Multilingual bots allow African SMEs to simplify funding across language barriers
September 15th, 2017 – Venture Capital funding in Africa more than doubled between 2015 and 2016, and to simplify the funding process, multilingual bots are deployed to break down language barriers. Even as far back as 2011, a Gallup poll found that...
Latin America ERP Software Market Analysis 2014-2017 & 2025
DUBLIN – August 21th, 2017 – The “Latin America ERP Software Market Analysis By Deployment, By Functions (Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Others), By Vertical, By End-user (Large Enterprises, Medium Enterprises, Small Enterprises) And Segment...
Dokalam Done, India And China Have ‘Forward-Looking Conversation’ At BRICS Summit
Xiamen (CHINA) – September 5th, 2017 – Putting behind the Dokalam standoff, India and China today agreed on a “forward-looking” approach in their ties and make more efforts, including strong cooperation between their security perso...
Meet Marie Chatardová, the new President of UN Economic and Social Council
September 1th, 2017 – On 27 July, Ambassador Marie Chatardová became the seventy-third President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – the body at the heart of UN’s work to advance sustainable development. “I wish to announce that the...
How The Cost-Conscious Aussie SME Approaches Innovative Tech
August 1th, 2017 – Small businesses may be interested in innovative technologies, but only a few are willing to make the leap — and the investment — necessary to actually implement tools into their businesses. The latest research from the SMB Te...
South African, Chinese banks sign deal to fund SMEs in Africa
JOHANNESBURG – August 19th, 2017 – South Africa’s Absa bank and China Development Bank (CDB) on Friday announced the conclusion of a $100 million Special Facility Agreement to fund small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. Abs...
Small businesses in Central Asia receive support from EBRD
The EU and EBRD have officered additional support to small and medium sized businesses in Central Asia, in an attempt to support job creation and economic growth within the region. August 7th, 2017 – Central Asia has been on the trading route betwee...
London Stock Exchange Group collaborating with IBM to develop securities data blockchain solution for European SMEs
Borsa Italiana project plans to digitize securities certificate data to simplify issuance and management of shareholding information LONDON and ARMONK, New York, July 19th, 2017 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) – Borsa Italiana, part of London Stock ...
How SMEs can find balance between challenges and benefits through BI implementation
July 8th, 2017 – Getting to the bottom of business information (BI) can be a difficult exercise, especially for SMEs, as their data is buried in multiple layers and legacy systems. BI facilitates the manager to take the best decisions, at a right ti...
East Asia’s SMEs gearing up to challenges of new economy
July 8th, 2017 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have played a vital role in East Asia’s development. At first, they were traditional handicraft industries, or cottage industries that were mostly found in rural areas. As countries st...
