Zimbabwe merged its investment authority, SEZ board and diaspora directorate into one agency with a One-Stop Investment Services Centre; it approved ~US$1.6bn …
Kenya's state-built Konza Technopolis tech city reached KES99.4bn cumulative investment and 171 data-centre tenants by 2025 - but independent reporting found a …
In 2020–21, the Northwest Arkansas Council paid remote workers $10,000 plus a bike or arts membership to relocate. Over 26,000 people applied …
A surf-town charity in El Salvador built a local bitcoin economy from one 2019 donation, drawing global crypto tourists and inspiring the …
Seychelles launched its Workation Retreat Programme in April 2021, a one-year remote-work visa for people earning income abroad. Its distinguishing feature is …
Indonesia's Satu Data portal launched Dec 2022 with 136,501 datasets, harmonising fragmented ministry- and province-level statistics. Within a year, 58% of ministries …
Kenya launched one of Sub-Saharan Africa's first open-data portals in 2011 with 160+ datasets, drawing 633 launch-day views. Daily use quickly fell …
Senegal's 2020 Startup Act promised tax breaks and procurement access to labelled firms, but its oversight commission wasn't installed until August 2023, …
Since 2004 the Dutch government has funded SMEs through phased SBIR R&D contracts on behalf of ministries, spending about EUR 8M/year, but …
Launched in 2020, Rwanda's Kigali International Financial Centre had registered over 40 entities — foundations, holding companies, funds and fintechs — by …
Guernsey's States-funded Digital Greenhouse reported 250+ entrepreneurs supported and 1,000+ event attendees in 2024, plus an AI course delivered with UCL — …
A $5.28M AfDB grant, implemented by UNDP with South Sudan's Ministry of Trade, targets 1,060 young people and 830 women entrepreneurs in …
A randomised trial gave young microfinance clients in Bosnia and Herzegovina a combined business and financial literacy course during the 2008-09 crisis. …
Yemen's SMEPS ran a multi-donor SME-support programme through the civil war, sustaining an estimated 15,000 jobs and creating 1,000 more in agribusiness, …
Rwanda pairs government-led Kigali Innovation City with Carnegie Mellon University Africa as academic anchor. CMU-Africa has graduated 870+ alumni (94% employed within …
Founded in Niamey in 2014 as a public-private partnership, CIPMEN incubates small firms in environment, agribusiness and green energy; by 2023 it …
San Marino's certification scheme, with taxes falling from 0% to 8% over 12 years, grew from 89 to 109 high-tech firms and …
Launched in June 2025, the UK's £54m Global Talent Fund covers relocation and research costs to recruit top scientists into industrial-strategy priority …
Founded in 1969 on 2,400 forested hectares near Nice, Sophia Antipolis grew from one company in 1974 to over 1,300 by 2012, …
Tuvalu turned its accidental '.tv' internet domain into a major public revenue stream: a Verisign licence paid about US$5m/year (roughly 8% of …
Since 1984, St Kitts and Nevis has sold citizenship to foreign investors; revenue peaked near half of GDP in 2021. IMF-flagged scrutiny …
Japan pays households leaving Tokyo's 23 wards up to ¥5m (~$32,000) to relocate to one of roughly 1,800 rural municipalities and take …
Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the third phase of a €13.62m rural incubator (PADEJ-MR) in July 2025, giving 65 …
A $3.5m ADB loan built a loan-guarantee scheme and advisory services for small businesses in Samoa. By 2008 it had issued 838 …
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