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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.

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[edit]  Algeria

  • Agence Nationale de Développement de l’Investissement (ANDI, the National Investment Development Agency)
  • ANVREDET — Research Development Agency
  • 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
  • entrepreneurship4Youth

{These need review and redacting.}

[edit]  Bahrain

[edit]  Comoros

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[edit]  Djibouti

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[edit]  Egypt

  • Alashanek ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development (AYB-SD), Training and Employment for marginalized communities (www.ayb-sd.org)
  • N2V
  • Alexandria Small Development Center
  • 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)
  • Ashoka
  • BasharSoft
  • EFG-Hermes Private Equity
  • EFE-Egypt
  • Efham (in conjunction with the Center for International Private Enterprise
  • Egyptian Business Women Association
  • Egyptian Incubator Association
  • Egyptian Junior Business Association
  • Endeavor-Egypt
  • Nahdet El Mahrousa - incubator for innovative social enterprises (www.nahdetmasr.org)
  • Middle East Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
  • Plug and Play Egypt Business Accelerator
  • Rising Tide Fund
  • School Fund For Development
  • Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE-Egypt)
  • TechWadi.org
  • YESMENA
  • Sawari Ventures (Global Entrepreneurship program/Flat6labs)

[edit]  Iraq

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[edit]  Jordan

  • N2V
  • Alwatani (National Microfinance Bank of Jordan, NGO)
  • Atlas Investment
  • Bidaya Ventures
  • Business Development Center (BDC)
  • Creative Jordan
  • Endeavor-Jordan
  • EFE-Jordan
  • Entreprise Productivity Centre
  • Injaz
  • Jordan Career Education Foundation
  • MENA100
  • Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Najah
  • Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women
  • National Fund for Enterprise Support
  • Jordan Venture Projects
  • "Incubators":
    • 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
    • Oasis 500
  • Young Entrepreneurs Association

[edit]  Kuwait

  • Injaz

[edit]  Lebanon

  • 4SITE Forum: Investing in Sustainability, Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship
  • Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
  • Association for the Development of Rural Capacities
  • Association Entraide Professionnelle
  • Al Majmoua (microfinance)
  • Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal (magazine)
  • Ameen (microfinance)
  • 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
  • Georges N. Frem Foundation
  • Ijma3
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Young Arab Women Entrepreneurs
  • YallaStartup

[edit]  Libya

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[edit]  Mauritania

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[edit]  Morocco

  • Al Akhawayan University
  • Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
  • AFEM, Moroccan Businesswomen's Association
  • ANPME - The National SME Association
  • ANPME - National SME Agency
  • 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)
  • 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
  • SIFE-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

[edit]  Oman

  • Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
  • Omani Centre for Investment and Export Development
  • SANAD
  • Shell Oil's Intilaaqah (social investment programme)
  • Fund for the Development of Youth Projects:
    • Sharakah
  • Ruwad: magazine launched in 2009, in conjunction with Intilaaqah, Sharakah, and Alam Aliktisaad Wala’mal, by United Press & Publishing.
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry:
    • Knowledge Oasis Muscat
  • The 2006 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) was held in Muscat

[edit]  Palestinian territories

  • Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
  • EFE West Bank/Gaza
  • Palestine Investment Promotion Agency
  • Palestine Information and Communication Technology Incubator (PICTI)
  • Young Entrepreneurs of Palestine (YEP)
  • The Village "Business Hosting & Support Center" www.the-village.co

[edit]  Qatar

  • Qatar Foundation
    • Qatar Science & Technology Park
    • Silatech
    • Stars of Science

[edit]  Saudi Arabia

  • Centennial Fund National Entrepreneurship Center
  • Center for development of S&M Facilities
  • Dallah AlBaraka
  • Global Competitiveness Forum
  • Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) SME Program. please contact Mr. Talal Althefery
  • King Abdullah University for Science & Technology
  • King Saud University
  • Badir program for innovation, entrepreneurship and technology incubators.www.badir.org.sa
  • Saudi Entrepreneurship Development Insititute
  • Saudi Fast Growth 100
  • Uhuru
  • Women's Incubator and Training Center
  • INJAZ-Saudi Arabia, to inspire and prepare Saudi youth to succeed in a global, knowledge based economy. (www.injaz-saudi.org)

[edit]  Somalia

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[edit]  Sudan

[edit]  Syria

  • HIAST — Higher Institute for Advanced S&T
  • Junior Chamber International — Syria
  • MAWRED Incubator for women entreprneeurs
  • 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)
  • The 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

[edit]  Tunisia

  • 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
  • Institute Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprise (IACE, iaceonline.com)
    • Centre des Jeunes Entrepreneurs (CJE)
  • Jeune Chambre de Commerce de Tunisie

[edit]  United Arab Emirates

[edit]  Yemen

  • Al-Amal Microfinance Bank
  • Education for Employment - Yemen
  • French Embassy Youth Enterprise Project
  • Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  • GTZ Yemen
  • Small and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service
  • Small Enterprise Development Fund
  • Social Fund for Development
  • SOUL
  • Yemeni Businessmen's Club
  • Youth Leadership Development Forum

[edit] Regional initiatives in the Arab world

[edit] See also

Entrepreneurship Policies in the Arab world
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