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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 untold realities of women cross-border traders
A diagnostic study on women cross-border traders between South Africa and Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique​  [...]
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 substantia [...]
Holistic risk solutions for MSME resilience in Egypt
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Egypt Micro, small and medium-sized enter [...]
Private sector partnerships for MSME resilience: Learnings from Africa
Opportunities await insurers and tech providers who are willing to work together [...]
The role of different partners for effective MSME insurance
Insurers can partner with digital platforms, lenders and insurance aggregators to offer better products that [...]
Applying a gender lens to trade finance
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered engines of economic growth and development, especially in developing eco [...]
Insurance for MSMEs
The GIZ Compendium on how to improve insurance for MSMEs in a number of countries.  T [...]
MSME resilience in Ghana
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make vital contributions to growth, employme [...]
Digitalizing farm to table supply chains in Asia
On-demand transport services and insurtech  Whether as a customer or a busi [...]