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7 Migrant Entrepreneurs Going from Dreamers to Founders in Cairo

What makes someone a founder? We speak with 7 refugee entrepreneurs turning their ingenious ideas into concrete business plans. Last summer, 20 bold entrepreneurs met as the SWB Coaching Competition kicked-off in the heart of downtown Cairo. The sessions started off with a group session led by Business Coach Reem Sherif, who went on to meet the entrepreneurs one by one – from Startup Haus…
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Could This Be the Middle East's Own Lush?

Yasmeen Smadi meets Samah Kheir El-Zein, the Syrian entrepreneur pioneering locally-made organic skincare products in Egypt. by Yasmeen Smadi Samah pours the green mixture into the small, heart-shaped moulds as the voice of her children playing sings in the background. Her…
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This Entrepreneur Invented a Device that Helps Parents Track their Children through a Chip in their Shoes

Syrian entrepreneur Raafat Hantouch turned a dramatic childhood experience into an innovative tech solution that is now making waves in Germany. By Valentina Primo and Maysaa Ajjan That day, the Damascene market bustled with busy consumers hustling their way to buy Syrian specialties. But for one mother, the experience became a painful memory when her child got lost amongst the throng. “It took…
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After a Bomb Goes Off, Families Cannot Pick Up the Phone. But this Migrant Entrepreneur is Changing That

Human bodies as routers? According to Syrian entrepreneur Abdulrahman Alashraf, this technology could help people communicate during emergencies. by Shadw Helal and Valentina Primo ‘’In Syria, the military disconnects all mobile networks, the internet, the electricity, and people are completely isolated – they open it after few months and you find out who’s dead and who is still…
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