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Google Zeitgeist Young Minds Competition Calls on Changemakers in MENA

Young entrepreneurs with an idea for changing the world may want to apply to Zeitgeist Young Minds, a competition to find 10 pioneers and ...

Competitions

Pakistani Students Pioneer Affordable Neural Prosthetics for Victims of Conflict [Wamda TV]

Pakistani entrepreneurs Bilal and Fahed pitched their idea for affordable neurally-controlled prosthetics at the Global Innovation through...

Launching the First Regional Network for Creative Talent at TasmeemME [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] "Whoever believed in his idea and worked on implementing it is an entrepreneur," says founder Tamam Mango...

Endeavor

Lebanese Entrepreneurs Prevent Heart Attacks with Innovative Vest [Wamda TV]

[English] During the Global Innovation for Science and Technology competition this past month at the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit...

Empowering Youth to Find Local Solutions [Wamda TV]

Afif Tabsh, the founder of Lebanese NGO Aie Serve, discusses how he works to empower youth to make change and find solutions for local...

Building the Wikipedia of Volunteerism in Arabia at Nakhweh [Wamda TV]

Kamel al Asmar, founder of non-profit venture Nakhweh, discusses how the startup works to connect youth in Jordan to volunteer...

Social Entrepreneurship Jordan

Can a Syrian Internship Initiative Solve Youth Unemployment?

The issue dominating every conversation on the table in the Middle East today is omnipresent enough to have a band named after it: Job...

NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World 2011

The NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World 2011 is launching this fall, from October 27 – Sunday, October 30, 2...

Social Venture Meetup

AltCity is hosting an event focused on social entrepreneurship and GEW next Monday in Beirut. When: October 3, 2011, 7-9pmWhere: AltCity...

Building a Social Venture: Hamzet Wasel

Jordan faces an increasing divide between its capital, Amman, and its outlying cities, and, within Amman, fragmentation between its...

The Girl Effect Fact Sheet

The Girl Effect is the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world. Adolescent girls are...

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

The Brookings Institute's Report on Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Toward Sustainable Development for the Next...

Synergos: The 2009 Arab World Social Innovators Program

Meet the Class of 2009 of Synergos's Arab World Social Innovators Program.

Arab World Social Innovators Program

Arab WorldSocial Innovators Program

An Overview of Ashoka's Social Entrepreneurs

An Overview of Ashoka's Social EntrepreneursAshoka seeks out those individuals that have transformative solutions to the world’s most u...

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East 2010 The Brookings Institution's Report on Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East addresses...

How to Plan a Social Enterprise

Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) believes in providing support to any young person from any developing region with innovative...

How to Become a Social Entrepreneur

Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) believes in providing support to any young person from any developing region with innovative...

Wamda Recommends: Half The Sky

An inspirational call to eradicate the needless suffering and enslavement of women around the world By Nicholas D Kristoff, Sheryl...

BOOK REVIEW: Life Inc.

Life Inc: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back Douglas Rushkoff Books lamenting the all-powerful corporation, the...

Leveraging Brands for Social Good: Ritesh Tilani of CareZone [Wamda TV]

Ritesh Tilani explains how his mobile application, CareZone, empowers users to make informed decisions about where to spend their money,...

Using Voice Recognition Technology to Empower Societies: Amber Houssian of Souktel [Wamda TV]

Amber Houssian, the Team Leader for Operations and Media at Souktel, a Palestine-based SMS job platform, describes how new voice...

Leveraging Social Media for Social Change

Silvia Cambie, the Director of Chanda Communications, a company that advises businesses on how to facilitate cross-cultural communications,...

Peter Cleaves: The 6 Rules of Social Entrepreneurship

Peter Cleaves of the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy discusses the six rules of social entrepreneurship through six examples from his...

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