Month: January 2019
Anzisha Is Giving Up to $25,000 Prizes to Africa-Based Entrepreneurs Under 22
The Anzisha Prize is scouting for the continent’s most innovative solutions to social challenges, offering a lifelong fellowship what will help to accelerate their path to entrepreneurship success. By SWB Team Do you have a startup based in Africa? The Anzisha Prize seeks to award young entrepreneurs who have developed and...
These 6 Syrian Startups Are Rocking the Middle East – Here’s How
Syrian startups are innovating across industries, from peer-to-peer shipping platforms to HealthTech apps, e-commerce champions and AgriTech innovators. We look into the 6 bold winners of the Startup Roadshow By Hadeel Hegazy Last fall witnessed the inception of the Startup Roadshow competition, launched by Jusoor and SPARK and in...
Erbil-Based Shiffer Wins the MITEF Pan Arab’s Innovate for Refugees
The Innovate for Refugees competition awards the best solutions to tackle the refugee crisis across the Middle East. US-based Engineering For Social Good and Lebanese startup KwikPak won the Idea Track. Peer-to-peer logistics platform Shiffer, founded in Iraq, has just been awarded the ‘Startup Track’ at the Innovate for...
R Ventures Launches Incubator for Refugee Entrepreneurs in Germany
R Ventures opened applications for their New Beginnings Incubator program and the New Beginnings Fund based in Heidelberg, Germany. By SWB Team R Ventures has just opened applications for their New Beginnings Incubator program, based in Heidelberg, Germany, and the New Beginnings Fund, which aims to inject investments of between...
5 Entrepreneurs Spill the Beans on How to Build an Awesome Team
One of the 3 top reasons startups fail is hiring the wrong team. Hadeel Hegazy asks entrepreneurs from Syria and Egypt how they can build a winning team. By Hadeel Hegazy Nine out of 10 emerging startups fail, according to Fortune magazine. Amongst the top three reasons, failing to pick the right calibres stands out, according to...
SINGA Italia Has Just Opened their First Business Lab for Migrants in Milan
SINGA Italia, based in Milan, is offering a 5-month incubation program for newcomers with innovative ideas. By SWB Team SINGA Italia, which is part of one of Europe’s most active business incubator networks for migrants, has just opened up their brand Business Lab in Italy. The organization, based in Milan, is offering an...
From Product-Based to Story-Based: the Syrian Entrepreneur Disrupting E-commerce with the Power of AI
“The world of e-commerce is traditionally product-based, but people buy with their emotions,” says Oubai Al Hendi. So he is building a platform that responds to that. By Merna Fawzy “People buy based on their emotions,” says Oubai El Hindi, determined. The Dubai-based entrepreneur is heavily entering the world of e-commerce...
Female Entrepreneurs in the MENA Can Join the Swedish Institute’s Smashing Program in Stockholm
The programme lasts 4 months and includes training modules in Sweden. If you are running a business in the MENA region, this is your chance. By SWB Team The Swedish Institute has just published its call for applications for She Entrepreneurs, a leadership programme for highly motivated women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North...
Want to Start a Business But Don’t Know Where To Begin? Here’s Your 7-Step Guide
By Azrin Rahman How can I start a business that scales? How do I make sure it makes revenue? Where do I start? Azrin Rahman outlines 7 steps to start up. Starting a business can seem scary to anyone, but part of being an entrepreneur is acknowledging risks and taking them anyway for potential success. …...
SINGA France Just Launched the Finkela Acceleration Program
By SWB Team The program is open for 8 ready-to-scale entrepreneurs, who either have refugee background or are innovating in the migration sector. SINGA France and the Edmond the Rothschild Foundations have come together to create the Finkela Acceleration, a program dedicated to supporting the scaling of companies and NGOs with high...
How This Syrian Entrepreneur Built a 9.000-strong Community of “Conscious Mothers’’ in Cairo
We meet Reem Sabouni, the Syrian entrepreneur supporting mothers through Montessori education. By Shadw Helal Mom’s club main office certainly speaks for itself. Set in a small, cozy apartment with home vibes, the setting allows for mothers to interact with other mothers, relax, read books, have some time for themselves while their...
