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Good news for inspired entrepreneurs to craft their ideas into reality - the Bank of Maldives (BML) announced the BML Startup Grant earlier this week. This grant will be awarded...
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Sometimes, what has been so deeply ingrained in our way of life gets overlooked when considering development and benchmarking, in terms of economic importance. In the case of the Maldives,...
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On 29 November 2021 the Maldives’ retail economy was virtually brought to a standstill. The Bank of Maldives, while doing some routine upgrades — that the company had failed to...
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The Doing Business 2020 Report published by the World Bank compares 190 countries in terms of ease of doing business. After being assessed on various factors such as starting a...
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are critical to promoting inclusive economic development and poverty alleviation. They constitute a vast number of businesses and employ a large number of people...
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The Business Centre Corporation (BCC) was formed in 2017 under a presidential decree in alignment with the SME Act (2013), mandated to support the development of the SME sector, under...
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The SME Development Finance Corporation (SDFC) holds heavy ground in strengthening the Maldives' entire SME industry. Even though the policies of SDFC is steered towards reaching out to as many...
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Each business has its unique story to tell, but there are certain common factors that enable them to be successful and their 'lessons learnt' can prove invaluable for new start-ups.
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The Maldives is a nation with a very high concentration of bright, talented, and motivated people. MSMEs are almost commonplace, yet not all of the necessary ingredients are in place...
