PE investment into European companies hits ten-year high
May 2th, 2018 – Private equity investment in European companies hit a ten-year high in 2017 at €71.7bn, a 29% YoY increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe. Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87% were SMEs. ...
A Strong Foundation for Greater Impact
April 21th, 2018 – Despite expectations that growth will be robust in the near term, developing countries face challenges to keep up the pace of progress and ensure inclusive, sustainable growth amid structural changes to the global economy. The Wor...
New platform opens for West African entrepreneurs
April 22th, 2018 – SuguLab, a complementary entrepreneurial service that will be offered to start-ups and Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) operating in West Africa, particularly Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Sénégal, has officially been launch...
How can SMEs use videos and Whatsapp to communicate faster and grow their business
April 23th, 2018 – Video is the future. The web is transitioning from text to image to video. This transition is possibly the most noticeable one on the web because the human brain is evolving to process more experiential information. Video is a pow...
Why SMEs need cyber security protection just as much as enterprise
April 16th, 2018 – Smaller businesses need more funding to bolster cyber security defence – here is why. It’s no secret that cyber criminals like to try out their latest tricks on big businesses, with high-profile enterprises falling foul of...
Online small business lending growing fast
April 17th, 2018 – The online small business lending market in Australia is growing at a faster rate than the US market did at a similar stage of development, the CEO of OnDeck Global has said. Speaking at the AltFi Australasian Summit in Sydney, CE...
Fund for African Private Sector Assistance Approves Three Projects to Spur SME Development in Africa
April 6th, 2018 – Donors to the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) – consisting of the African Development Bank, the Government of Japan and the Government of Austria – have approved three catalytic projects totaling US $2...
EU launches €410m venture capital fund for start-ups and SMEs
April 10th, 2018 – EU funding of € 410 million will be used to launch a new European venture capital initiative to help bridge the EU and the US, the European Commission announced. The Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) announced th...
Four million Africans use Ecobank mobile app
April 4th, 2018 – The upgraded version of Ecobank’s revolutionary mobile app has attracted 3 million new customers in just 6 months, taking the total number of users to 4 million. The app builds on the core functionality that saw the original vers...
Lazada teams up with higher education institutes to offer SMEs e-commerce skills
March 29th, 2018 – Lazada has announced it is working with higher education institutes and data analytics experts to jointly develop online and offline training courses that will help Southeast Asia’s entrepreneurs and SMEs capitalise on the e-com...
