Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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How data and AI can drive change: 4 ways forward

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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Small businesses play an outsized role in driving economic output on the local and global levels — they represent 90% of all businesses, generate more than half of global gross domestic product and employ as much as 70% of the world’s workforce. But with smaller margins and fewer resources than larger companies, they are far more vulnerable to climate shocks.

Mastercard Strive 

With philanthropic support from the Mastercard Impact Fund, we work with partners to meet small businesses where they are and support them with innovative digital and data-first solutions to unleash their full potential to catalyze inclusive growth.

(partner) Mastercard Strive 

Global

Climate change

Financial inclusion

3 ways we can help small business drive climate-smart inclusive growth

Small business

North America

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

Europe

Latin American & Caribbean

AI for social impact

Data for good

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Gender equity

Global development

Public-private partnerships