Decoding the future of blockchain for ASEAN in 2019
While 2018 was a mixed year for cryptocurrencies, but blockchain technology shows no signs of slowing down. January 21th, 2019 – 2019 will mark the tenth anniversary of the first deployment of blockchain technology. It was in 2009 that the still elu...
Africa: SMEs Benefit From New Finance Management App
January 17th, 2019 – Small businesses in the continent have received a boost following the launch of what is heralded as a mobile-first financial and business management application. The app, a partnership between Vodacom Business and Fiskl, redesig...
Data Protection Market is Anticipated to Grow US$ 120 Billion By 2023
NEW YORK – January 17th, 2019 – The Data Protection Market is expected to exceed more than US$ 120 Billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 15% in the given forecast period. The report covers detailed competitive outlook including the market share and com...
North African SMEs get boost from AfricInvest
January 7h, 2019 – The close of an AfricInvest fund in late 2018 will provide up to EUR 194 million in funding for small and medium-sized enterprises across Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Africa-focused private equity investor AfricInvest has ...
Storm Clouds Are Brewing for the Global Economy
January 8th, 2019 – The outlook for the global economy in 2019 has darkened. International trade and investment have softened. Trade tensions remain elevated. Several large emerging markets underwent substantial financial pressures last year. Agains...
ArtificialIntelligence – 79 partners from 21 countries to develop an AI-demand-platform with €20 million EU funding
The AI4EU project officially starts this month, with a kick-off meeting among the partners in Barcelona today (10 January): AI4EU brings together 79 top research institutes, SMEs and large enterprises in 21 countries to build a focal point for artificial ...
DBS Launches SME Portal
January 9th, 2019 – To help SMEs in their digital transformation journey, DBS launched DBS SME Connect, a portal for SMEs across all industries to access web-based business tools and services. SMEs who are trying to keep pace with the technological ...
Afreximbank, AGF Back SMEs in Africa with $30m
December 31th, 2018 – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) for a 30 million dollar re-guarantee facility to support African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Director, Trad...
Alibaba’s world electronic trading platform in Europe for the first time
December 10th, 2018 – On December 5th, the Alibaba Group and the Belgian federal government signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, marking the European arrival of the world e-commerce platform (eWTP) project promoted by Alibaba. What t...
Why South African SMEs should adopt disruptive tech
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution – characterised by the interconnection of technologies, blurring the lines between the world’s physical, digital, and biological domains – continues to change the working landscape across the globe at a rapid pace...
