New UN report encourages African countries to harness growing tourism sector
July 5th, 2017 – African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent, the United Nations said in a new report released today, noting that tourism demand there is increasingly driven by Africans themselves. “...
Awareness Proving The Toughest Hurdle For Aussie Alt-Lenders
June 21th, 2017 – Australia’s market for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) is by no means easy. The nation is grappling with a late supplier payments problem and with regulators looking to accelerate corporate payments to SMEs, though with...
UN recognizes young entrepreneurs on Day for micro-, small, medium-sized enterprises
June 27th, 2017 – United Nations agencies today launched a new campaign to make it easier for the 70 million unemployed youth to get financing and learn new skills to start a business. The global campaign – launched by the the International Labour Org...
IBM Chosen As Banks’ Blockchain Partner
June 27 th, 2017 – Seven big European banks have selected IBM to build their blockchain-based platform with a goal of making trade finance transactions simpler and more streamlined for SMBs. HSBC and Deutsche Bank are among the very recognizable nam...
African experts urge incentives to boost uptake of green finance by SMEs
NAIROBI, June 21th, 2017 (Xinhua) – African governments should enact a raft of policy and regulatory incentives to encourage the continent’s small and medium sized enterprises to borrow money to implement green projects, experts said at a foru...
A Local Approach To The Universal Challenge Of SME Finance
May 25th, 2017 – From the U.S. to Mexico to India to sub-Saharan Africa, SMEs’ need for access to capital is universal. What differs across geographic markets, however, is how small businesses can gain that access. For some, it’s through their t...
5 Ways Europe Prioritizes SMEs, The ‘Backbone’ of its Economy
June 7th, 2017 – Europe considers small and medium enterprises – commonly referred to as SMEs – as the backbone of its economy. Considering these businesses represent around 99% of all the businesses in the region, it’s not hard to see why. In...
Global Growth Set to Strengthen to 2.7 percent as Outlook Brightens
WASHINGTON, June 4th, 2017 — The World Bank forecasts that global economic growth will strengthen to 2.7 percent in 2017 as a pickup in manufacturing and trade, rising market confidence, and stabilizing commodity prices allow growth to resume in commodi...
Denmark: Africa Energy Forum 2017
African utilities will have a strong representation at the Africa Energy Forum in Denmark this June as CEOs from Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Mozambique, Ghana, SAPP, WAPP, APUA, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Tunisia take the lead in targeted country sessions explor...
2017 Development Finance Forum: Unlocking Private Investment in African Markets
2017 Development Finance Forum (GHANA): Wednesday, May 31 – Thursday, June 1, 2017 In the past year, several initiatives have been taken to mobilize private sector finance for development and contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Aba...
