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Zimbabwe is no exception, especially at local government level. However, the Central Government continues to show political will through the enactment of various pieces of legislation chief among them the National Gender Policy (NGP) of 2013 to 2017 which was later revised and unveiled on 6 July 2017. The initial NGP recorded successes, namely the passing of a series of legislation to operationalise the policy, institutional and structural reforms that saw the national gender machinery being st...

Oman SME registrations surge 14.4% in 12 months MUSCAT, February 24, 2021 The total number of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) registered in Oman’s Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development till the end of January 2021 stood at 49,337, compared to 43,134 in January 2020, an increase by 14.4%. Among the governorates, the Governorate of Muscat topped the list with 33.6% of the total registered SMEs till the end of January 2021, followed by the Governorate of North Al-Batinah w...

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CAIRO — The Kuwaiti cabinet on Monday told the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises Development to set up mechanisms to disburse support to eligible…

Union criticizes latest Health hammer-blow KUWAIT CITY, Feb 7: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim had another meeting with the owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) covered by the decision of the Cabinet to close certain establishments in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, affirming their message has been delivered to the concerned authorities and that their demands will be taken into consideration. “No one is against any decision to protect the public from coronavirus,...

Synopsis The need for a change in definition, thats aimed at offering small firms the incentives to grow and thereby reap economies of scale was argued for in the Economic Survey 2018-19 too. Getty Images The RBI also constituted an Expert Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2019) which recommended using the annual turnover as the criteria instead of the investment based criteria. One of the interesting takeaways of the Economic Survey 2020-21 tabled today is the fact that it also...

Licence fee waiver for SMEs in Oman MUSCAT, January 26, 2021 Omans Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Riyada) has issued details on incentives offered to owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a view to waiving of SME licence fees.   The incentives target SMEs operating in the sectors of manufacturing industries, agriculture and fisheries, services, logistics and related activities, according to the Invest-Easy portal rating specified by the Ministry of Comm...

Riyada outlines incentives for small and medium enterprises By: ONA Muscat: The Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Riyada) has issued a detailed statement on incentives offered to owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a view to writing off SME licence fees.  The incentives target SMEs operating in the sectors of manufacturing industries, agriculture and fisheries, services, logistics and related activities, according to the Invest-Easy portal rating specified ...

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Turkey Targets $10 Billion in Defense Exports by 2023 Our Bureau 2712 Image for representation only. By 2023 Turkey’s defense industry targets $27 billion in turnover, $10 billion in exports and employment for approximately 80,000 people, according to Ismail Demir, the chairperson of the Presidency of the Defense Industries (SSB). In comparison, current Turkish defense exports total $3 billion and turnover is $12 billion. Turkey is currently carrying out 700 projects with defense firms tha...