Debt and investment transparency for better outcomes
June 19th, 2020 – Since the COVID-19 outbreak, developing economies have suffered unprecedented capital outflows. To reverse these outflows and make debt and investment more productive, it is critical to embrace strong principles of debt and investm...
Tunga boosts job market across Africa
June 17th, 2020 – The world economy might be stopped in its tracks because of the coronavirus, Dutch-African tech company Tunga is not. The organisation with a current network of over 400 African software developers, has received a Dutch Good Growth...
How Will Blockchain Change Accounting?
June 15th, 2020 – Blockchain is a digital register in which transactions are recorded in chronological order and can be viewed by everyone with access. Representatives of fintech, the sector of high-tech enterprises competing with suppliers of tradi...
Is fintech the key to African SMEs’ Covid-19 recovery?
June 15th, 2020 – Over the next 15 months, Africa is set to receive a total of $50bn towards its economic recovery from the World Bank, which has identified the protection of the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as essential ...
As Covid-19 impacts Asian markets, cloud outshines traditional products
Key verticals such as banking and financial, healthcare and manufacturing sectors witness “surge in demand” for cloud-based solutions June 8th, 2020 – Covid-19 has accelerated customer demand for digital technologies to ensure resilient ...
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...
