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Impact Stories from Entrepreneurship Policy Area

AlumniLinked.ps Conference

Fellow(s): Mai Abualkas

Country: Palestinian Territories

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Mai was at speaker at the AlumniLinked.ps Conference in Jerusalem.  Mai is the founder of Gaza Sky Geeks, Gaza’s first startup accelerator and Amateur Club Training Center, which is designed to engage young minds to learn more about STEM with modern methods. 

 

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Report Date...: 6/22/2015


Mentor(s): Kinh Demaree

Company: Axiom Zen

Mentor Type: Cultural

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Kinh Demaree is an angel investor in her mentee Evelyn Zoubi’s startup, Glanse. Glase is a fashion discovery startup app founded in 2011, which creates a fun and interactive way for women to shop.

 

 

Report Date...: 5/18/2015


Glanse

Fellow(s): Evelyn Zoubi

Country: Jordan

Cohort: 2012

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Evelyn Zoubi launched her fashion discovery startup Glanse in 2011. Fueled by her passion for fashion and mobile technology, Evelyn wanted to create a fun, interactive way for women to shop, and following her mentorship, has seen continued growth thanks to her expanded networks.

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Report Date...: 5/18/2015


Minyadi

Fellow(s): Lara Khoury

Country: Lebanon

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Lara is the creator of an E-commerce website allowing individuals to sell handmade crafts using an intuitive online platform. Her website, Minyadi, means handmade in the Arabic language.

 

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Report Date...: 3/23/2015


Entrepreneura (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)

Fellow(s): Mai Abualkas, Majd Hemiemat, Mbarka Selmi, Umikaltuma Ibrahim

Country: Jordan, Kenya, Palestinian Territories, Tunisia

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneura is an entrepreneurship platform empowering women in the MENA region. Its team members include: Mai Abualkas (Palestinian Territories), Majd Hemiemat (Jordan), Mbarka Selmi (Tunisia), Umikaltuma Ibrahim (Kenya).

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Report Date...: 3/16/2015


E-Madrasti (seed grant)

Fellow(s): Lamis Al-Shaibani

Country: Yemen

Cohort: 2013

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Lamis created the E-Madrasti app to connect parents with their children’s schools via SMS text and inform them about events, exams, and school activities. The app reached over 200 students, parents, and teachers since launch.

 

 

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Report Date...: 1/12/2015


MentorShe

Fellow(s): Jessica Obeid

Country: Lebanon

Cohort: 2012

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

MentorSHE is an organization focused on encouraging women’s participation in politics in Algeria. Jessica modeled TechWomen’s mentoring platform to expose young women to political role models.

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Report Date...: 12/8/2014


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Recent Impact Stories

  • Fellow(s): Fellow inks partnership to train 50,000 in South Punjab – Ayesha Zaman

    Country: Pakistan

    Region: CSA

    Cohort: 2022

    Project/Action: 000 in South Punjab"

    Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development

    Skills Todo, Pakistan’s premium skills-based e-learning platform, co-founded by fellow & CEO Ayesha Zaman Hammaad (Pakistan, 2022), has recently announced a partnership with Digital South Punjab aimed at strengthening the tech ecosystem in South Punjab, Pakistan by training 50,000 local students and professionals. Ayesha and her partner, COO Namra Nasyr, inked the agreement with Rizwan Majeed, Founder of Digital South Punjab and Director of Information Technology at Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Together, they believe that the partnership will raise awareness of the benefits of digital skills education in concert with academia and bring fruitful tech industry prospects to the region.
    Ayesha has also recently accepted a role as a Startup Mentor for NewChip, an Austin, Texas-based online accelerator that provides founders with tools and skills to build, scale, and fund their startups.

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    Report Date: 12/05/2022

  • Fellow(s): Team recognized by BBC & Ambassador after seed grant win – Amara Dar, Sadaf Gul, Ramla Syeda Hassan, Syeda Sadaf Shah, Anum Sadiq and Shehnaz Zakia

    Country: Pakistan

    Region: CSA

    Cohort: 2022

    Project/Action: "Team recognized by BBC & Ambassador after seed grant win"

    Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Professional Development

    The fellows of Fall 2022 Team Pakistan, composed of Amara Dar, Sadaf Gul, Ramla Hassan Sadafi Shah, Anum Sadiq and Shehnaz Zakia, were recently featured in BBC News Urdu to acknowledge their having recently been awarded $3000 in seed grant funding for the impact project they developed during their TechWomen program.
    The project, AGAHI, will be a mobile technology campaign aimed at raising climate change awareness in the wake of the devastating floods in Pakistan this summer.
    In addition to being featured in BBC, the team also recently met with the Ambassador of Pakistan to the USA on 26th Oct. 2022 to discuss AGAHI shortly after the close of their TechWomen program in Washington D.C.
    In the meeting, the ambassador expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the U.S. Department of State and ECA for providing opportunities for Pakistani women in STEM to excel through exchange programs. He also encouraged Team Pakistan to complete the project with full dedication, offering assurance of the Embassy of Pakistan’s support in the sustainable execution of the project and the development of future collaborations.

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    Report Date: 11/28/2022

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