Defying predictions, remittance flows remain strong during COVID-19 crisis
WASHINGTON, May 12th, 2021 – Despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline than previously projected. Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 202...
Huawei launches Asia Pacific SME support programme
April 15th, 2021 – The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – accounting for 97% of all businesses across Asia Pacific economies – are being forced to embrace digital technology at a ...
South African can Use WhatsApp to Pay SMEs
April 21th, 2021 – Nedbank, Mastercard and Ukheshe have partnered to launch Money Message – a new payment platform that lets small businesses receive secure in-chat payments from their customers via WhatsApp. A first in South Africa, the solution ...
Why is IP protection important for EU SMEs?
April 26th, 2021 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy. They represent 99 % of all businesses in the EU, account for more than half of Europe’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employ about 100 million peop...
Why should SMEs think more about data?
April 8th, 2021 – Much has been said about the fourth industrial revolution and all the technologies that emanate from it, such as: artificial intelligence , the internet of things , the automation of processes through robotics, big data , among man...
This program encourages female entrepreneurs to venture into international markets
March 26th, 2021 – Support for women favors economic growth. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute indicates that a strengthening of gender equality could represent an increase of 12 trillion dollars to world GDP by the year 2025, which in Latin...
Digital tokens could transform the economies of the Middle East and North Africa
March 24th, 2021 – The Covid-19 pandemic has been a disruptor like no other and its economic and social consequences are expected to outlast the health emergency. As reported by the IMF, the Middle East and North Africa GDP contracted by 3.1% in 202...
ASEAN enterprises face hurdles in digital transformation
April 1th, 2021 – Enterprises across Southeast Asia are prioritising growth and customer experiences to ready themselves for the post-pandemic world even as they continue to struggle with talent issues, cloud adoption and gaining insights from data....
IFC steps up African investments
March 15th, 2021 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has made investments in a range of organisations across Africa, aiming to stimulate progress in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and start-up se...
Small-business finance platform enters market
March 12th, 2021 – A new finance platform that allows small businesses to access equity, grants and loans has launched in Australia. Swoop Finance Pty Ltd (Swoop), which first launched in the UK and Ireland in 2018, has formally opened its first int...
