Welcome to ‘The Startup State’ - a weekly bulletin from the GEN Policy and Research team highlighting key entrepreneurship news, reports, commentary and features from around the world.
GEN Atlas insights
The GEN Atlas is the world’s largest entrepreneurship policy compendium, featuring over 350 case studies from 70 countries. This week's featured entry examines Singapore's Fintech Regulatory Sandbox. Read the entry
News
- The United Kingdom has launched a two-year government-backed review of barriers facing disabled entrepreneurs (CityAM)
- The United States has announced new actions to expand small business access to $700 billion of federal contracts and, separately, has announced rule changes to remove restrictions on Small Business Administration loan programs for formerly incarcerated individuals (White House | Congressional Black Caucus)
- Hungary is proposing a new law to lure IT workers to the country by offering tax breaks to digital companies that employ foreign workers (Daily News Hungary)
- Ukraine has announced “Made in Ukraine”, a new platform to connect businesses from all regions of the country in an effort to create effective communication between the state and businesses (Yahoo News)
- Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government has announced a range of reforms to make it easier for entrepreneurs to register companies (Five One Labs)
- India’s interim budget before an upcoming election has extended tax breaks for startups and investors and introduced $12bn for interest-free loans to support startups (DealStreetAsia)
- Nepal has approved the Startup Enterprises Credit Working Procedures that will offer up to $19k subsidized loans to startups (Kathmandu Post)
Publications and analysis
- Harnessing intellectual property rights for innovation, development and economic transformation in Least Developed Countries
This UNCTAD and Commonwealth Secretariat report provides LDCs with a roadmap to navigate the complex terrain of IP and use it as a tool for sustainable development. (Summary blog post)
Comment
- What if Christensen was wrong about disruption? (Anshu Sharma, co-founder and CEO, Skyflow)
- The <U.S.> federal government is simultaneously investing in my startup and crippling our business with a little-known tax code provision. Only Congress can save us (Rayana Marker, chief operating officer, Cellf Bio)
- The need for (truly) global startup media (Timothy Motte, founder, The Realistic Optimist)
- To shape Africa’s future, ramp up investments in youth education and leadership (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia)
- How to leverage Ethiopia’s startup ecosystem for success (Bereket Abayneh, contributor, The Reporter Ethropia)
- Could GovTech help rebuild trust through public innovation? Stephan Mergenthaler and Sebastian Buckup, World Economic Forum)
- Entrepreneurship education as a conduit for peace and prosperity in Africa (Simi Nwogugu, winner, Africa Education Medal)
Features
- African Business: Bosun Tijani: Nigeria’s tech sage turned minister on AI, innovation, and the role of government
- Sifted: Could Bavaria – finally – become the ‘California of Europe’?
- The Moscow Times: Russian entrepreneurship in Serbia booms as wartime emigres settle down
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