SMEs more likely to purchase cyber cover since pandemic
September 28th, 2020 – Data and analytics company GlobalData has recommended that insurers should increasingly focus on larger small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) following the COVID-19 outbreak. cyber-securityAnalysts found that 8.5% of SMEs ...
Resilience of Australia’s SMEs highlighted in survey
October 2th, 2020 – While it is undeniable Australia’s SMEs are facing an incredibly challenging period, which may understandably make it hard to focus on the future, research from OnDeck Australia has revealed a streak of resilience through the c...
Building the E-commerce Infrastructure for Small Businesses to Thrive in Latin America
September 20th, 2020 – The World Bank estimates there are up to 445 million micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises in the developing world. In Latin America, nearly 90% of all businesses fall into this category. However, many of these businesses...
Blockchain for SMEs
September 16th, 2020 – The diffusion of blockchain is intensifying globally. This was evident during the virtual launch of a report titled ‘Blockchain for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Entrepreneurs in Italy’ by the Organisation for Ec...
Marco Financial secures $26m to help fund SMEs in Latin America
September 22th, 2020 – Marco Financial, the financing platform built for small and medium-sized Latin American exporters, has bagged $26m in funding and credit. The company will use the new cash influx to address the $1.5tn global trade finance gap ...
SMEs in APAC were least fazed by the pandemic, finds SAP
September 14th, 2020 – Small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are in a unique position to adapt to the changing workplace this year. At least, that was what was uncovered in a new Oxford Economics study commissioned b...
How can Africa succeed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
August 25th, 2020 – Key features of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) – accelerating digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, robotics, and 3D printing – have obvious and important implications for education, employmen...
Digitization, a catalyst to the exponential growth of African Small Businesses
September 28th, 2020 – The year 2020 came with lots of hopes and expectations for individuals and businesses, interesting economic projections across most of the world’s thriving industries, a landscape of growth and meaningful insights for what s...
How peer-to-peer lending is helping SMEs during the pandemic
September 27th, 2020 – In recent years small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been reporting declining sales and trouble with distribution, among a string of other problems. With small businesses contributing more than 60 percent to GDP, the impli...
SMEs in APAC were least fazed by the pandemic, finds SAP
September 14th, 2020 – Small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are in a unique position to adapt to the changing workplace this year. At least, that was what was uncovered in a new Oxford Economics study commissioned b...
