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Breakthroughs in financial technology and artificial intelligence, along with growth in cellular coverage, are providing hope to many MSMEs in developing economies, including the Philippines, especially to those that qualify as micro-borrowers and are dependent on local, informal lenders to finance their businesses at less-than-ideal terms.

The violent clashes that occurred at the Eritrean Embassy in Tel Aviv on Saturday was only the most recent in a series of escalating protests against the Eritrean government.

ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev tasked the Government to up the IT services exports to $1 billion by 2026 in his latest state-of-the-nation address, Kazinform reports.

ISLAMABAD: Weak infrastructure and governance act as additional constraints for Pakistan, says Moody’s Investors...

Mali faces challenges, ranging from food insecurity to disease and education issues. USAID programs in Mali work to improve the situation.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is slated to make a decision soon on the deployment of foreign armed forces to fight gangs and their enablers in Haiti. It is expected that the secretary general of that quixotic organisation is likely to...

DANIEL AYANTOYE examines the rate at which Nigerians lose job opportunities, even locally, to foreigners with the right skills, aiding unemployment and underemployment rates

The FIFA Women’s World Cup successes gave some insight to gender inequalities beyond sport.

Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 22, 2023 - The African Union (AU) on Tuesday said it was suspending coup-hit Niger but responded cautiously to a threatened military operation to restore its ousted president, as Nigerien TV said 12 troops died in a new attack by suspected jihadists.

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