Author: SWB Team
Tech Startups in Iraq: Apply to Five One Labs’ Intensive Training in Sulaimani
Five One Labs is calling on tech entrepreneurs from Iraq and Syria to their intensive Ignite for Tech program in Sulaimani. By SWB Team Five One Labs is looking for tech entrepreneurs from across Iraq and Syria to join them in Sulaimani, for their Ignite for Tech program. Five One Labs is one of the …...
Powercoders Opened Up their Free Coding Program for Refugees in Switzerland
Powercoders just launched a program that includes 3 months of training and an internship in Lausanne. By SWB Team Are you a refugee eager to find your way to the IT industry? Powercoders is offering refugees an intensive and free coding program with the end goal of having all their participants secure a permanent and …...
TERN’s Ice Academy is Open for Refugee Entrepreneurs in the UK
The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) has just re-launched their Ice Academy, which offers entrepreneurs a part-time job while building their startup in the UK. By SWB Team Are you a refugee living in Greater London interested in starting your own business? The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) has just re-launched their Ice...
Female Entrepreneurs in MENA: Womena Has Just Opened their Accelerator’s Second Round
Womena strikes back with the second edition of their startup accelerator for female-led startups, Womentum. Applications are open until April 11th. By SWB Team Womena, the leading UAE-based angel investment group focused on female entrepreneurs, is coming back again with their Womentum accelerator, inviting female entrepreneurs from...
He Had to Leave His Hometown in Ruins, So He Began a Startup to Rebuild the Entire Country’s Homes
The winner of the Berlin Newcomer Startup Award, Hadi Soufan is taking on the valiant mission to rebuild Syria, through a startup that assists people with the tools they need to rebuild their homes after destruction stroke. By Hadeel Hegazy History is packed with stories of countries that were plagued by war and destruction, leaving...
Welcome to the German Startup Ecosystem: 8 Key Players you Should Know
By Azrin Rahman Being a budding entrepreneur with a brand-new startup is an exciting experience, especially if you are in Germany. The country has one of the most vibrating startup boosters in Europe, with a reputation known for fostering innovation and talent all across the continent. We’ve done some research to break down the 9...
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...
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...
Syrian Startup Reviving Home Scores €20.000 at SINGA’s Berlin Newcomer Startup Award
The startup, founded by Hadi Soufan, aims to help displaced people to rebuild and revive their war and crisis-torn cities. Bote and Niuversity took the second and third prize. By Rana Hafez Last week in Berlin, newcomer entrepreneurs competed to win prizes of more than €50.00 at Berlin Newcomer Startup Award, organized by SINGA...
