An Apollo Global Management Inc.-backed fund has loaned an Irish fintech unicorn $250 million that will allow it to lend to small businesses looking for capital.

Zivra turns banks, POS, mobile money, cash, and receipts into live cashflow, risk, and health signals so SMEs stop ...

FairMoney MFB uses alternative credit scoring to help Nigerian SMEs access loans up to N5m, fostering growth without ...

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 ...

It’s the first month of 2026, and many SMEs are taking stock. Reviewing plans, assessing priorities, and deciding how to approach growth in a changing environment. Over the past few years, I’ve spoken ...

A Finnish small business with roughly €5,000 in monthly turnover applied for funding expecting a routine decision.

Ghana’s private capital and investment industry is entering a new phase of ecosystem strengthening, following Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)’s deeper engagement in SME ...

Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent one of the largest untapped investment frontiers globally, with funding gaps continuing to ...

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, ...

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 ...

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