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ICT for SMEs

Rajveer singh — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:56:55 -0500

ICT adoption for SMEs is a very startegic work. Currently most of SMEs are slow to adopt ICT. We are implementing a programme to improve ICT usage among Indian SMEs through cluster development approach for the last two years. The project details may be seen at www.projectvikas.com. kindly let me know how we can help you in UGANDA. Rajveer singh

ICT As a capacity that SMEs need desperately

Mutaasa Humphrey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:08:17 -0500

As a UNIDO project that was set up to help build capacity of SMEs to become competitive in the market here in Uganda and abroad, we have carried out needs assessments and found out that ICTs are a big need that SMEs have and which is not having a direct solution. Please we are calling upon development partners, Volunteers in the same to come to SMEs rescue. and support initiatives like ours and others that are in line with ICT for SME competitiveness. We can contacted on jinjadbic@yahoo.co.uk regards from Uganda

SMEs in Uganda

Mutaasa Humphrey — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:50:56 -0500

I am the business Information Officer of the business information Centre that was set up by UNIDO in jinja District. one of the Districts in Uganda. the biggest problem and need that these people have is the real access to financial supply even at interests. though these should not be as escalated as they are in the micro Finance firms in uganda. if only there could be funding at reasonable annual rates, which could range between 6-9 per year they can access the funds and will be very willing and able to pay back. Not like the firms that give out the money at 15-21 % annually. thanks

Private Sector Finance and SME Development

Rob Katz — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:01:35 -0500

Thanks to a ~~commenter’s~~ suggestion from Munyaradzi Musamba, I checked out a new report from InfoDev about the role of private sector finance in small- and medium-sized enterprise development. The report, Scaling Up Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Role of Private Sector Finance, contains the preliminary findings of a workshop held last April; I’m still trying to find the summary findings (post-workshop), but this is pretty good reading for now. At only nineteen pages, it’s digestible and very valuable, if a bit technical. An excerpt from the foreword suggests what’s to come: