It is tough being a small and medium enterprise (SME) in Africa, a continent where the SMEs sector is quite fragile. Nothing has exposed the apparent quicksand foundations of the sector more than the ...

We’ve long heard that SMEs are the engine room of the economy. Accounting for 90 percent of businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide, this is not an understatement. But what happens ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO has extended a $20 million senior unsecured ...

Heritage Bank has an innovative approach to financing small businesses, a package which is akin to the Paris Club for small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). The organisation’s Group Head, SMEs, ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Peter Lochbihler, the Global Director of Public Affairs for Booking.com, has ...

Lack of access to finance has typically been the key challenge facing African SMEs. However, limited access to markets is emerging as a much bigger problem. For a majority, operations are constrained ...

International trade presents significant opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) but comes with challenges. A significant hurdle is securing the necessary financing. In 2022, the ...

Nigeria’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are grappling with tightening credit access despite record lending from development banks like the Bank of ...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) remain at the heart of RAKBANK’s growth strategy, a commitment underscored by its recent Euromoney award as SME Bank of the Year. In 2025, the bank disbursed over ...

FINTECH company First Circle is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of expanding access to financing for small ...