August 24th, 2020 – The 2008 recession hit small and medium enterprises the hardest. Fewer businesses were founded, many had to lay off their staff and others didn’t make it through. Funding c...
August 7th, 2020 – The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance ins...
July 27th, 2020 – Financing for SMEs is severely limited in certain regions of the world. Many different peer to peer (P2P) lending platforms have been launched in order to provide much-needed c...
August 1th, 2020 – The speedy implementation of commitments to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) has yet again been emphasized in a Declaration and Call for Action between the African...
July 30th, 2020 – Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choice, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. But women’s relationship w...
REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO – On Wednesday, July 29th, 2020, the WUSME Board Special Committee held a meeting in the Headquarters of the Organization in San Marino. President Barbara Terenzi and Board Me...
July 15th, 2020 – Earlier this year, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) partnered to unlock US$ 1...
July 24th, 2020 – Research from SME lender OnDeck Australia found that 57 per cent of SMEs say access to cash flow will help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It found 69 per cent of SMEs...
On June 30, 2020, the 18th Austrian Export Day, the most important information event of AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA, took place for the first time virtually. Wusme’s General Secretary, Dr. Norbert Knol...
July 16th, 2020 – The global impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had not only on public health, but on business, cannot be underestimated. It’s prudent to consider the impact such a global d...
