Ottawa, ON -- Today, NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum (GIF) released a new report on how women are leveraging digitally-enabled networks to manage uncertainty and how governments can support women’s entrepreneurship through COVID-19 economic recovery efforts. The...
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As Small Businesses Face Uncertainties from the Coronavirus, Digital Tools, Optimism Keep Them Running
by Jamaica Gayle and Jake Colvin, NFTC's Global Innovation Forum Small businesses are meeting the challenges posed by the coronavirus with hard work (from home, thanks to digital tools) and optimism, but they face an uncertain future. Entrepreneurs are trying to...
GIF Launches New Report at APEC Forums on SMEs and Women’s Economic Empowerment
The Global Innovation Forum released a new report on supporting women's entrepreneurship to support Chile's host year of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) via events in September and October. On September 5, 2019 the Global Innovation Forum officially...
The new threat of Internet Tariffs
Governments are adopting or considering adopting new policies that will charge tariffs at the border on large portions of the Internet, including video calls, cloud computing, streaming video and music, e-Books, mobile phone apps, and social media. These policies...
GIF Newsletter: 2018 in Review
Read the Global Innovation Forum's January 2019 newsletter featuring a summary of our work in 2018.
New Report Explores Role of Women in E-Commerce in ASEAN
Singapore - The Global Innovation Forum (GIF) today released a new report, “New Faces of Trade: ASEAN Women in E-Commerce,” profiling women-owned businesses across countries in the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) who have found success in the global...
New Report Highlights How Asia-Pacific Startups and Small Businesses Are Poised to Benefit from CPTPP
Washington, DC – As the Comprehensive and Progressive Transpacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement is scheduled to be signed in Santiago, Chile, NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum today released an updated report on The New Faces of Transpacific Trade highlighting...