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Egypt

Egypt’s Banana Kingdom to ripen in California

Egyptian social startup Banana Kingdom could be leaving its sleepy Nile-side home for a faster pace of life in Silicon Valley, after...

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Maghreb

One guest at a time: how a newly launched hotel aims to boost Tunis’ medina

Tucked away in one of the small alleys of Tunisian capital Tunis’ old town, the medina, you find the seven-room boutique hotel Dar B...

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Regional

KAAYIA is seeking social entrepreneurs in the Arab world for its 4th cycle

The King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD) has launched the fourth cycle of the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation &...

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Regional

Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA

Activists in the Middle East and North Africa who identify challenges in their communities must step up and create social enterprises that...

MENA Social Entrepreneurship

Maghreb

How one entrepreneur is bringing new life to traditional Tunisian handicraft

“I am not going to pretend that I had any idea of what I was doing,” Leila Ben Gacem tells me when we meet in the medina, the old quarter o...

Handicrafts Art Social Entrepreneurship

Maghreb

Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi

If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “...

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Libya

Two Maghrebi women named new Ashoka Fellows

The Voice of Libyan Women's Alaa Murabit addresses a crowd. Ashoka Arab World, an organization dedicated to enabling social...

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Maghreb

Asma Mansour: Tunisia's social entrepreneurship pioneer

For some, entrepreneurship starts as an epiphany, and quickly becomes an addiction. Asma Mansour is one of them. The founder of the...

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Egypt

Saving the world, one game at a time

Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to...

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Saudi Arabia

After a three year struggle, Saudi woman launches dual social entrepreneurship incubator programs

Despite notable strides forward, entrepreneurship in Saudi is struggling; getting people to leave their well-paid government jobs with...

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SEA Xchange Algeria, deadline August 23rd

The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator Exchange, SEA Xchange, is an intensive one-week learning program of social entrepreneurship that...

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5 ways to spot a social entrepreneur

What makes someone a social entrepreneur? How do you know if someone could tip sectors, change systems, and address problems effectively — ...

ashoka Social Entrepreneurship

Maghreb

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus kicks off global accelerator program in Tunisia

As Tunisia begins to overturn years of economic inefficiencies, stagnant creativity, and systemic corruption, entrepreneurship has begun...

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Cairo Ashoka event seeks to empower communication between female social entrepreneurs and media

Women are playing an increasing role in helping to solve the growing social problems in the Arab world due to successive...

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Social entrepreneurship incubator in Tunisia seeks to foster civic engagement

In Tunisia, the revolution has lead to a real revival of civic engagement. To help this movement bear fruit and be sustainable, a...

Incubator Social Entrepreneurship

CARE Clothing wins first place at January’s Pitchlab competition in Casablanca

Casablanca co-working space New Work Lab organizes monthly pitch competitions titled the Pitch Lab that...

Pitch pitch lab Social Entrepreneurship

Green projects take the day at the Dubai+Acumen competition

“People believe that innovation thrives in every other part of the world… but it also exists here, and we want to be a platform to support ...

Acumen+Dubai Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Ashoka Changemakers and GE reveal winners of the Women Powering Work competition

Ashoka Changemakers and General Electric have announced winners of their Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in ...

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Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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What do Arab youth think of volunteerism? [Infographic]

Volunteerism may not historically have been a popular practice in the Arab world, but data from Nakhweh reveals that that's c...

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3 education initiatives help Syrians find jobs and scholarships

Among the many tragedies resulting from Syria’s war, thousands of schools have been destroyed and many universities and educational i...

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MENA+SocialGood Summit in Washington, DC

Organized by Al-Mubadarah, the inaugural MENA+SocialGood Summit is an interactive global exploration of the nexus between technology,...

Social Change Conferences Diaspora

Dubai's Dubarah is successfully helping Syrians find jobs: can it survive on donations?

There is no doubt that the million of Syrians who were forced to leave their country during the last two and a half years face several...

Social Entrepreneurship

Dubai+Acumen Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition

The Acumen for Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition 2013 (ASE 2013) aims to be an “innovation accelerator” competition designed to e...

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