Social Entrepreneurship

How to Become a Successful Social Entrepreneur

It's not the same as being a great business person.

Chris Porteous

The Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative For Global Prosperity Announces Winners Of The US$1 Million Global Maker Challenge

The four winners, and eight runners-up of the competition, will be recipients of cash prizes, and will also receive access to mentors and global organizations worth up to US$1 million.

Startups Without Borders And Facebook Come Together To Help MENA-Based Migrant Entrepreneurs

Boost with Facebook to provide free virtual lessons to entrepreneurs who have migrated from their countries of origin and have set up a startup business or an initiative in the Middle East or Europe.

For The Greater Good: Basma Altwejri's New Book, "From Society, For Society," Looks Into Social Entrepreneurship Across The MENA Region

With the intention to give an unbiased, holistic view of how innovative yet socially responsible practices across different industries work, Altwejri's book tells the stories of people from across the social entrepreneurship spectrum.

5 Takeaways From an Entrepreneur's Profit + Purpose Social Business Model

For once, profit is not the enemy, but rather a catalyst to drive social good

Jared Polites

Become Local Change Makers Through Social Entrepreneurship

We now live in an ever-changing world that demands everyone to be able to contribute to and adapt to change, i.e., to be a changemaker.

Bill Drayton

Kuwait's Nuqat Is On A Mission To Foster A Collaborative Community To Overcome Social Challenges

Conceived in 2009, the platform aims to empower its collaborative community to overcome social challenges through creative and critical thinking.

Entrepreneur Middle East's Achieving Women 2019: Dr. Iman Bibars, Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World

Since launching Ashoka Arab World in 2003 in Egypt, Bibars has expanded the organization's operations to 11 countries across the MENA region.

Tamara Pupic

5 Asian Startups That Are Trying to Solve The Plastic Problem

"There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate," - Former U.S. President Barack Obama

Syria Digital Lab: Unlocking The Potential Of The Syrian Digital Space

Syria Digital Lab aims to bring the private, public and NGO sectors together with Syrian digital innovators, creators, disruptors, and of course, entrepreneurs.

Junaid Seraj

Why Charities Are Launching For-Profit Businesses

Can making money be the key to creating more change and impact?

Liz Brody

Follow The Leader: H.E. Salama Al Ameemi, Director General, Ma'an Authority for Social Contribution

"The aims that will guide Ma'an include seeing more social programs established, an increase in volunteers, more funding raised through strategic partnerships to support people in our society, and more job opportunities in the social sector."

Tamara Pupic