Wamda

U.A.E

Ma’an launches its first digital funding platform

Ma’an, a Ghadan21 accelerator programme initiative, has launched its first digital funding platform, Ma’an Contribution...

social enterprise Community

U.A.E

The startup finding better jobs for blue-collar workers

Unscrupulous recruitment agencies often lure blue-collar staff to the Gulf with false promises about wages and working conditions, charging...

social enterprise ZoEasy

U.A.E

Your iPhone 7 can feed 200 refugees

Melltoo, a no-meetup classifieds startup based in the UAE, launched this month “Impacter by Melltoo", an initiative to...

classified social enterprise melltoo

Regional

#Shabab2030

#Shabab2030 by MBC Hope is a global movement giving Arab youth a powerful platform to succeed as leaders and...

MBC Shabab2030 Social Entrepreneurship

Regional

Startup Watch: lateness isn’t greatness, the history of CVCs, and Uber for yachts

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

careem CharterClick social enterprise

Jordan

Harvard event highlights startups and civics

Civics, that old idea of citizenship education, was a core feature of the 12th Annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) in Jordan on...

Harvard Arab World Conference Jaleesa Mumm

U.A.E

Integreat Center serves Dubai's special needs youth

Millions of disabled people in the Middle East face exclusion, and almost certainly discrimination. A survey conducted by Dubai’s...

Integreat Center social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship

Global

Startup Watch: Chinese fintech, localization, and capitalizing on the Asian sun

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Fintech china

Regional

MENA social enterprises grow in spite of deep-rooted challenges and little support [Report]

Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Arab world stands on a paradox: It has every reason to thrive and yet every excuse to die. This is...

social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Jordan

Regional

Between a rock and a hard place: the trend towards for-profit social enterprises [Opinion]

Reducing the focus of my work as a social entrepreneur to become a social intrapreneur wasn’t an easy decision. I started working...

Social Entrepreneurship social enterprise Scaling

U.A.E

EFICA Gala Dinner 2016

The annual Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA) return in 2016 for the 4th time to inspire and assist initiatives that...

Dubai entrepreneurship social enterprise

Regional

Piecing together the social enterprise ecosystem in MENA

For every Dumyé doll purchased one is gifted to an orphan. (Image via Dumyé) Sourcing a definition for social enterprise could prove as p...

Ustad Mobile Social Tent Palestyle

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