ANDE East and Southeast Asia

The ANDE Asia Annual Report 2025 highlights a year of collaboration, learning, and action across the region’s small and growing business (SGB) ecosystem. Amid evolving markets and increasing expectations around impact, inclusion, and climate outcomes, ANDE and its members continued to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems through practical capacity building, innovative programs, and strategic partnerships.

From flagship trainings like Investment Manager Training and SCALE 360 to member showcases, research dissemination, Access and Opportunity Learning Lab, and Climate and Environment Learning Lab, the report captures key milestones, member voices, and regional insights that shaped 2025. It also reflects on the collective progress made by ecosystem builders, investors, and partners working together to unlock capital, scale solutions, and drive inclusive economic growth—while setting the stage for deeper collaboration and impact in 2026.

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Sujata Rathi of FSG explains why green SGBs struggle to scale and how ecosystem collaboration, smarter finance, and practical support can unlock climate impact.

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Human or AI? Our lively, hands-on session co-led with Satu Creative explored why trust, intuition, ethics, and purpose continue to matter in business, investing, and ecosystem building, even as AI transforms the way we work.

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Meet ANDE's newest member SHE Investments, one of our AWEF grantees in Cambodia, and their innovative journey toward economic empowerment for women entrepreneurs.

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This blog featured Ahmad Azuar Zazuddin, CEO of Satu Creative, who demonstrated how human-centered design can transform enterprise support in emerging markets.

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Day 2 of the ANDE Pan-Asia Convening 2026 explored practical approaches to supporting entrepreneurs through stronger ecosystems.

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As a crucial driver for innovation and sustainable development, entrepreneurship plays a vital role in growing solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. They are especially significant in developing Southeast Asian economies, where micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) contribute up to 97% of national employment in the region.

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At an ANDE session, ONOW demonstrated DayTwo, a lightweight tool that turns daily transactions into usable financial histories, helping lenders assess risk and helping entrepreneurs access growth capital.

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Day 3 of the ANDE Pan-Asia Convening 2026 focused on one of the defining questions facing entrepreneurial ecosystems today: how can artificial intelligence (AI) be adopted in ways that strengthen, rather than replace, human expertise?

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We featured ANDE members and their entrepreneurs in our communications series ‘Exploring Digitalization Journeys’. This blog meets ONOW Myanmar, a social enterprise committed to delivering financially sustainable positive change in the lives of the entrepreneurs they work with, to hear how they digitally support entrepreneurs in Myanmar.

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