Meeting the environmental standards set by the EU and other trading blocs will be essential to SMEs seeking opportunities in export markets. However, in light of evidence that this network may not be focusing adequately on facilitation and diagnostic services to help start-ups and micro- and small enterprises overcome their problems (as opposed to primarily offering information), the provision of services being offered to entrepreneurs and SMEs by the KSU and KSI networks should be examined. To encourage the development of more high-growth firms, policy measures will have to be strengthened in the areas of seed and venture capital, advice and counselling, mentoring, diagnostics services, provision of value-added information on technologies, business models and business and market opportunities (both domestic and global).