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The Startups Without Borders Summit Kicks Off, Streamed Live from 3 Continents
Startups Without Borders has just launched the second edition of the summit, themed “Brave New World,” which will take place on November 14th in a Hybrid online-offline format, live streamed from the Netherlands, Cairo and San Francisco. By SWB Team It’s our favourite time of the year. We’re launching the second edition...
Startups Without Borders and Facebook Partner Up to Support 1550 Entrepreneurs on the Move
We teamed up with the social media giant to help you transform your digital marketing. If you have moved to a new country and want to grow your business, you’re in the right place! Join us on this 3-day journey to boost your marketing, network and get mentorship. By SWB Team Do you come from …...
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.
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.
Egypt’s AUC is Calling for Students to Join the COVID-19 Online Regional Hackathon
The university is inviting students in the MENA region to join the COVID-19 Online Regional Hackathon, organized by the AUC School of Business, together with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI). The event, which will be online, will cover three main domains: Healthcare System Support, Life Continuity, and Wellbeing. By...
Ashoka’s Hello Europe Is Calling on Entrepreneurs Working on Migration
Want to solve migration problems? Hello Europe is on the lookout for new Hellopreneurs! Social innovators, problem solvers, and creative thinkers are now invited to join their cohort. This initiative will support you to scale your social impact and to implement it in reality. By Muna Alram Hello Europe is an initiative by Ashoka. It...
7 Business Podcasts We Can’t Stop Listening to During Quarantine
How to transform your life during lockdown? We’ve listed our favourite business podcasts, from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Maxwell, to marketing guru Jenna Kutcher, to storytelling master Donald Miller. Whether you are looking for marketing lessons, to working on becoming the best version of yourself, these 7 business...
This Week on Quarantine Sessions: Learn Branding and UX from Egypt’s Top Entrepreneurs
From the founder of Simpleia UX Consultancy to the The Cairo Angels’ Community Manager, this week’s Quarantine Sessions gather Egypt’s most passionate leaders, founders, and experts to talk branding, UX, leadership, and scaling in these challenging times. BY SWB TEAM We teamed up with The Cairo Angels to present the new...
Web-Developers in Tukey! Re:Coded has launched a Front-End Web Development Bootcamp
Re:Coded, the leading coding school for refugees in the Middle East, has partnered with Flatiron School in New York to launch the Front-End Web Development Bootcamp, a 5 months program for Turkish Citizens, Syrians under Temporary Protection and other nationalities based in Istanbul. By Muna Alram Re:Coded is offering young Turkish and...
This Week on the Quarantine Sessions: Best-Selling Coaches and Growth Hacking Masterminds
From American best-selling coach Rhett Power to the leaders of some of Egypt’s most daring tech startups, this week’s quarantine sessions will be filled with tangible tips and advice. BY SWB TEAM This month, we teamed up with The Cairo Angels to feature inspiring investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors, to talk about a wild...
You Can Now Apply to Put Your Business on the Next Startup Guide Egypt
Want to put your startup on the map? Startup Guide Egypt is seeking entrepreneurs, investors, accelerators, and coworking spaces across Cairo, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, and the Red Sea, BY SWB TEAM Egypt is home to one of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems in the world, and is a hub for a new generation of entrepreneurs looking...
What’s Coming This Week on the Quarantine Sessions?
For the past two months, the Quarantine Sessions have been filling our home screens with inspiring lessons and advice on building a solid business. With 25 Episodes published, each session focuses on a startup related topic and is streamed on Facebook Live. BY SWB TEAM As the lockdown continues to keep 3 billion people locked …...
Startups Without Borders Partners with The Cairo Angels to Host the Quarantine Sessions Ramadan
The Quarantine Sessions Ramadan Edition will take place every day on our Facebook page, featuring guests including some of the key figures in Egypt’s startup ecosystem, to discuss and train on topics from pitching, to raising investments. By SWB Team Startups Without Borders, the global platform building a startup ecosystem for refugee...
