Accompanying European SMEs on their Open Innovation Journeys
9th October, 2018 – Within INSPIRE (standing for Integrated Support of oPen Innovation pRofessionalization initiative), a Coordination and Support Action funded by the European Commission under H2020, we have investigated in depth Open Innovation (0...
Bank of America (BoA) Sees Blockchain Market Growing to $7 Billion
5th October, 2018 – According to a recent report from analysts at Bank of America (BoA), the blockchain market could be getting a lot bigger. CNBC reported that BoA thinks that blockchain could take over two percent of corporate servers’ computing...
A workforce boom makes SMEs more important than ever in Africa
21th September, 2018 – Forty-nine countries have signed up so far this year to join the African Continental Free Trade Area, which is the latest contribution to a perennial debate: how to create more jobs on the African continent. The need to remove...
FNB receives 50 million US-dollars to accelerate SME development
8th September, 2018 – First National Bank (FNB) has received 50 million US-dollars from the DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft to deploy towards small and medium enterprise (SME) development in South Africa. DEG is a development...
Millions of Dollars Saved by SMEs and Individuals using Ripple in Emerging Economies
19th September, 2018 – As economies mature and as the majority of world population thaw to embrace new technologies, Ripple is placing themselves as a strategic position to facilitate the growing global remittance and inflows. Driving this explosive gro...
How technology is enabling SMEs
5th September, 2018 – From 2007 to 2014, trade by ASEAN nations grew by a value of nearly US$1 trillion to a total of US$2.5 trillion. A quarter (24 percent) of ASEAN’s total trade was within the region, followed by trade with China (14 percent), ...
Cloud Computing Market in Latin America: Increasing Number of SME’s Creates Inroads for Growth
10th September, 2018 – Rapid advances towards digital economy have encouraged enterprises in Latin America to embrace cloud computing solutions such as IaaS for enhanced functionality and ease of operations, thereby maneuvering growth in cloud compu...
Closing the Gender Gap on Entrepreneurship in Europe
30th August, 2018 – Even in 2018, women remain an under-exploited talent pool in the global workforce, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises. The bloc has launched several initiatives to combat this problem, providing financial support and tr...
Delivering the SME value proposition
3th September, 2018 – Small market enterprises are an important mix to economic growth and are a key catalyst in improving the living standards of Africans through employment and entrepreneurship in the business value chain. According to the World E...
African SMEs stand to grow with Afrimart launch
20th August, 2018 – Afrimart, the Pan-African pioneer Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce platform for products made in Africa, which officially took off on July 17, is offering prospects of catapulting the otherwise less exploited intra-Africa tr...
