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...
Firmament Group Study Reveals Small Business Owners Struggle To Access Needed Capital For Expansion And Growth
26th July, 2018 – The Firmament Group (“Firmament”), a leading provider of tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), released today The Capital Access Challenge report that examined the financi...
SMEs Promotion Gains Traction Through Fapa Funding
2th July, 2018 – Leveling the playing field for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa is one of FAPA’s (Fund for African Private Sector Assistance) priority goals. To achieve this objective, FAPA donors have approved four project...
27 JUNE – MSME Day
A great source of employment Last year on 27 June we celebrated for the first time the Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day. Those enterprises, which generally employ fewer than 250 persons, are the backbone of most economies worldwide and play ...
World Bank’s IFC provides loan to Altum Capital for SMEs financing in Mexico
June 14th, 2018 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has provided a MXN$350 million loan (US$18 million equivalent) to Altum Capital, a private debt fund that seeks to expand financial inclusion in Mexico ...
Cloud Managed Service Market: Increased Adoption by SMEs to Bolster Market Demand
June 19th, 2018 – The world cloud managed service market is considered to be extremely influenced by the constant rise in the worldwide trend of cloud automation. The augmented uptake of various managed services amongst small and medium enterprises (SME...
The future for SMEs is online
May 28th, 2018 – Research by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) found that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who have invested in digital technologies showed more growth than those that did not. In addition, further studies found th...
Countries in Europe and Central Asia can provide better opportunities and services for citizens by leveraging Blockchain technologies
Tbilisi (GEORGIA) – May 8th, 2018 – With economic growth in Europe and Central Asia having peaked, following 2.7% growth in 2017 and a projection of 2.3% for 2018, countries in the region should take advantage of new digital technologies to innovate a...
Bank of Africa targets SMEs in training drive
May 14th, 2018 – Pan-African lender, Bank of Africa is eyeing to grow small and medium enterprises (SMEs) clientele by holding free monthly workshops. The bank, with 30 branches since its launch in 2004, said the customer engagement forums dubbed SM...
