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SME Financing

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An international network serving Africa’s entrepreneurs

  • Charles Sirois Chairman of the Board Enablis
15 December 2014
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Enablis promotes local business creation by focusing its attention on the entrepreneurs rather than merely on their businesses. This NGO identifies the founders of the most promising SMEs and supports […]Continue Reading
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There are of course considerable differences between African countries, but these financing constraints still remain the biggest stumbling block to the development of these companies on the continent.

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17 July 2009
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SME access to financing remains more limited in Africa than elsewhere in the world.  Continue Reading
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SME access to financing: capacities matter as much as resources

  • Hervé Gallèpe Director of Technical Assistance Unit Proparco
  • Grégoire Chauvière Le Drian Economist AFD
16 July 2009
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Donors must not simply focus on adopting strategies based on providing financing, they must also focus on demand. One of the reasons why it is difficult for SMEs to access […]Continue Reading
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Private equity investment in sub-saharan african SMEs

  • Patrice Hoppenot
06 July 2009
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SME financing cannot be enhanced simply by scaling up volumes of financing. SMEs need to upgrade so that they can meet the eligibility criteria of bankers and other investors. I&P […]Continue Reading
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The difficulties bank face in financing SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Paul Derreumaux CEO AfDB
29 June 2009
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Firms and banks alike would seem to be responsible for the lack of SME financing in SSA: firms because of their shortfalls in meeting the classic requirements of the banking […]Continue Reading
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A perspective on SME Financing in Africa

  • Admassu Tadesse Vice-président exécutif DBSA
22 June 2009
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SMEs may account for the bulk of firms and employment in SSA, yet they  contribute very little to GDP. This is partly due to the financing constraints they meet. However, […]Continue Reading
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Financing SMEs in a context of strong information asymmetry

  • Julien Lefilleur heads Proparco's Manufacturing Proparco
01 June 2009
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The acuteness of information asymmetries between bankers and entrepreneurs, which cannot be offset by adequate loan securitization, constitutes one of the main stumbling blocks to SME financing in SSA. The […]Continue Reading
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Credit to the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developments and Issues

  • Emilio Sacerdoti Economist Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
25 May 2009
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Despite signs of progress, SSA is still lagging compared to other regions when it comes to scaling up the volume of loans allocated to the private sector. If it is […]Continue Reading
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Bank financing to SMEs: what are Africa’s specificities?

  • Maria Soledad Martinez Peria Senior Economist The World Bank Group
18 May 2009
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Using bank survey data, this article compares the scale and type of bank lending to SMEs in Africa to that available outside the region. The data shows that bank financing […]Continue Reading
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Rethingking finance for Africa’s small firms

  • Paul Collier Professor of Economics Oxford University
11 May 2009
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African banks had just started to show interest in SMEs when the global crisis reversed the tide. The risk for SMEs is that they will suddenly be barred  access to […]Continue Reading
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