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December 24, 2018

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 Business Lab. Reviving Home, an online crowdfunding platform…

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December 18, 2018

6 Migrant Entrepreneurs Whose Startups Are Rocking the Tech World

On International Migrants Day, we take a look at the tech innovations of 6 migrant entrepreneurs who are disrupting the tech industry across borders, from Germany, to Norway, to the US. By SWB Team 1. Raafat Hantouch Raafat Hantouch during his participation in the R Ventures…

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December 11, 2018

Gaza Sky Geeks and Re:Coded Discuss Tech and Refugees at Egypt's RiseUp Summit

The panel “Refugees: Digital Lifelines” took over the main stage at Cairo’s leading startup summit, where Re:Coded and Gaza Sky Geeks talked about their tech programs. By SWB Team Last weekend, Egypt’s Riseup Summit kicked off their sixth edition at the heart…

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December 11, 2018

How Are Newcomers Shaping the Economy? Startup Migrants is Crowdfunding the New Innovation Map

Immigrants today represent 3.3% of the world’s population. But what does this mean for the European economy? We meet the team crowdfunding the migrant innovation map. By SWB Team Today, immigrants today represent 3.3% of the global population, with several of the top destinations based in Europe. Germany currently hosts 12.0 million, while the United Kingdom includes 8.5 million, according to…

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November 30, 2018

“We Couldn’t Keep Teaching Art in Yemen, So We Started an Online Academy Across the Entire Middle East”

A successful couple of award-winning entrepreneurs, Fardous Mohamed and her husband had to start their arts academy abroad all over again – but this time, online. By Yasmeen Smadi For Fardous Mohamed and her husband, entrepreneurship took a different turn when they…

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November 30, 2018

Syrian Startup Shiffer Champions the Startup Roadshow Finals at Amsterdam's Ignite Conference

Erbil-based Shiffer took home the $8.000 prize. HealthTech startup Fadfed, based in Amman, took home the second prize, while Sharqi Shop won the Young Advisory Group Audience Award. SWB Team In a conference filled with energy, Syrian-led startup Shiffer, a peer-to-peer…

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November 27, 2018

Defying Statelessness: How My Daughter’s Birth Inspired Me to Start a Peer-to-Peer Shipping Company in Iraq

What happens to Syrian refugee children who are born abroad? The hurdles to get a birth certificate in Iraq led Azhar Al Madani to start a shipping company. By Hadeel Hegazy and Valentina Primo Brought by Jusoor and Spark “In April 2016 I welcomed my baby girl, and after a long and exhausting journey to issue her birth certificate, Shiffer was born,” says Azhar Al Madani. His problem is not…

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November 11, 2018

These 10 Syrian Startups are Heading Off to Pitch their Businesses in Amsterdam’s Ignite Conference

10 Syrian-led businesses based in Beirut, Amman, Erbil, Istanbul and Gaziantep are taking off to pitch their ideas to an international jury at the SPARK Ignite Conference: Rebuilding Futures next November 28th. The competition is the concluding phase of the exciting Startup…

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November 5, 2018

She Fled the Scars of War. Now, She’s The Force Behind of One of America’s Top 5.000 Tech Companies

She arrived to the US at 18, with only 1.000 in Her Pocket. How did this power woman build a tech empire, listed as one of Inc’s 5000 companies? By Valentina Primo Like a tornado, like a force of nature unravelling from East to West, Rania Hoteit has been leaving an…

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November 5, 2018

Congolese Entrepreneur Olivier Mukuta Wins the Nordic Startup Awards with his Blockchain Startup VipiCash

The entrepreneur, who came up with his first startup in a refugee camp in Malawi, is now using blockchain to help women have financial independence. By SWB Team Oslo-based entrepreneur Olivier Mukuta was awarded the the Nordic Startup Awards last October 30th, in the Brave Founder Beginnings category, the first of its kind in the Scandinavian startup event, co-organized by Startup Migrants.

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