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...
Budget negotiations: SME finance instruments need to be improved
September 1th, 2020 – After a significant cut on centrally managed SME finance instruments like InvestEU and Solvency Support, the main stakeholders at European level ask for some corrections during the current Trilogue negotiations between the Euro...
