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Digital investment starts at home
3 Jun 2019
Governments called on to apply the same approaches to building start-up ecosystems as they do for foreign direct investment.
Pakistani start-up focuses on niche online shopping market
14 Mar 2019
Nazish Hussain's passion for online innovation has connected Pakistani women with pre-owned designer items and introduced them to the world of ecommerce.
Business training graduate helps Tanzanian girls stay in school
8 Mar 2019
After completing UNCTAD's entrepreneurship programme, Jennifer Shigoli grew a start-up making reusable sanitary pads for girls who otherwise might miss out on an education.
Ecuador's fair-trade tea party
26 Feb 2019
Two tea-makers from Ecuador are proving that the right entrepreneurial network and support system can brew social businesses that are ready to export.
Young Yangon entrepreneurs get business skills boost in Myanmar
20 Dec 2018
UNCTAD, with UNDP and telecoms company Ooredoo Myanmar, holds entrepreneurship training course in Yangon, with a national rollout being considered.
World's poorest countries must nurture dynamic businesses
20 Nov 2018
UNCTAD's Least Developed Countries Report 2018 examines how the world's most disadvantaged countries can foster entrepreneurship to create jobs and help end poverty.
Ecuadorian energy tea business scoops SDG pitch prize
16 Nov 2018
Amazonian small-scale tea growers look set to benefit from $15,000 awarded to energy tea company owner Demetrio Santander, who plans to help them form a workers' association.
Young Africans need business start-up support, forum hears
15 Nov 2018
UNCTAD's youth policy guides are essential tools for young entrepreneurs in Africa, where staggering youth unemployment is both a challenge and opportunity.
UNCTAD and Alibaba Business School Enroll Second Class of Asian Entrepreneurs under the eFounders Fellowship
8 Nov 2018
Fourth cohort of 40 selected, comprising participants from 11 Asian countries - a record for the program.
Mozambican builder wins UNCTAD Women in Business Award 2018
25 Oct 2018
Construction business owner Uneiza Ali Issufo takes gold for her green construction company at Empretec ceremony during the World Investment Forum in Geneva.
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