Month: June 2020
How to Keep Your Business Afloat: The COVID-19 Survival Guide for Refugee Businesses
Spark has just released a live, open-source guide for refugee-led startups during the pandemic. Sharing 25 years of its experience supporting refugee entrepreneurs, and authored by Ahmad Sufian Bayram, the guide offers concrete tools to grow businesses during crises.
The Covid19 Resilience Grant Offers Up to $10,000 to Startups that Support the Community During the Pandemic
App Samurai has just launched the Covid19 Resilience Grant, which offers startups supporting the community up to $10,000 in App Samurai ad credit to go towards their user acquisition campaigns.
20 Refugee Entrepreneurs Whose Drive to Innovate Against All Odds Will Inspire You
On World Refugee Day, we take a look at 20 refugee entrepreneurs who are valiantly innovating to create new realities, while crafting new lives. From disruptive blockchain startups, to fashion empires; from Healthtech innovations to online communities, these entrepreneurs all have one thing in common: their unstoppable courage.
Blockchain Entrepreneur Tey Al-Rjula Launches His Book “The Invisible Son”
The entrepreneur is launching his book at the Quarantine Sessions on World Refugee Day. Titled ‘The Invisible Son,’ the book tells the true story of a hero’s journey in 9 chapters, from Tey ElRjula losing to reclaiming his identity.
Listen to These 5 Inspiring Entrepreneur Stories with TERN’s ‘Tea With Fatma’
For World Refugee Week, UK-based incubator for refugees TERN has launched Tea with Fatma, a series of online interviews with inspiring refugee entrepreneurs. By SWB Team To celebrate World Refugee Week 2020, which runs from 15th-21st June, The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) has partnered with the UK’s Centre for...
Startups in the Netherlands: Apply to the Global Everis Awards and Run Up for €70,000 in Prizes
Everis is looking for the best Dutch entrepreneur to compete on the XIX edition of the Global Everis Awards. The competition is open for high-impact tech projects that improve the quality of life of people or promote environmental care.
10 Lessons I learned Working with +300 Startups in the Middle East
“Working with tech startups was a turning point for me; I went from being a former refugee with many fears to a contributor to the people around me, especially after I went back to my homeland to assist local entrepreneurs to grow their ventures.” In a candid account of his journey empowering startups, Anas Al-Chalabi...
