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Small businesses are vital to job creation in the Global South and this is how we can help them grow

October 24, 2023 by World Economic Forum 1 Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Juan Carlos Thomas, Vice President Entrepreneurship & New Ventures, TechnoServe Across the Global South, there is an acute jobs crisis, particularly impacting young people. Meeting that demand for new jobs will be impossible without the growth of micro, […]

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