Mover Mais Negócios Empowers Afro-Entrepreneurs Amid Calls for Broader Small Business Support in Brazil
Brazil launches Mover Mais Negócios to support afro-entrepreneurship while legislative efforts aim to expand microentrepreneurs' revenue limits.
- • Mover Mais Negócios connects black entrepreneurs with major corporations through tailored training programs.
- • The initiative offers three business development journeys addressing different business maturity levels.
- • Challenges include limited access to corporate supply chains and low average income for black entrepreneurs.
- • Senator Jayme Campos supports increasing the MEI revenue limit to foster small business growth.
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A new initiative, Mover Mais Negócios, has been launched by Sebrae in partnership with the Movimento pela Equidade Racial (Mover) to bolster afro-entrepreneurship in Brazil by connecting black entrepreneurs with major corporations and providing tailored training geared toward varying business maturity stages. The program's three distinct Entrepreneurial Journeys—beginner, Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI), and microenterprise (ME)—cover vital topics from pricing and sales to strategic planning and artificial intelligence integration, aiming to enhance competitiveness and market inclusion.
Fau Ferreira, national manager of Afroentrepreneurship at Sebrae, highlighted that Mover Mais Negócios seeks to integrate black-owned businesses into the supply chains of large Mover group companies, addressing challenges such as restricted access to corporate purchasing channels and the notably low average income of R$ 2,477 among black entrepreneurs. The initiative also confronts structural inequalities, including the stark 61% wage gap between black women and white men, by offering practical tools like ESG and financial management training.
In a complementary development for small businesses, Senator Jayme Campos applauded the push for urgent legislative action on a proposal (PLP 108/2021) to increase the MEI revenue ceiling from R$ 81,000 to R$ 144,000 annually and permit the hiring of one additional employee. Campos underscored the significance of this legal update in fostering job creation and growth opportunities for millions of small entrepreneurs, framing it as critical for Brazil’s economic vitality.
Together, these initiatives represent concerted efforts to empower underserved entrepreneurs, particularly within the black community, through capacity building and policy reforms, fostering inclusion and economic transformation in Brazil’s entrepreneurial landscape.
This article was synthesized and translated from native language sources to provide English-speaking readers with local perspectives.
