Thought leaders 2018

- To boost SME competitiveness, France reshuffles its trade promotion ecosystem
  
  SMEs are the economic lungs that breathe life into a country. In France, most of the country’s 3.8 million businesses are considered small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They account for half the jobs and wealth created by our country....
- Interview with the first female tech CEO in Afghanistan
  
  Roya Mahboob co-founded the Afghan Citadel Software Company, a small pioneering technology business. She is also co-founder and CEO of the Digital Citizen Fund, which helps girls and women in developing countries gain access to technology...
- Growing MSMEs, a path to national development
  
  Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in economic development, especially in regional economies like that of Latin America. Today more than ever, strengthening these firms is viewed as a means to achieve more inclusive...
- Skills bolster SME competitiveness
  
  Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of economies around the world. They contribute to economic growth, spur innovation and diversification, and provide livelihoods. They also offer women and other traditionally disadvantaged groups...
- Despite challenging export environment, SME agribusiness in the Gambia plans growth
  
  Mira Impex is a small-scale agribusiness based in the Gambia. Our company specializes in sourcing, processing, packaging and exporting raw cashew nuts and supplying groundnuts and peanuts locally to exporters...