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COVID Recovery and the Power of Women Exporters
By Jake Colvin and Jamaica Gayle, NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum Prior to COVID-19, many governments were stepping up to support women’s economic empowerment. Now it’s critical for governments to make support for women’s engagement in the global economy core to...
New Report Explores Women Entrepreneurs’ Use of Digitally-Enabled Networks
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...
A Small Business Surge in Digital Trade
By Jake Colvin and Jamaica Gayle, NFTC’s Global Innovation Forum Global entrepreneurs are going online. Here’s how governments can help. With many storefronts and offices around the world shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, small business owners are adopting new...
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...
Going Global @ SXSW 2019
Let the countdown begin! The Global Innovation Forum (GIF) is heading back to Austin, Texas this year for South-by-Southwest (SXSW) 2019 from March 9 - 12 and we are especially excited about all the global programming. Below is a list of our top picks for this year -...
GIF Newsletter: 2018 in Review
Read the Global Innovation Forum's January 2019 newsletter featuring a summary of our work in 2018.
Global Business Community Urges Rapid Action on Ambitious WTO e-Commerce Framework
Global Business Community Urges Rapid Action on Ambitious WTO e-Commerce Framework January 25, 2019 An open letter to WTO Trade Ministers: On behalf of organizations representing businesses, workers, and entrepreneurs from around the world, we congratulate...
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...
