TRADE-CAMEROON:  New Study to Bridge Finance Gap of Small Business
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PARIS, Aug 28 (IPS) - Caught in a limbo between larger firms with access  to traditional banking-sector finance and micro-credit  initiatives designed to help the small enterprises of the very  poor, African businesses in the middle have historically been on  the wrong side of both extremes when it comes to accessing  finance.
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China's Small Industries Struggle to be Green (3) Meanwhile, for small industries, even if the entrepreneurs want to make their plants energy friendly by upgrading the technologies, getting loans from the bank is not easy.
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In countries where A.T.M.âs are few or nonexistent, cellphones are helping microlenders bring financial services to poor and remote areas.
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LISBON, Dec 7 (IPS) - Starting one's own business on borrowed money  is no easy task in Portugal for an unemployed or retired person,  or one lacking advanced professional qualifications, even if the  loan is small and payable in instalments.
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By Subashini Selvaratnam  THE local business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce industry, valued at about US$2 billion (RM7.4 billion) in 2005, is expected to gain further momentum and grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 per cent, to reach US$5.7 billion in 2010.
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LONDON, Nov 16 (IPS) - Small is becoming beautiful again in the world of   finance. Or let us say, the microfinance business is beginning  to pick up.
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Stunted growth may bring a good opportunity for investors.
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A cross-continent look at how far your money goes.
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Cheap for a reason, or great opportunities? We investigate.
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BERLIN, Oct 4 (IPS) - Imagine the world's poorest trading their way  out of poverty. A grand vision indeed, but how to turn it into  reality?
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Global Trade's Precarious Balance
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A small-cap investing plan that can help you get it done.
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How to minimize risk while hanging onto the potential reward in small-cap investing.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50928)  has announced the addition of "Mobility  Investment in Small Enterprises H1 2006 (Databook)"  to their offering.
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The road to greater return and less risk.
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Cameroon and China have clinched an agreement to increase water production and distribution in Cameroon's economic capital Douala, the government daily Cameroon Tribune reported Monday.
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The credit crisis may be fouling up billion-dollar takeover deals, but if you're a poor African seamstress who needs a loan for a new sewing machine, you could not ask for a better borrowing market to expand your business.