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22 August 2024
Risk and Reward: Transforming SME Financing in Iraq

Callum Lee

A country steeped in rich history of ancient civilisations and breathtaking natural landscapes, Iraq’s beauty contrasts starkly with the challenges it faces today. Iraq has endured years of conflict and political instability which has severely impacted economic activity, no less for its crucial SME sector.Access to finance remains a significant hurdle for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq. Despite being the backbone of the economy, contributing significantly to employment rates and GDP, SMEs face substantial barriers to obtaining the financial resources they need to grow and sustain their operations.
30 January 2026
Climate and Credit Risk: Building Climate-Resilient Loan Portfolios
Alexandra B. Kinywamaghana
What happens when a bank’s biggest borrower is a real estate developer in a floodplain? Financial risk is shaped not only by market forces but by the physical environment. Rising sea levels, once a distant threat, now translate into credit risk, defaults, liquidity pressures, and mounting non-performing loans (NPLs).
The motto of this year’s Raisina Dialogue was “Provocation, Uncertainty, Turbulence – A Lighthouse in the Tempest?” Although the organisers wisely added a question mark, one thing is clear: India’s importance in the world will continue to rise, and with it, the significance of a dialogue such as the Raisina Dialogue.
26 April 2023
A changing global landscape: Three observations from the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi
Matthias Catón
18 April 2023
Supporting EU’s engagement with South Africa on peace, security and human rights
Celine Harden
Through the FS International Advisory Services, Frankfurt School is currently supporting the EU to enhance its dialogue with South Africa on peace, security, human rights and governance issues via the initiative: “Gateways for Peace: EU-South Africa partnership for peace and security”. The aim is to promote and deepen a mutual understanding between the EU and South Africa.
Asia accounts for more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions and lies at the front line of increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters. While this new FS course could draw on our track record of graduate and executive teaching in the field, our understanding of financial and private sector regulation needed to adapt to the Asia context.
21 March 2023
FS delivers sustainable finance capacity building for Asian central banks
Dr. Alexander Lehmann
18 March 2024
Sowing seeds of prosperity: Agribusinesses in Egypt

Callum Lee

Recognising this critical gap between financial institutions and agribusinesses, GIZ Egypt launched the ‘Strengthening Access to Finance for Agribusiness in Egypt’ together with Frankfurt School, with the aim of equipping financial institutions with the necessary tools and know-how to bolster their service provisions for agribusinesses, to foster an environment in which they can thrive and, ultimately, to have a lasting impact on economic growth and stability.
12 February 2020
Hackathons Organized under the Tech Incubation Program Reveal Potential of Rwanda’s Youth

Jonathan Nkoola

The purpose is to foster entrepreneurship and move the innovation agenda forward by strengthening the entrepreneur’s chances of success through incubation support and mentorship. In order to identify young innovators that will receive business incubation, FS organized a sequence of hackathons.
3 December 2020
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
Sheryl Loh
Due to Covid-19 mobility restrictions, face-to-face engagements were not possible. Instead, we continued to promote awareness of green technologies through a series of Podcasts and Radio Interviews to reach out to rural farmers and agri-enterprises in Tajikistan.
The program aims to strengthen the young entrepreneur’s chances of success through incubation support and mentorship. The solutions to be incubated are selected via a series of hackathons where young innovators work towards developing technology solutions that address challenges in various sectors.
26 February 2020
Rwanda: Role of the Private Sector in influencing Innovation among the Youth
Jonathan Nkoola
Risk and Reward: Transforming SME Financing in Iraq
22 August 2024
Callum Lee
Climate and Credit Risk: Building Climate-Resilient Loan Portfolios
30 January 2026
Alexandra B. Kinywamaghana
A changing global landscape: Three observations from the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi
26 April 2023
Matthias Catón
Sowing seeds of prosperity: Agribusinesses in Egypt
18 March 2024
Callum Lee
Supporting EU’s engagement with South Africa on peace, security and human rights
18 April 2023
Celine Harden
FS delivers sustainable finance capacity building for Asian central banks
21 March 2023
Dr. Alexander Lehmann
Hackathons Organized under the Tech Incubation Program Reveal Potential of Rwanda’s Youth
12 February 2020
Jonathan Nkoola
Raising awareness of green technologies amidst COVID-19
3 December 2020
Sheryl Loh
Rwanda: Role of the Private Sector in influencing Innovation among the Youth
26 February 2020
Jonathan Nkoola