We’re witnessing a global surge in innovation. This is how we sustain it
January 21th, 2021 – From a foot-operated handwashing machine invented by a nine-year old boy in Kenya, to a new “sky park” opened in Bangkok on an disused railway line that could serve as a model for greening abandoned spaces, to the ro...
Mastercard launches one-stop resource site for SMEs in Asia Pacific
January 18th, 2021 – Global payments technology company Mastercard has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite across most of its Asia Pacific websites to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from the COVID-19 pa...
SMEs key to Europe’s decarbonisation efforts
January 18th, 2021 – The Horizon 2020 funded project, LEAP4SME-Energy audit policies to drive energy efficiency-aims to enhance effective policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to undergo energy audits and implement cost-effective, r...
World Bank Plans to Invest over $5 Billion in Drylands in Africa
PARIS/WASHINGTON, January 11h, 2021 – The World Bank plans to invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods across 11 African countries on a swathe of l...
Blockchain Trends 2021: A road to recovery anchored by trust
January 8th, 2021 – The Covid-19 pandemic has completely transformed the way we live, work, and interact with one another. Across the globe, more and more day-to-day activities are taking place online, further accelerating the digitalisation of all ...
COVID-19 pandemic: SMEs in Africa
Survey reveals 95 percent of African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) did not receive government aid during COVID-19 pandemic December 9th, 2020 – Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak a glob...
COVID-19 could spark longer-term pivot on credit risk
December 18th, 2020 – The impact of COVID-19 forced Latin American banks to take huge provisions to absorb credit losses that could take months to materialize. But the pandemic also may lead some banks to shift their lending strategies for years to ...
Success of online training spurs calls for more interactive webinars
December 15th, 2020 – One of the major outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic could be a permanent change in how and where many people work. The restrictions imposed by governments to contain the virus have sent millions of workers into “home office”...
ASEAN’s perspective on economic recovery
December 17th, 2020 – COVID–19 has been disrupting economic activities around the world, and Southeast Asia is no exception. The effects of this pandemic are unequal. The region’s 2020 GDP is estimated to shrink by 4.2% overall, but the services...
ICC, Africa investor to digitise 5 mln SMEs in Africa
December 7th, 2020 – The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) have launched an e-trade initiative to enable the digitisation of five million SMEs in Africa. The campaign wants to accelerate the digitisation and intra Afri...
