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New scheme targets SMEs

SMEs in Uganda will benefit from an initiative dubbed Aspire Uganda, which was launched by three multinational companies to provide business development financing. (more…)

#bank#CDC#Deutsche Bank

Nigerian financial system still offers limited access

Protracted challenges in the system, include the limited availability of secured lending products like leasing, supplier credit, warehouse receipt, factoring and other…

#banks#leasing#liquidity


Exim enters Comoros

Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited, Tanzania's local private banking firm will become the first indigenous bank to operate overseas when operations…


Namdeb throws weight behind SME development

Namibia's mining giant, Namdeb, has thrown its weight behind the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector by setting up a…


Exporters look to government for export credit insurance

Namibian exporters and traders need access to credit insurance to cover risks associated with exports to enable them to expand…


Government to stimulate growth of SMEs

THE country's SME sector needs to network so that they can break into the international market. Minister of enterprise and employment…


Barclays assists SMEs to fair

Barclays Bank of Ghana is bringing 100 SMEs to this year's Canton Fair in China to meet suppliers, manufacturers, investors and service…


Small firms gain as banks promote SME lending

Financial institutions are giving a serious look at the SME segment. Competition has heated up with Standard Chartered, Barclays, NIC…


USD 3m loan for Uganda SMEs

DFCU Limited has secured a $3 million (Shs5.2 billion) credit from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries to support…


Opportunities surge for SMEs

Access to finance for SMEs is easier than it has ever been. Obstacles and challenges that previously seemed insurmountable are…

#Access to Finance#international#management


South Africa 2006-2007 – Factoring becoming increasingly important

There are developments currently in progress to produce an industry wide electronic interface system that will enable factors to receive…

#bank#interest rates#invoice


Exim Bank support to SMEs boosted by USD5 million...

Exim Bank Tanzania Limited has secured a US$5m from PROPARCO of France, which is to be spent on loans to small-…

#bank#financial institution#international

Barclays targets SME finance with Nile Bank deal

Barclays Bank has announced the acquisition of Nile Bank, a Ugandan commercial bank specialising in SME finance (more…)

#3M#acquisition#bank

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