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infoDev launches new report "Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs: Challenges and Opportunities"

The report addresses the Role of Private Sector Finance in Scaling Up ICT-Enabled Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

15 August 2008 | A key finding from infoDev's Incubator Initiative and our country work on growth and competitiveness is that there is little available financing for technology entrepreneurs. Without appropriate financing, the inevitable result is a significant slowdown in the business development process, which, in a fast moving business such as ICT, may ultimately jeopardize chances of success. To better understand the financial challenges facing technology entrepreneurs, infoDev commissioned this study, which assesses the current efforts by multilateral institutions and investors to address the financing needs of ICT and ICT-enabled SMEs in developing countries, and identifies the key challenges and constraints to meeting these needs. More

infoDev's funded Incubator, BusyInternet, to host IFC SME Toolkit in Ghana

9 March 2008 | IFC distributes the SME Toolkit in several countries by partnering with local organizations that translate the product into local languages and offer relevant content in areas such as business regulations, sources of financing, and local business directories. The Toolkit was launched in Benin with H&C Business Technologies on Feb 26th. BusyInternet, a member of the infoDev Global Network of Business Incubators, will host the Toolkit in Ghana. More

Youtube and Google Feature infoDev Business Incubator Case Study Videos

9 March 2008 | infoDev has commissioned a new set of video case studies that can viewed on Youtube! The videos include the Tianjin Women's Business Incubator in China, the Enterprise Innovation Fund in Armenia, and the Jordan iPARK. More
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Featured Publications
NEW! Cover image: International Good Practice for Establishment of Sustainable IT Parks
International Good Practice for Establishment of Sustainable IT Parks

Review of experiences in select countries (Vietnam, Russia, and Jordan) More

Cover image: Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries
Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries

An infoDev Study on the funding challenges and opportunities facing Technology SMEs in developing countries More


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Harnessing ICT as tools of growth and competitiveness
Building on the lessons of its Incubator Initiative, infoDev is working to help developing countries understand and address the constraints to ICT-enabled innovation, new business creation and regional/global competitiveness, including financial and human resource limitations, as well as policy and regulatory challenges.  This work includes a focus on the effective utilization of ICT to improve competitiveness at the firm level and the ways in which ICT can open new markets and new opportunities to developing-country firms.

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infoDev Incubator Support Center (iDISC)
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