4 key SME trends that will drive job creation
March 27th, 2019 – For the African continent, the SME sector is critical: according to World Bank data, SMEs contribute up to 60% of all employment and as much as 40% of all GDP in emerging economies. In fact, SMEs are expected to create four out of...
Australia’s Two Main Blockchain Industry Lobbying Groups to Merge
March 19, 2019 – Australia’s two largest digital economy industry groups, the Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA) and Blockchain Australia (BA), have agreed to merge. The new merged entity will adopt the Blockchain Australia name, and m...
EU to provide EUR 2 billion for innovative startups and SMEs in 2019-20
March 19th, 2019 – Startups and small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in EU member states will be able to access EU funds totalling EUR 2 billion in 2019 and 2020, according to a press release by the European Commission. As it wants to become a glo...
Innovative ideas help Pacific SMEs transition from aid to trade
March 4th, 2019 – Economic growth in much of the Pacific region is not keeping pace with population growth. The remote nature of these island nations and weak domestic infrastructure makes international trade expensive. While this challenging busine...
Digitalisation of SMEs in Africa
February 27th, 2019 – There is a general consensus that Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the key to the economic development of African countries. It is also a well-known fact that the digitalisation wave is not ephemeral, but is only th...
Asia-Pacific SMEs Are Over-Confident About Their Cyber Preparedness: Chubb
February 15th, 2019 – A significant perception gap exists between the cyber awareness and cyber preparedness at small and medium enterprises in some Asia-Pacific countries, according to a Chubb survey titled “Too Small to Fail?”. The Chubb surve...
Partnering to build a self-sustainable ecosystem for SMEs and startups in Africa
February 11th, 2019 – It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations have discussed the need to create a more enabling and self-sustaining ecosystem for startup...
Global Economy to Slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 as Trade, Investment Weaken
January 8th, 2019 – Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 amid rising downside risks to the outlook, the World Bank said on Tuesday. International trade and manufacturing act...
Decoding the future of blockchain for ASEAN in 2019
While 2018 was a mixed year for cryptocurrencies, but blockchain technology shows no signs of slowing down. January 21th, 2019 – 2019 will mark the tenth anniversary of the first deployment of blockchain technology. It was in 2009 that the still elu...
Africa: SMEs Benefit From New Finance Management App
January 17th, 2019 – Small businesses in the continent have received a boost following the launch of what is heralded as a mobile-first financial and business management application. The app, a partnership between Vodacom Business and Fiskl, redesig...
