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How digital innovators plug the holes in the small business support ecosystem

How digital innovators plug the holes in the small business support ecosystem

Last month, Strive Community announced the grant recipients of its inaugural Innovation Fund. A total of one million dollars was awarded to…
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Strive Community
Digitalizing rural small businesses in agriculture and tourism: Policy strategies from a case study…

Digitalizing rural small businesses in agriculture and tourism: Policy strategies from a case study…

Rural small businesses in the agriculture and tourism sectors are major contributors to economic growth in many countries and were some of…
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Grace Natabaalo
New Global Findex data highlights the potential for digital merchant payments to deepen financial…

New Global Findex data highlights the potential for digital merchant payments to deepen financial…

The World Bank has released its latest Global Findex Database, which contains updated indicators on financial services and digital…
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Janet Shulist
Consult, Design, Test, Repeat

Consult, Design, Test, Repeat

Agile and Human-Centered Digital Training Development for Micro- and Small Enterprises
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Strive Community
Strive Innovation Fund winners announced!

Strive Innovation Fund winners announced!

Meet the innovators testing new digital solutions to strengthen small businesses.
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Alina Kaiser
Increased use of digital payments in Latin America and the Caribbean: An opportunity for merchants…

Increased use of digital payments in Latin America and the Caribbean: An opportunity for merchants…

At the peak of the pandemic, about 50 million consumers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) adopted in-store digital merchant payments…
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Grace Natabaalo
A closer look at the digitalization of SMEs in Europe

A closer look at the digitalization of SMEs in Europe

Firms that adopted digital technologies fared better during the pandemic but there were disparities in adoption with regard to firm size
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Janet Shulist
Using virtual reality for training

Using virtual reality for training

VR has the potential to offer an immersive, interactive, and effective way to train entrepreneurs and small businesses.
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Janet Shulist
How Shujaaz Inc supports young micro-entrepreneurs through peer learning, networking, and mentoring

How Shujaaz Inc supports young micro-entrepreneurs through peer learning, networking, and mentoring

Peer influence can be an important motivator for all ages, but especially for young people.
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Janet Shulist
How to use videos to digitally upskill small businesses

How to use videos to digitally upskill small businesses

Videos are a highly engaging and effective channel for training. Here’s how they can be used to support small businesses.
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Janet Shulist
Addressing the ‘missing middle’ of insurance: How insurers can better serve micro and small…

Addressing the ‘missing middle’ of insurance: How insurers can better serve micro and small…

Despite the benefits insurance can offer, the vast majority of micro and small businesses around the globe remain underinsured. Micro and…
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Janet Shulist
Targeted funding and partnerships are key to unlocking small business finance

Targeted funding and partnerships are key to unlocking small business finance

Access to finance is critical to small business growth, but there is a dearth of financial solutions that meet the nuanced and diverse…
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Grace Natabaalo
Learning from a decade of supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses

Learning from a decade of supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses

A report from Innovations for Poverty Action’s (IPA) Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development program takes a closer look at the…
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Janet Shulist
Inflation sets a new frontier for digital financial services

Inflation sets a new frontier for digital financial services

The war in Ukraine has triggered worldwide inflation and, unsurprisingly, small businesses have been hit especially hard. We look at how…
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Nicolas Friederici
Merchant payments drive mobile money growth in 2021

Merchant payments drive mobile money growth in 2021

The GSMA recently published the tenth edition of its annual State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money, which captures data and insights…
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Janet Shulist
Small businesses turn to web 3.0

Small businesses turn to web 3.0

As small businesses recover from the effects of the pandemic, many are increasingly relying on digital tools to stay afloat. While some…
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Grace Natabaalo
Launching today: The digital transformation of small business support

Launching today: The digital transformation of small business support

A new whitepaper from Strive Community
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Strive Community
The legacy and future of the World Bank’s Doing Business index

The legacy and future of the World Bank’s Doing Business index

The Doing Business (DB) report can be considered the single most influential source for business policy and regulation in the world.
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Nicolas Friederici
🏍️ Digital-driven asset financing can turn workers into micro-enterprises

🏍️ Digital-driven asset financing can turn workers into micro-enterprises

Digital platforms can be powerful connectors of supply and demand for services and work.
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Nicolas Friederici
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