Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Nassima Berrayah, Fatima Zohra Benhamida

  Country: Algeria

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2013, 2017

  Project/Action: Fellows share expertise at annual Social Media Camp

  Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

  Last month, fellows Nassima Berrayah (2013) and Fatima Zohra Benhamida (2017) were invited to speak at Algeria’s Social Media Camp 2019, a conference that brought together more than 300 participants for three days of interactive programming. The event, now in its second year, invited professors, journalists and social media professionals to share best practices on online marketing, social networks and the ethics of social media.
  Nassima, founder of Women Entrepreneurs Accelerator and founder and CEO of eBlink, led a workshop on leveraging collaborative platforms to organize events. Fatima presented to students on best practices in pitching, using TechWomen’s action plans as examples of pitching community-based impact projects. “The room was overcrowded because I couldn’t let participants in after we reached capacity,” said Fatima. “I was invited to repeat my presentation the next day in a room of 300 people.”
  2018 fellow and blogger Salma Bekkouche was in attendance, and together, the three fellows met in hopes of establishing future partnerships and collaboration.

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  Report Date: 4/15/19

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  Fellow(s): Zainab Saleem

  Country: Pakistan

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2017

  Project/Action: Fellow presents emerging satellite technologies at conference

  Policy Area(s): Professional Growth

  2017 fellow of Pakistan Zainab Saleem was a featured speaker at the inaugural Vytah Space Industry Conference held last month in Bratislava, Slovakia. The conference, organized with a mission to grow Slovakia’s space industry, brought together professionals from academia, government and business to explore current and future space technologies. Zainab, who holds a master’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, is currently working at Finland’s ICEYE as an attitude and orbit control system engineer.
  During her session, Zainab presented on ICEYE’s radar satellites that provide timely and reliable earth observation data to help their customers make informed decisions. She also introduced attendees to the company’s groundbreaking SAR satellite, a never-before used technology created using a “new space” approach. The satellite is 100 times more cost effective than traditional counterparts and weighs less than 100 kilograms.

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  Report Date: 4/15/19