Indigenous Business Boom Connecting Culture and Country

"Importantly those entrepreneurs are generating that value purely by operating...because there shouldn't be an expectation on Indigenous businesses to go above and beyond, and provide programs that we would not expect the average small to medium enterprise to provide."

A new report from non-profit organisation Supply Nation has found Indigenous businesses are experiencing growing demand for their products, and increased exports to other countries. Source: AAP

Indigenous businesses have been found to create more than 40 billion dollars in value each year, helping to progress Closing the Gap targets, and leading to stronger connection to culture and country.

Data from Austrade shows Indigenous goods exporters generated more than $670 million in turnover in 2022/23.

Now a new report from Supply Nation - a non-profit that provides Australia's biggest database of Indigenous businesses - has found that Indigenous businesses create more than 42 billion dollars of social value each year