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Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Given the critical role that micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) play in emerging markets, interventions designed to support them need to be effective in unlocking innovation, employment and economic growth. Cenfri is exploring several areas of MSME-related work including:

  • Nuanced MSME segmentation
  • Digital transformation of MSMEs
  • Systems mapping (understanding key value-chains as well as the drivers and constraints in the ecosystem)
  • Designing interventions and rethinking insurance to meet MSME needs and better manage the risks they face
  • Technical assistance to the private sector

The Latest in Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
The untold realities of women cross-border traders
A diagnostic study on women cross-border traders between South Africa and Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique​  Informal cross-border trade plays a [...]
14 March 2024
Innovating to improve MSME resilience in Uganda
As in many other developing countries, Ugandan MSMEs play a fundamental role in the economy – accounting for a substantial share of GDP, driving [...]
24 November 2023
MSME resilience in Ghana
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make vital contributions to growth, employment and livelihoods, representing [...]
15 December 2021
Holistic interventions for MSME resilience 
A guidebook using nine Asian countries (Cambodia, India, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam) under the GIZ Integrated Climate and [...]
7 April 2021
The potential of digital platforms as distributors and enablers of financial services in Africa
The past decade has seen the emergence of digital platforms, which connect buyers and sellers of goods and services and allow them to seamlessly [...]
4 November 2020
Insurance in the age of COVID-19: The pandemic highlights the need for a new approach
For the last decade, Cenfri and other development partners have focused our approach to insurance development on the welfare implications for [...]
20 April 2020
ZPOS: The potential of merchant data in improving credit access
DataHack4FI country winner discovering the prospect of using financial management and accounting systems to generate credit scores Almost half the [...]
27 February 2019
Using technology to build loyalty among insurance customers
Mary is the owner of a small business in Blantyre, Malawi, and the main breadwinner for her family. To support her family in the event that something [...]
6 February 2018
Beyond the numbers: Tailoring insurance cover for MSMEs
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the lifeblood of most economies globally. They are recognised as one of the primary engines for [...]
24 January 2018
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