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On 8 December 2022, the 3rd steering meeting of the project "German-Ukrainian Cooperation on Organic Agriculture" (COA) took place online. Participants included representatives of all Ukrainian partners of the project...
MoreSince 2019, AFC is supporting the implementation of the GIZ project “Response to increased demand on government services and creation of economic opportunities in Uganda – RISE”, which is co-financed by the EU and aims to increase economic opportunities for Sudanese refugees and the...
MoreEgyptian Banks are restrictive in their lending to SMEs. The conservative lending is illustrated in a low loan-to-deposit ratio, which attained approx. 45% in December 2019. Hence, a vast number of businesses in Egypt operate in different modes of informality.
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More98% of companies in Jordan are micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which employ around 70% of the workforce in the private sector, but their access to finance is inadequate: only ~10% of all bank loans are granted to MSMEs, which often force them to finance themselves...
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