AI and analytics for SMEs in uncertain times
May 19th, 2020 – During these unprecedented times, almost all businesses are facing uncertainty about the future and whether life will be the same once we are through this crisis Therefore, it’s more important than ever to ensure that business own...
Prudential and Hreasily Sign Strategic Partnership to Bring Convenient HR Services to Smes in Asia
May 8th, 2020 – Prudential Corporation Asia and HR Easily signed a partnership agreement to offer Prudential’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) customers across Asia access to HReasily’s human resource (HR) and benefits management platform. T...
World Bank Group: 100 Countries Get Support in Response to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 – The World Bank Group announced its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) have reached 100 developing countries – home to 70% of the world’s population. Since March, the Bank Group has rapidly delivered r...
Ecobank & Google partner to help African SMEs embrace digital capabilities
May 20th, 2020 – Ecobank Group, a pan-African banking conglomerate has announced that the firm is collaborating with Google to help equip African SMEs with the necessary digital skills to navigate the rapidly evolving business world. Through the par...
Foster recovery from COVID-19 through science, technology and innovation
May 16th, 2020 – Numerous studies show that investment in science, technology and innovation (STI) activities, particularly research and development (R&D), is a key driver of economic growth. Such activities are helping to address the immediate...
How fintech can help SMEs recover from the impact of COVID-19
May 12th, 2020 – Around the world, small businesses have been hit extremely hard by the impact of the coronavirus. As our brave healthcare workers and policy-makers around the world deal with this pandemic, SMEs in fast-growing economies are particu...
ADM Capital raises US$630m to target Asia-Pacific SMEs
Firm fears traditional lenders will favour top-tier clients amid Covid-19 troubles April 28th, 2020 – ADM Capital, the Hong Kong-headquartered investment manager has raised US$630 million in new assets, which it will be investing in the Asian privat...
It’s not just about fresh capital for Africa: it is about deployment
April 18th, 2020 – There has been a drive to create new funding streams to arrest coronavirus impact on the continent. But delivery systems are critical to ensure the money gets to where it is needed. Of the many aspects of the COVID-19 virus that u...
Asia’s post-virus economic revival to be built on the back of Chinese cloud services
Cloud services are set to boom as e-commerce props up SMEs amid post-COVID-19 economic recovery. May 5th, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many traditional businesses to completely rethink their strategies for the future. As disruptions to pr...
How Countries Can Expand Access to Digital Financial Services
April 22th, 2020 – Digital financial services, powered by fintech, have the potential to lower costs by maximizing economies of scale, to increase the speed, security and transparency of transactions and to allow for more tailored financial services...
