List of Arab entrepreneurship initiatives

Arab entrepreneurship initiatives: this is an alphabetical list of major, active, multi-year initiatives taken to promote entrepreneurship in Arab-majority countries. It includes private-sector, government, NGO and INGO initiatives.


 * Agence Nationale de Développement de l’Investissement (ANDI, the National Investment Development Agency)
 * ANVREDET — Research Development Agency
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * CDTA — Centre for Advanced Technologies
 * CERIST — National Research Centre
 * DZ-Invest — The Foreign Direct Investment Agency
 * EPA-ANSA Technology Park, City of Medicine and Cyber Park
 * EU Delegation in Algeria[
 * FINALEP
 * SIPAREX
 * Startup-week end
 * Pépiniere d'entreprises Ouargla
 * entrepreneurship4Youth
 * Maghreb Start-up Initiative

{These need review and redacting.}

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 * Bahrain Business Incubator Centre
 * Bahrain Development Bank
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative

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Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative

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Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative

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 * Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (TIEC)
 * INJAZ EGYPT, part of INJAZ
 * Ideavelopers
 * Ahead of the Curve
 * American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business
 * Ashoka
 * Endeavor-Egypt
 * Yomken.com
 * Yadaweya.com
 * Elmashrou3.tv
 * Innoventures.me
 * Flat6labs
 * RiseUp Summit
 * Algebra Ventures ($50 million venture fund)
 * GESR
 * YESMENA
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Gisr Institution for Survey Research
 * Entrepreneurs' Society

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 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative

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 * Zain Innovation Campus "ZINC"
 * TTi
 * TTi - She Innovate
 * TTi - 02 Incubator
 * TTi - 03 Incubator
 * SFH
 * The Tank by Umniah
 * The University of Jordan Innovation and entrepreneurship Center
 * Trip to Innovation - Ideas Accelerator
 * MusicBasha.com The digital music store for independent Arab music
 * Arcoten Holdings - Pan Arab entrepreneurship development and venture foundry
 * N2V
 * Alwatani (National Microfinance Bank of Jordan, NGO)
 * Al Urdonia Lil Ebda
 * Atlas Investment
 * Al-Quds College
 * Bidaya Ventures
 * Business Development Center (BDC)
 * Creative Jordan
 * Endeavor-Jordan
 * EFE-Jordan
 * Entreprise Productivity Centre
 * www.Exxab.com
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * INJAZ
 * Jordan Career Education Foundation
 * MENA100
 * MENA Apps
 * Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
 * Najah
 * Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women
 * National Fund for Enterprise Support
 * Jordan Venture Projects
 * "Incubators":
 * Al-Quds College Business Incubator
 * HCST-ICT Incubator
 * JFBPW Incubator
 * RSS - EE&IE Incubator
 * AECE Incubator system at Al Yarmouk
 * U of Jordan Agro-Industry Incubator
 * JTG Incubator
 * NACTIB - National Network of Incubators
 * Cyber City
 * Meydan
 * Oasis500
 * Young Entrepreneurs Association
 * AZprofile.com
 * KAFD-International Travel Support
 * Crown Prince Foundation
 * Arab Innovation Network
 * Jordan Education Initiative
 * Reach 2025
 * 1000 Entrepreneurs
 * J-CORE

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 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * INJAZ
 * Fikra www.fikraprogram.com

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 * TEC - Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club
 * Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
 * Association for the Development of Rural Capacities
 * Association Entraide Professionnelle
 * Al Majmoua (microfinance)
 * Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal (magazine)
 * AltCity - creative startup community (coworking, cafe, startup programs)
 * Ameen (microfinance)
 * Cedars Consultants and Traders' Group
 * Center For Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the AUB American University of Beirut
 * Bader Lebanon
 * Berytech
 * BIAT Center (Business Incubation Association of Tripoli)
 * Center For Entrepreneurship @ Beirut Arab University
 * Dragons Den: Al Aareen, on Beirut's Future Television
 * Euro-Lebanese Centre For Industrial Modernsation
 * eClub (The Entrepreneurship club) www.oureclub.com
 * Georges N. Frem Foundation
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Ijma3
 * Imdad logistics a Middle East 4PL services provider (Logistics Management)
 * Kafalat: a 75% publicly owned financial company that assists SMEs to access commercial bank funding.
 * Partnership for Lebanon (Ghafari, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Occidental Petroleum)
 * Lira
 * MACLE
 * Makhzoumi Foundation
 * MOET (Ministry of Economy and Trade)
 * MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region (known for its annual MIT Arab Business Plan Competition)
 * OX Factory The Startup Factory
 * Philips Innovation Program (housed at Berytech)
 * Qualeb Programme
 * René Moawad Foundation
 * RootSpace
 * SME Unit (of the Ministry of Economy and Trade)
 * South BIC (Business Incubation Center, Saida)
 * Speed@BDD
 * WAY SAL - Cedars consultants and Traders'Group
 * Young Arab Women Entrepreneurs (YAWE)
 * YallaStartup

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Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative

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 * Al Akhawayan University
 * Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
 * AFEM, Moroccan Businesswomen's Association
 * ANPME - The National SME Association
 * ANPME - National SME Agency
 * Jamalullail Corporation Berhads
 * Biotech Maroc
 * CAC - Network of Business Advisory Bureaus
 * Casablanca Technopark
 * CMPP - Moroccan Centre for Clean Manufacturing
 * CREFACE - Network of Business Start-up Centres
 * Education for Employment Foundation (EFE-Maroc)
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Government Ministries {revise: only leave in if sub-links relate directly to entrepreneurship}
 * MCI - Ministry of Industry and Commerce
 * The Ministry for Privatisation
 * OMPIC - National Intellectual Property Bureau
 * Network Maroc Entrepreneurs
 * OFPPT - National Manpower and Professional Training Bureau
 * PTR - A National Technology Services Network
 * RMIE — Moroccan Incubator and Start-up network
 * R+D Maroc — The Moroccan RTD Association
 * Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship www.mcise.org
 * Enactus-Morocco
 * University incubators:
 * National University System
 * L’Université Mohammed Premier Oujda
 * CUDI — Incubator at Doukala University
 * CIE — Centre Incubator d’Entreprises
 * CIT — Centre d’Incubation Technologique at EMI Rabat
 * Incubator de l’ENIM
 * IT Incubateur at INPT-ENSIAS Rabat
 * Incubator ‘MA-IN’ at the Faculté des Sciences Semlalia Marrakech
 * Incubator at the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Beni Mallal
 * Incubator at the Faculté des Sciences El Jadida
 * Maghreb Start-up Initiative

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 * Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC) www.zubairsec.org (by The Zubair Corporation)
 * Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
 * Fund for the Development of Youth Projects:
 * Sharakah
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Shell Oil's Intilaaqah (social investment programme)
 * Ministry of Commerce and Industry:
 * Knowledge Oasis Muscat
 * Omani Centre for Investment and Export Development
 * Ruwad: magazine launched in 2009, in conjunction with Intilaaqah, Sharakah, and Alam Aliktisaad Wala’mal, by United Press & Publishing.
 * SANAD
 * The 2006 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) was held in Muscat

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 * Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
 * Bader ICT Incubator (http://www.bader.ps/)
 * Arabreneur (http://arabreneur.com/)
 * EFE West Bank/Gaza
 * Gaza Sky Geeks (http://www.gazaskygeeks.com/)
 * Palestine Investment Promotion Agency
 * Palestine Information and Communication Technology Incubator (PICTI)
 * Young Entrepreneurs of Palestine (YEP)
 * Leaders Organization's eZone which includes (http://www.leaders.ps):
 * eZone startup incubation space
 * FastForward Accelerator
 * Entrepreneurs' Cafe
 * Tawasul - Global Connections Center - "Qudrat" Initiative (Social Entrepreneurship)http://www.tawasul.co.om/
 * Tomorrow's Youth Organization
 * Community Development & Continuing Education Institute
 * Talent Acceleration Platform (TAP)

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Stars of Science
 * Arab Youth Venture
 * Bedaya Center
 * Enterprise Qatar
 * INJAZ Qatar
 * Qatar University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest (QUIEC)- College of Engineering and College of Business and Economics
 * Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC)
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC)
 * Qatar Foundation
 * Qatar Science & Technology Park
 * Stars of Science
 * Social Development Center
 * Silatech

(KAUST runs startup accelerators including the Hikma IP-based Startup Accelerator and New Ventures Accelerator)
 * Badir Program for technology Incubators and Accelerators.
 * Centennial Fund National Entrepreneurship Center
 * Center for development of S&M Facilities
 * Global Competitiveness Forum
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Imdad logistics Logistics Consultants .www.imdadlogistics.com
 * INJAZ-Saudi Arabia, to inspire and prepare Saudi youth to succeed in a global, knowledge based economy. (www.injaz-saudi.org)
 * King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - www.kaust.edu.sa and innovation.kaust.edu.sa
 * King Saud University
 * National entrepreneurship Institute (Riyadah)www.riyadah.com.sa
 * Qotuf AlRiyadah.www.qotuf.com
 * Saudi Entrepreneurship Development Institute
 * Saudi Fast Growth 100
 * Uhuru
 * Tasamy for Social Entrepreneurship www.tasamy.com
 * Women's Incubator and Training Center

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 * Engvillage (http://www.engvillage.com)

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 * HIAST — Higher Institute for Advanced S&T
 * Junior Chamber International — Syria
 * MAWRED Incubator for women entrepreneurs
 * SEBC — Syrian-Enterprise & Business Centre
 * SEBC - BI SEBC Business Incubator
 * SKILLS
 * Syrian Management Consultants Association
 * Business Angels Gate
 * Syrian Computer Society's ICT (see also MBRF Arab Incubator Network)
 * Syria Trust for Development
 * Massar
 * Shabab
 * FIRDOS - Fund for Integrated Rural Development of Syria
 * BIDAYA(founded by Asma Assad in conjunction with Youth Business International, FIRDOS, MAWRED, and SYEA)
 * SYEA - Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association

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 * Agence de Promotion Industrielle (API)
 * Centre de Soutien à la Création d'Entreprise
 * Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
 * Organisation Arab Pour l'Education, la Culture et les Sciences (headquarters, ALECSO)
 * Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants d’Entreprise
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Institute Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprise (IACE, iaceonline.com)
 * Centre des Jeunes Entrepreneurs (CJE)
 * Intilaq
 * Jeune Chambre de Commerce de Tunisie
 * Maghreb Start-up Initiative


 * Al Tamimi Investments' The Big Start
 * Al Tomooh Finance Scheme for Small National Business (in conjunction with EmiratesNBD Bank and Sheikh Mohammed)
 * Arab Business Angels Network
 * Arab Youth Venture Foundation
 * Baraka private consultancy
 * Dubai Enterprise Center (business incubation center in Dubai Airport Free Zone)
 * FasterCapital
 * Forsa business plan competition
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Hub Dubai (non-profit, member-based accelerator for business ventures for good)
 * Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd.
 * Khalifa Fund
 * Mohamed Bin Rashid Establishment For Young Business Leaders, "SME"
 * Mohamed Bin Rashid Fund (MBRF; see also Regional and global initiatives, below)
 * Sawaed
 * SEED Entrepreneurship Centre (Investing, mentoring, and training Entrepreneurs on the world-renowned Lean Launchpad in Dubai)
 * Arab Human Capital Challenge
 * Arab Incubator Network
 * N2V
 * SMEinfo
 * Tecom {MOU w/ MBRF}
 * The Indus Entrepreneurs
 * TURN8
 * Young Arab Leaders (YAL)
 * Wamda

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 * ROWAD Entrepreneurs Foundation
 * Al-Amal Microfinance Bank
 * Education for Employment - Yemen
 * French Embassy Youth Enterprise Project
 * Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * GTZ Yemen
 * Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service
 * Small Enterprise Development Fund
 * Social Fund for Development
 * SOUL
 * Yemen Business Club
 * Youth Leadership Development Forum

Regional initiatives in the Arab League

 * Arab Innovation Network AIN
 * Arab Youth Venture Foundation AYVF
 * Awesome Foundation Dubai AFD
 * National Net Ventures by National Technology Group N2V
 * Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives
 * Abraaj Capital
 * Abraaj Capital Arts Prize
 * Celebration of Entrepreneurship
 * Riyada Enterprise Development (RED)
 * Wamda.com
 * Acumen Fund
 * AIESEC
 * American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business
 * Entrepreneurs Society
 * Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program
 * Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program
 * El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC)
 * Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO, headquartered in Tunis)
 * Arab Technology Business Plan Competition (begun in 2006, by the Arab Science and Technology Foundation and Intel Corporation)
 * Arabreneur
 * Ashoka
 * Business Bridge Initiative
 * Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
 * CISCO
 * The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute
 * Cisco Networking Academy
 * Deloitte
 * Deloitte Middle East
 * Deloitte Turkey - Deloitte Educational foundation
 * Dun & Bradstreet SME Advisory Services
 * Education for Employment Foundation
 * Dragons Den: Al Aareen, on Beirut's Future Television
 * Education for Employment Foundation
 * (See also their branches in Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan, and Palestine.)
 * Endeavor
 * Endeavor Core Focus
 * LIFT-OFF
 * Envestors
 * European Training Foundation (ETF)
 * Global Entrepreneurship Week
 * Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative
 * Grameen-Jameel Pan-Arab Microfinance Ltd.
 * INJAZ
 * (See also Injaz's country chapters in a dozen countries: Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman; and forthcoming in Algeria, Libya, Syria, and Yemen.)
 * (See also Junior Achievement)
 * Intel Corporation
 * The Intel Education Initiative
 * Intel Capital Middle East and Turkey Fund
 * The Intel Higher Education Program
 * Technology Entrepreneurship - Theory to Practice
 * The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition
 * Intel Learn Technology and Entrepreneurship
 * TechnoWomen Program
 * International Finance Corporation
 * Private Enterprise Partnership for MENA
 * Gender Entrepreneurship Markets for MENA
 * International Labour Organization initiatives:
 * Know About Business (KAB)
 * Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)
 * Small Enterprise Development (SEED)
 * Youth Entrenet (with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
 * Junior Achievement
 * Kauffman Foundation
 * Entrepreneurship.org
 * Global Entrepreneurship Week
 * Larta Institute
 * Legatum Institute
 * Legatum Ventures
 * Mohammed bin Rashid Fund (MBRF)
 * Arab Incubator Network
 * Sawaed
 * Arab Human Capital Challenge
 * Philips Innovation Program
 * Manpower
 * Entrepreneurship Training (Regional—Middle East and Africa)
 * joint-venture with Junior Achievement (Global)
 * YouthConnect (Global)
 * NBS Entrepreneurial Screening (Global)
 * Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the American University of Beirut
 * {Add other major regional MBRF regional initiatives here}
 * Microsoft
 * DreamSpark
 * Microsoft BizSpark
 * The Imagine Cup
 * Microsoft Innovation Centers (MIC)
 * MIT-Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship
 * MENA-OECD Investment Programme
 * Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
 * Middle East Youth Initiative, MEYI
 * Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
 * Silatech
 * StartUp Arabia (www.StartupArabia.com)
 * Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
 * Synergos
 * Arab World Social Innovators Program
 * TechWadi
 * The Prince of Wales' Youth Business International (YBI)
 * (See above: Saudi Arabia's Centennial Fund, Syria's Bidaya, Yemen, etc.)
 * The European Training Foundation (ETF, etf.europa.eu)
 * UNIDO
 * Wamda
 * World Bank
 * Doing Business (with IFC)
 * {List here other WB initiatives focused on MENA entrepreneurship}
 * World Economic Forum (Global)
 * Global Education Initiative : Entrepreneurship Education in MENA
 * YallaStartup
 * YESMENA
 * Yomken.com
 * Young Arab Leaders (YAL)
 * Young Presidents Organization-MENA (YPO-MENA)
 * Youth Enterprise Generator