UBA, AFD sign partnership to support SMEs in Africa
June 1th, 2019 – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and the Agence Française de Development (AFD), France’s public and solidarity-based development bank Wednesday signed the final documents facilitating the financ...
IP is a key component in sustained SME development, new study finds
May 31th, 2019 – The European Union IP Office (EUIPO) and European Patent Office (EPO) have teamed up to present a report on the relationship between IP activity and the growth potential of European SMEs. Such businesses are a critical component of ...
Why cloud platforms will make SMEs stronger
May 28th, 2019 – DATA growth is usually directly correlated with the company’s growth, and this has been especially true with small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs). SMEs in the APAC region have been enjoying tremendous growth and success in the...
Managed Print Services (MPS) Market – Asia Pacific and Latin America Identified as Lucrative Markets
Recently, a major player in the managed print services (MPS) market announced a one-stop-shop solution for all IT needs. The increasing holistic approach to software solutions is a trend common in other industries as well. The trend can help client organi...
Top 5 Blockchain & Cryptocurrency-Friendly European Nations
April 21th, 2019 – Innovative technology giant countries such as Malta, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, and Estonia, are in the top 5 European nations which are friendly to blockchain, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and have acknowledged the impor...
Xero Spearheads Funding Movement For South African SMEs
May 2th 2019 – Online accounting expert Xero has secured agreements with some of South Africa’s digital lending startups in a bid to help provide funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country. According to IT News Africa...
Who is winning the battle for tech talent in Southeast Asia?
May 7th, 2019 – Talent, or the lack of it, is something that business leaders talk about all the time — more so in the technology space than anything else. According to the SMB Digital Maturity Index 2019, the lack of digital skills and talent in ...
Africa Industrialization Fund gets European investment
April 2th, 2019 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a commitment of $15 million with the SPE Africa Industrialization I Fund (AIF I), a generalist private equity fund targeting primarily growth capital investments in small medium-size...
SMEs lead blockchain investment
A study conducted by the Emory University in collaboration with Provide Technologies and Aprio claims that the small and medium enterprises are investing twenty-eight times more in blockchain than large enterprises. The study furthers that most of the ent...
SMEs turning to alternative financing instruments as growth slows in bank lending
April 15th, 2019 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are turning to non-bank financing sources at a faster pace than in the past, as bank lending to them has risen less than expected given today’s favourable credit conditions and business ...
