Small Business

Behind the weak job growth numbers and the uncertainty about the economic recovery, small-business owners see shrinking consumer confidence.

In the wake of the recession, more and more people are considering entrepreneurship, economists say.

Troubled Asset Relief Program, created to spur small business lending and create jobs, is receiving high praise from some bankers who signed up.

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As the global economy grows, so does the rate of entrepreneurs and their need for seed capital and expert business advice. This need has spawned a new market niche, that of business accelerator companies, which is a rapidly growing sector that has grown more than 200 percent since 2010.

Small businesses account for approximately 60 to 80 percent of the jobs in this country, but they need resources for continued growth.

Internet entrepreneur Jason Njoku has turned Iroko Partners into the world’s largest digital distributor of Nigerian movies and African music.

Africa has gotten its first computer tablet. Called the Way-C, the tablet went on sale in the Republic of Congo last month.

The recent release of “Bloomberg Game Changers” focuses on Ervin “Magic” Johnson's post-NBA career as an entrepreneur.

A Nigerian company has scored a coup: possibly the most successful round of fundraising ever conducted by a tech business in West Africa.