AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoFunding & Founder Economy: Corner Health, built around nurse practitioners’ growing practice authority, just raised $25M to help NPs launch their own businesses. SME Training Partnerships: talabat Kuwait added KGCA as a training partner for its six-week talabat grow bootcamp, covering menu engineering, pricing, kitchen ops and benchmarking for local restaurants. Local Business Growth: Kristie Jo’s Love, Comfort And Care expanded into Coronado, while Troy Rewind opened in Troy, N.Y., bringing an arcade bar concept to college-area foot traffic. Access to Capital & Inclusion: Kiva Rochester marked 10 years, lending $1.6M in interest-free microloans to women- and minority-owned small businesses. Regulation That Hits Small Operators: Uganda’s UCC is cracking down on public Wi‑Fi hotspots without telecom licences, raising costs for small, informal providers. Policy & Governance: San Francisco voters will decide in November on creating a municipal public bank. Global SME Finance: The OPEC Fund extended a $50M loan to Vietnam’s SeABank to expand MSME lending plus climate projects. Competition & Consumer Impact: States sued to block Paramount’s $110B deal, arguing it would squeeze prices and competition.
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