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africanews.com /1 month ago

African Trade: Bringing AfCFTA Closer to Local Businesses {Business Africa}

Access to finance also remains a critical obstacle. To address this, the ITC has partnered with Equity Group to expand trade finance for priority sectors while providing entreprene...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Kenya: Pending State Bills Push SMEs to Alternative Financing

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) trapped in a severe liquidity crunch are turning to structured trade finance to survive, as unpaid government pend...

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thecitizen.co.tz /1 month ago

Study highlights why Tanzania's SMEs miss lucrative public tenders

For SMEs, the study recommends investment in digital technologies, staff training and modern business systems to improve competitiveness

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allafrica.com /4 days ago

Africa: African Development Bank and Axian Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-Led Businesses in Af...

[African Development Bank (AfDB)] AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women's financial inclusion programme to expand access to finance and business...

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theheraldghana.com /2 weeks ago

Standard Bank strengthens trade ecosystem to enable African SMEs to access global markets

Standard Bank is strengthening its support for African businesses seeking to participate in regional and global trade by bringing together financial solutions, market access, logis...

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theheraldghana.com /3 weeks ago

AfCFTA Secretariat: SME training must lead to markets, finance and business deals

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has called for stronger support systems to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) move beyond training and succ...

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theheraldghana.com /1 week ago

Ofosu-Adjare pushes stronger SME financing to unlock Africa’s $1.5tn trade potential

Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has called for urgent reforms in financing, trade facilitation and local production to enable African businesses to...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Africa Has Ideas - What It Lacks Is a Fair Hearing from Global Capital

[allAfrica] Why good African businesses and projects can struggle to cross the funding redline

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: A Senegalese Factory Proves Africa Can Spin Its Own Cotton - Can It Find the Money to Keep Going?

[allAfrica] Domitexka's mill in Kaolack has the markets, the know-how and the partnerships to compete globally. What it still needs -- like nearly every manufacturer on the contine...

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tribune.com.pk /1 month ago

SMEs hold key to growth: SEDF chief

Khizar Pervaiz highlights financing gaps, skills shortage, calls for holistic support on Express Tribune podcast

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theeastafrican.co.ke /1 month ago

The problem with Africa’s financial architecture

The biggest capital barriers are in aligning investor and entrepreneur expectations.

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opportunitiesforyouth.org /1 month ago

ATCMA-ECCAS Call for Expressions of Interest 2026: EU-Funded Opportunity for Timber, Cocoa, and Cassava SMEs in Central...

The Programme for Trade Competitiveness and Market Access in Central Africa (ATCMA-ECCAS) has officially launched a Call for Expressions of Interest inviting eligible small and med...

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allafrica.com /2 weeks ago

Mozambique: Mozambique LNG Already Trained 100 SMEs in Cabo Delgado

[AIM] Maputo -- The French oil and gas company TotalEnergies, which heads the liquefied natural gas (LNG) consortium, in Palma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: IFC, Industrial Policy and the Private Sector: Development Through the Lens of the Thiam Threshold

[allAfrica] From Project Bankability to Building Productive and Financeable Economies

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: A Landmark for African Finance - Europe's First African Sovereign Bond ETF Opens a New Chapter

[allAfrica] For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is sh...

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thisdaylive.com /3 weeks ago

World Bank Group Invests $25 Million in Jumia to Expand Africa’s Digital Commerce

• Targets 60,000 sellers, 1,800 direct jobs, 100,000 sales agents • Funding to strengthen digital payments across 8 African markets Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Sunday Ehigiator in...

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mwebantu.com /1 day ago

Pick n Pay, Skydates sign MoU to boost SME development

RETAILER Pick n Pay has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Skydates Enterprises Limited aimed at empowering small and medium-sized enterprises. Speaking during the signing c...

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newsonlineng.com /2 weeks ago

Zoho, SMEDAN Partner to Support 25,000 Nigerian MSMEs With â‚¦20bn Cloud Technology Credits

Zoho and SMEDAN has partnered to support 25,000 Nigerian MSMEs with â‚¦20bn Cloud Technology Credits. Â NewsOnline Nigeria reports that global technology company Zoho has entered...

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dailynationzambia.com /1 month ago

Access Bank wins women SME award

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ACCESS Bank has been named Best SME Bank for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa at the Global SME Banking Innovation Awards 2026. The award, presented by The Digita...

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zambianews.net /1 month ago

Roundup: African manufacturers look to China's industrial experience to boost growth

by Ntandoyenkosi Ncube JOHANNESBURG, July 15 (Xinhua) -- African manufacturers and trade officials have called on the continent to draw lessons from China's industrial transformati...

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theeastafrican.co.ke /1 month ago

Afreximbank banks on intra-African trade

Geopolitical tensions, rising protectionism and shifting global trade patterns are making regional integration increasingly important.

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Why Africa's Textile Story Is Bigger Than the Numbers Suggest

[Bird Story Agency] Africa is beginning to reverse an age-old equation: exporting raw cotton and importing the value created from it. The challenge is to close the ''missing middle...

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thenews-chronicle.com /1 month ago

Exclusive Interview: XChangeBOX CEO Abiola Jimoh Reveals Why SMEs Still Struggle to Access Finance in Nigeria

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. As...

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thisdaylive.com /2 weeks ago

AfriGO Empowers Microfinance Banks to Accelerate Financial Inclusion

Nume Ekeghe Afrigopay Financial Services Limited, operators of Nigeria’s sovereign national payment card scheme, has called for greater collaboration and innovation in the microfin...

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