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UNCTAD announces recipients of ISAR Honours 2020

UNCTAD announces recipients of ISAR Honours 2020

10 Nov 2020
The awards recognize the private sector’s contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
New system boosts ease of doing business in Iraq

New system boosts ease of doing business in Iraq

28 Oct 2020
A new online single window system for business registration in Iraq is supporting an entrepreneurial environment during COVID-19.
Senegal's e-commerce sector helps country cope with COVID-19

Senegal's e-commerce sector helps country cope with COVID-19

24 Apr 2020
Trade ministry fast-tracks measures to ease access to essential goods and services during the pandemic.
Benin takes business registration online at critical time

Benin takes business registration online at critical time

24 Mar 2020

Benin means business. The West African nation's arsenal of smart eGovernment tools is helping it remain open for business during the coronavirus pandemic.
Refugees, migrants redefine label through entrepreneurship

Refugees, migrants redefine label through entrepreneurship

21 Nov 2019
Entrepreneurs in difficult situations show there is more to the migrant or refugee label.
Invest in small business and reap big rewards

Invest in small business and reap big rewards

27 Jun 2019
Saluting young entrepreneurs and small business is not enough. They need support.
Young Yangon entrepreneurs get business skills boost in Myanmar

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.
Ecuadorian energy tea business scoops SDG pitch prize

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.
Women in Business Awards 2018 – finalists announced

Women in Business Awards 2018 – finalists announced

6 Jul 2018

​Ten women entrepreneurs hailing from Africa, Latin America and Asia have made the shortlist, with the winner to be named at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum in October 2018
UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General meets first Kenyan graduates of entrepreneurship training course

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General meets first Kenyan graduates of entrepreneurship training course

26 Jan 2018
Women business-owners who are among the first to complete UNCTAD’s Empretec programme in Kenya have been congratulated by UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Isabelle Durant.