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Did You Know Paris' Station F Has a Free Program for Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurs?

Station F, the world’s largest tech hub offers the Fighters Program with free access to for entrepreneurs of migrant or refugee background. By SWB Team Aside from a killer co-working space right by the river Seine, Station F has a wild variety of acceleration programs in-house. To be more precise: 26 international startup programs. One of them, their own Founders Program is a…
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Laudato Sì Challenge Just Announced its 3rd Edition - and Applications are Open

With a stellar jury and the involvement of leaders from the private, public and faith sectors, the Laudato sì Challenge is back to support entrepreneurs addressing migration and forced displacement. By SWB Team Inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter Laudato sì, the annual Laudato sì Challenge is now launching its third edition, focusing on preventing forced displacement by…
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Amsterdam's Hack Your Future Opened Applications for their Free Coding School for Refugees

Based in Amsterdam but open to candidates from all over the Netherlands, Hack Your Future has just opened applications for the next cycle of their free coding school for refugees.  By SWB Team Hack Your Future, the coding school for refugees based in Netherlands, is looking for new students for their class starting on June 30th.  Hack Your Future is a refugee coding school, in which they teach…
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From Senegal’s Poorest Town to Creating Italy’s First Migrant VC Fund: Meet Mamadou Lamine

Having arrived to Italy at 14, Mamadou Lamine took on a big dream: He set off to build Italy’s first migrant VC fund, and raised €90.000 in just 5 months. Meet the entrepreneur behind Mama Venture. By Valentina Primo We’re sitting on a bench in a surreal setting; facing us, the Mediterranean Sea rises, dotted by a lineup of blue sailboats anchored to a colourful graffiti-filled wall. We’re…
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