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Impact Stories from Entrepreneurship Policy Area

Eurasia Mobile Challenge

Fellow(s): Nazira Sherlay

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Cohort: 2016

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Nazira Sherlay, 2016 fellow of Kyrgyzstan, traveled to Yerevan, Armenia, to participate in the Eurasia Mobile Challenge Regional Final from January 24-25. For the competition, her team developed a mobile application, Charba, which serves as an educational and trading platform for farmers. It provides information on market prices and trends to help farmers be more profitable. Nazira’s team was selected as one of 24 finalists from nearly 1,000 registered teams representing Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

 

Report Date: 1/23/2017


Mentor(s): Anar Simpson

Company: Mozilla

Mentor Type: Impact

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Entrepreneurship

Anar Simpson, six-year TechWomen mentor, attended the 2016 Women’s Forum Global Meeting from November 30 – December 2 in Deauville, France. At the event, she participated in a panel on how influencers can better promote women’s entrepreneurship in new sectors. She also discussed what others can do to help female entrepreneurs, as venture capitalists adopting blind pitch reviews, companies like Google actively encouraging women’s entrepreneurship with programs like #40Forward, and governments creating funds for female entrepreneurs

Report Date: 11/28/2016


e-learning startup

Fellow(s): Ghana Bteich

Country: Lebanon

Cohort: 2015

Policy Area(s): Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, Youth Engagement

Ghana Bteich, 2015 fellow of Lebanon, recently co-founded a startup that is developing an e-learning platform to provide after-school support for students in need. She has more than 10 years of experience in telecommunications and is applying for the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program under the field of educational planning to acquire more knowledge related to developing curriculum and program designs.

Report Date: 8/15/2016


Entrepreneurship Summer School

Fellow(s): Ouafa Benterki

Country: Algeria

Cohort: 2012

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Ouafa Benterki, 2012 fellow of Algeria, was a featured speaker at the Entrepreneurship Summer School in Algiers, Algeria, organized by the University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network. The conference held on July 17-21, brought together experts from the United States, Serbia, Moldovia, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, France, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria with backgrounds in technology, business and entrepreneurship convened to inspire students and professionals. Ouafa presented two topics: turning an idea into a startup and natural language processing. She discussed her experience developing a startup and referenced the TechWomen program as a major motivator and influence.

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Report Date: 8/1/2016


Lecture

Fellow(s): Omnia Eteyari

Country: Libya

Cohort: 2013

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Omnia Eteyari hosted a lecture on entrepreneurship in Tripoli. The event, “From Idea to Company,” aimed to introduce Libyans to the concept of entrepreneurship and how to turn their ideas into a reality. Omnia touched on market research, customer segmentation and idea validation, among other topics, as she walked the audience through the different stages in developing a startup. .Numerous female-led businesses supported Omnia in planning the event by offering venue space, refreshments and photography services. A total of 250 people attended.

Report Date: 8/1/2016


Searching for Martha

Fellow(s): Sylvia Mukasa, Angel Bisamaza, Zimkhita Buwa, Neza Guillaine, Marthe Beatrice Kepseu, Rumbidzai Rosemary Mambo, Marie Claire Murekatete, Winnie Ngamije

Country: Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Cohort: 2013&2014

Policy Area(s): Empowering Women and Girls, Entrepreneurship

During the 2015 Transform Africa Summit, eight TechWomen fellows collaborated on an initiative to empower youth women entrepreneurs in Africa. The initiative, called “Searching for Martha,” aims to offer training to young African girls to develop, sell and promote mobile apps.

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Report Date: 11/16/2015


Mozilla Cameroon Community

Fellow(s): Dorothee Fouba

Country: Cameroon

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Cameroonian fellow Dorothee Fouba launched a Mozilla community in Cameroon after working with the Mozilla community and learning about their global, open-source platforms in San Francisco. A multimedia journalist, Dorothee worked with Mozilla communities to develop, spread and support Mozilla products, in turn using local tech tools and talent. Dorothee officially launched the community in April 2015, which boasts a growing group of 50 individuals working in tech.

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Report Date: 9/14/2015


Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Fellow(s): Sylvia Mukasa

Country: Kenya

Cohort: 2014

Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship

Sylvia and her business GlobalX were highlighted during GES 2015 in Kenya. Sylvia is CEO of GlobalX Investments, which specializes in emerging enterprise technologies.

Report Date: 7/27/2015


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


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Recent Impact Stories

  • Fellow(s): Aliya Mukhametzhanova

    Country: Kazakhstan

    Region: SCA

    Cohort: 2017

    Project/Action: Fellow represents Kazakhstan at Global Game Jam

    Policy Area(s): Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Professional Growth, Youth Engagement

    Last week, 2017 fellow Aliya Mukhametzhanova led a team of developers representing Kazakhstan at Global Game Jam, the world’s largest game creation event. The event, now in its 11th year, brings together participants from around the world to create a game within a 48-hour period. This year, 147,00 people from 113 countries participated, creating 9,000 new games.
    Bringing Kazakhstan to the games for the first time, Aliya created two “jam” sites – one in Almaty and one in Astana – and organized teams of developers and gamers to participate. In the two-day period, Aliya’s teams created 13 games ranging from survival simulations to games where players are tasked with stopping environmental pollution. Both Game Jam teams hope to continue working together to further develop their games.
    Moving forward, Aliya hopes to recruit more young people and create academies where students can learn about software development, design, animation and more: “I want to be a bridge and help others to find new friends in other countries and to show the gaming world to people in Kazakhstan,” Aliya says.

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    Report Date: 2/4/19

  • Fellow(s): Safaa Boubia

    Country: Morocco

    Region: MENA

    Cohort: 2018

    Project/Action: Fellow delivers address at Womenpreneur event

    Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

    This week, 2018 fellow of Morocco Safaa Boubia gave a TEDx-style talk at Womenpreneur, an initiative that brings together women in the MENA region to pitch their business ideas and share their stories with aspiring entrepreneurs. Safaa, a web strategy consultant and co-founder of Houna, was connected to the opportunity after the event organizers read her guest blog for TechWomen.
    Addressing the room of engineers, students and entrepreneurs, Safaa shared her story as a hearing-impaired woman and the challenges she has faced along the way. She also shared three pieces of advice with the audience for their own professional journeys: to adapt their thinking to work environment, to create their own opportunity instead of waiting for it and to engage in causes that inspire and uplift their communities.

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    Report Date: 2/4/19

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