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Dr. Mohammed Alhajji, Director of Behavioral Insights with Saudi Ministry of Health Joins The 966 to talk about his career and journey as a Saudi student in the USA
The 966 welcomes onto the show Dr. Mohammed Alhajji, Director of the Behavioral Insights and Nudge Unit at Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, and co-founder of SaudiGenome, onto the program to discuss his journey as a Saudi student in the United States for 15 years and his work now in Saudi Arabia for the ministry.
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Venture capitalist Amjad Ahmad joins The 966 to talk about Saudi Arabia’s startup ecosystem
The Kingdom’s nascent startup ecosystem is growing in nearly every metric, but is still in its early stages. How can Saudi Arabia continue to develop it so that it stands on its own? Amjad Ahmad, managing partner of the VC firm Precinct Partners and director and resident senior fellow of empowerME at the Atlantic Council’s […]
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Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh Attracts $600m in Investment Announcements
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress, a conference gathering investors, policymakers and community leaders from around the world to focus on the startup space, is underway in Riyadh with big announced investments into the important sector for the Kingdom’s diversification goals.
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Social entrepreneurship, the latest with Saudi golf, a new national holiday and much more with guest Ghadah Al-Harthi
Episode 25! Joining The 966 this week is a special guest, Dr. Ghadah Al-Harthi from London. Ghadah is Senior Consultant at Barker Langham, Associate Director MA Innovation Management, Central St Martins, and Young Adviser at Chatham House. This week, the hosts talk about the start of the Saudi international golf tournament, the announcement of a […]
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Saudi Arabia Accelerates Efforts to Boost Local Startup Growth
Saudi Arabia will accelerate efforts to boost local startup growth and develop Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurship ecosystem with significant investments by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) into local startups in 2022, according to reports.
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Saudi Arabia Announces Two New Mega-Development Plans in a Week
Saudi Arabia is full steam ahead with ambitious, large-scale new developments in the Kingdom, with two new projects announced this week alone.
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Crown Prince Launches Major Education Reform with ‘Human Capability Development Program’
Saudi Arabia is set to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of the Kingdom’s education system to better prepare citizens to find jobs and tackle intolerance, according to an announcement on the Vision 2030 website and other reports.
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Saudi Arabia’s Technology Ministry Announces ‘LaunchKSA’ to Power Digital Innovation with $1 Billion Backing
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) announced the launch of LaunchKSA, which promises to enhance innovation, augment digital know-how, support youth, and transform Saudi Arabia into the region’s largest digital economy.
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Saudi Startups Raise Over $250m So Far in 2021, Report Says
Dubai-based research platform Magnitt says Saudi Arabian startups raised more than a quarter of a billion dollars in venture capital (VC) funding during the first half of 2021, as the Kingdom looks to continue to develop entrepreneurship within its borders. Magnitt says that VC funding in MENA increased by 12% from FY’20, “marking a quarterly […]
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Kingdom Registers Surge in SME Contribution to GDP, a Top Goal of Vision 2030
The contribution of Small to Medium Enterprise businesses (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom’s overall GDP has surged 45% since the launch of Vision 2030, according to a report in Zawya, citing official government data.
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Crown Prince of Dubai launches digital crowdfunding initiative to boost entrepreneurship
Sheikh Hamdan commented “The Dubai Next platform will contribute to stimulating positive competition and encouraging youth to put forward ideas as well as obtain community support through crowdfunding. It will also empower a generation that is capable of succeeding in a competitive commercial environment, thus reinforcing the fundamental role of SMEs in economic development so that the UAE can continue to stand as a model for youth empowerment.”
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MiSK launches third edition of Entrepreneurship World Cup
The Saudi version of the EWC this year is organizing regional qualifiers in Saudi Arabia before the final, which is scheduled to be held next August, in which the best 15 participating Saudi companies will compete.
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US Mission to Saudi Arabia announces new women’s entrepreneurship program in partnership with Atlantic Council, AmCham Saudi Arabia, and Quantum Leaps
Strong explained that “our companies view these partnerships as their own paths to success,” citing UPS’s Women Exporters Program with the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monshaat), ExxonMobil’s Global Women in Management Program with the King Khalid Foundation, Lockheed Martin’s investment in STEM education programs in Saudi Arabia, and the PepsiCo Foundation’s Tamakani accelerator with INJAZ Al-Arab as examples.
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Aramco’s entrepreneurship arm to support startups at Saudi Arabian industrial zones
The entrepreneurship arm of Saudi Aramco, Wa’ed, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) to support the creation of new startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia’s two largest industrial cities. The MoU was signed by Wa’ed managing director, Wassim Basrawi, and RCJY general manager, Dr. Ahmed Zaid Al-Hussain, at a virtual ceremony.
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G20 YEA Saudi Virtual Summit 2020 kicks off under the theme ‘entrepreneurship is a source of innovation and resilience’
Chaired by H.R.H. Prince Fahad bin Mansour bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (YEA) 2020 kicked on Thursday October 29th under the theme ‘Entrepreneurship is a Source of Innovation and Resilience.’ Local and global speakers took to the stage sharing insights, learnings, and expertise focusing on the summit’s theme that is built on three main topics, namely Entrepreneurship and the Economy, an Entrepreneurial Disruption, and Social and Environmental Aspects.
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Saudi Arabia’s MiSK launches second annual entrepreneurship world cup
Organizers aim to attract more than 150,000 participants from 200 countries. Last year, there were about 102,000 entries from 187 countries,
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On The Fast Track: Saudi Arabia’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Saudi Arabia is a land of immense opportunities in many spheres, and this is also true when it comes to entrepreneurship. According to the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report, around 76.3% of the adult population in Saudi Arabia has perceived good opportunities to start a business– with the percentage ranking second highest out of 49 countries analyzed.
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Africa’s tourism: A global destination for investment and entrepreneurship
A recent World Bank study classified African countries into four performance categories: “pre-emergent,” “potential,” “emerging,” and “consolidating” tourism destinations.
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Entrepreneurship: An engine for job creation and inclusive growth in the Arab World
Specifically, Arab governments have been increasingly concerned with the need to provide decent and productive work, especially for their burgeoning youth populations, which are likely to be unemployed or underemployed at higher rates than in other regions.
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Saudi Arabia ‘ready for entrepreneurship growth’
The 2016/17 GEM Saudi Arabia Entrepreneurship Monitor, which will be released on March 23, is the most comprehensive survey of attitudes toward entrepreneurship in the kingdom undertaken.
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