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  • Middle East Entrepreneurs
    Washington Starts To Wake Up To The Middle East’s Wave Of Entrepreneurship

    “Less deferential than previous generations, they are unwilling to wait for the government to solve their problems. They are actively engaged in trying build the kind of future they want,” said the report.

  • Entrepreneurs
    Not Just Tech: Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

    For greater impact from a U.S. policy perspective, the primary focus of entrepreneurship policies should be in promoting traditional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), not necessarily high-tech ones.

  • Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
    Entrepreneurship, innovation become economic growth drivers in Saudi Arabia

    Most start-up founders in the region ponder the question of how to scale their ventures into Saudi Arabia despite daily newspaper headlines potentially leading them to different conclusions since June 2014.

  • The College for Business and Entrepreneurship at KAEC
    Lockheed Martin, Babson Global and KAEC Support New College for Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

    Three leading entities have joined to create an elite educational institution located at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Saudi Arabia and modeled after Babson College’s top-ranked entrepreneurship education programs in the United States.

  • Boeing
    Boeing signs on to UAE entrepreneurship initiative

    The US aerospace and defence company Boeing has partnered with Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and non-profit Injaz UAE to offer seed funding and training to entrepreneurs, as part of efforts to boost Emirati employment in the private sector.

  • ME Entrepreneurship
    Entrepreneurship is flourishing in the Middle East, says study

    The survey of nearly 500 regional executives found that the Middle East is seen as a growing market for entrepreneurship, with more than two thirds (71.4 percent) of respondents describing the sector growth as ‘steady’, ‘fast’ or ‘very fast’.

  • Education: Saudis Abroad
    Saudi student in US thinks big about social entrepreneurship

    Aware that he would be the first Arab man to hold such a degree (two women from Saudi Arabia have the same degree), Firas added: “This gave me a huge incentive to be very active in terms of raising people’s awareness about the filed and work on building its ecosystem throughout the Arab World.”

  • Social Entrepreneurship
    Opinion: Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA

    The concept of social entrepreneurship has its own challenges in this part of the world. Developmental work is traditionally associated with the nonprofit mentality and in many cases is accused of sinister agendas and corruption. As such, it’s difficult for community stakeholders to accept the concept of profit-making companies that address social challenges.

  • Women
    ‘Saudi women can succeed’: The creative response to entrepreneurship

    Apart from these well-known Saudi women there are also many others who are successful wedding planners, fashion designers, jewelry designers, chefs, photographers and consultants. All of these women reflect the entrepreneurial spirit; they are prolific and self-driven and they have taken on a role in life and have proven one thing: “Saudi women can succeed”.

  • Social Entrepreneurship
    What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship?

    Determined to make a difference, the two women cofounded JUST, a social enterprise that aims to enable a transparent and “values-driven, not value-driven” fashion supply chain by connecting designers and manufacturers to ethical, sustainable suppliers. JUST leverages technology to promote transparency within the fashion supply chain by authenticating suppliers based on their ethical and sustainability standards and presenting them on an easy to use online platform for designers and manufacturers.