guided conversations, upload evidence, prepare funding packs, understand missing requirements, and receive next-step guidance in language they understand. For programme teams, Mothusi AI helps convert scattered activity into structured signals that feed the Growth Record.
Learning connected to the Growth Score.
Training should not sit outside the SME development record. Mothusi connects learning activity to the MGS framework, so courses, assessments, outputs, and mentor tasks can address real capability gaps.
Course-to-lever mapping
Learning content can be mapped to MGS levers, custom programme levers, issue clusters, tiers, or sector requirements.
Learning pathways
Assign courses by stage, readiness band, sector, business gap, programme milestone, or intervention pathway.
Outputs as evidence
Business plans, cashflow templates, compliance documents, pitch decks, reflections, assignments, and workplace evidence can feed the Growth Record.
AI tutor and task support
Mothusi AI helps SMEs understand content, complete activities, and connect learning to their actual business.
Learning reporting
Track completion, overdue modules, learning outputs, assessments, mentor feedback, workplace evidence, and programme-level learning outcomes.
Sector intelligence, starting with Agriculture.
Every SME can be assessed against the MGS standard, but some sectors need additional evidence, diagnostics, workflows, and indicators. Agriculture has production cycles, biological risk, animal health issues, seasonal cash needs, offtake logistics, field activity, climate exposure, and commodity-specific performance. Mothusi's Agriculture layer captures sector-specific evidence while feeding the same Growth Record.
- Field activity
- Diagnostic
- Visit
- Vet dispatch
- Production
- Offtake
AGRI EVIDENCE LAYER
- MGS readiness
- Risk
- Programme outcomes
- Funding packs
- Buyer confidence
Commodity Diagnostics
Per-commodity production cycle, yield, margin, and offtake assessment.
Farm Visits
Structured GPS-stamped visits, photos, condition, and follow-up actions.
Vet Dispatch
Farmer-initiated, closed-loop animal-health support and visit records.
Monthly Production
Inputs, yields, post-harvest losses, captured commodity by commodity, month by month.
Offtake & Marketplace
Buyer relationships, agreements, delivery records, and a verified-supplier marketplace.
Agri-Funding Readiness
Match to seasonal capital, equipment, livestock, offtake-backed, and climate finance.
Built for the organisations supporting SME growth.
Different stakeholders need different views. Mothusi gives them one shared standard.
01For Governments & Programmes
Measure enterprise development beyond attendance and completion.
See cohort diagnostics, tier movement, issue clusters, evidence created, interventions delivered, and impact reporting.
- Compare cohorts and identify common blockers
- Track support delivery and report tier movement
- See evidence created per programme milestone
- See where interventions should go next
02For Funders & Lenders
See the evidence behind SME readiness.
Review financial discipline, customer proof, compliance freshness, risk signals, evidence confidence, and post-funding progress.
- Assess readiness with more confidence
- Reduce blind applications
- Monitor funded SMEs on a monthly cadence
- Identify businesses preparing for capital
03For Enterprise Development & ESD
Run the SME support lifecycle against a shared growth standard.
Recruit, diagnose, segment, support, mentor, match, and report from one evidence-backed Growth Record.
- Segment SMEs by tier and identify blockers
- Route interventions and manage mentors
- Track learning across the cohort
- Produce board-ready impact reports
04For Learning & Development
Deliver training that produces usable business evidence.
Map courses, assessments, assignments, and learning outputs to actual business capability gaps.
- Run learning programmes
- Capture workplace and output evidence
- Connect training to SME readiness
- Report outcomes beyond completion
05For SMEs
Know where you stand and what to do next.
Understand your tier, issue clusters, missing evidence, next actions, learning requirements, and readiness for support, funding, or procurement.
- Ask questions and complete tasks
- Submit evidence
- Build your Growth Record
- Prepare for opportunities
PROOF
Already supporting live SME ecosystems.
- 8,000+
- SMEs supported
- 11
- languages
- Multiple
- programme types
- Sector-specific
- workflows
Mothusi is designed for institutional SME support, where teams need a shared growth standard, evidence, comparability, programme tools, reporting, and clear decisions - not just another engagement platform.
GET STARTED
See how Mothusi would structure your SME ecosystem.
Walk through a sample SME Growth Record, MGS tiering framework, issue-cluster view, programme dashboard, learning pathway, and reporting layer.
Mothusi is a product of Avnon Pte Ltd.