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Effecting Change: A Practical Guide For Nurturing Gritty Women In MENA
A look at the insights and inspiration from the 2018 Achieving Women Forum.
Soukaina Rachidi Alaoui, a Moroccan-American third culture kid born in Morocco and raised in the UAE, holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Delaware. Her professional journey has taken her across different continents and spanned various domains, including student recruitment, management, customer service, public relations, writing, and community development. In 2018, driven by her desire to give back to her community, Soukaina returned to Morocco, where she has mentored and empowered hundreds of Moroccan youth since.
Today, Soukaina is the founder and director of RisalatComm, or "Your Message" in Arabic, a Morocco-based social impact communication and consultation agency that seeks to help organizations of all sizes meet their creative, management, and capacity-building needs, and help Moroccan communities and leaders prosper. When she isn't busy writing or talking about youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development, Soukaina is always trying to find new places to drink a good cup of coffee.
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Lessons learnt at this year's Achieving Women Forum- a dialogue that focuses on how women can reimagine their value (and business values) to "hack" female empowerment paradigms, and incentivize real change.
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Eight Points Of Reference To Help Grow The MENA Startup Ecosystem
The 2016 edition of Entrepreneur Middle East's Enterprise Agility Forum, presented by du, discussed a variety of topics relating to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the main themes being on how corporates can support startups better, how SMEs can grow into new markets, and how burn rates need to be managed after an influx of funds.
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The youth of today are the citizens, business leaders and social influencers of tomorrow, and if we are not empowering them to join our social, political and economic frameworks, then we are condemning these institutions to failure and irrelevance.
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Enterprise Learning Curves: 11 Points Of Reference On The Methodology Of Business
While the financial benefit of incorporating women in the workforce has mobilized some Arab nations to take strides to increase their participation across various sectors and industries, the fact remains that this process isn't the sole responsibility of the government.
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Promoting Cultures Of Change Through Mentorship
By connecting with Arab communities, not only can Arab startups better promote the adoption of their own product or services, they can also increase their success and credibility with consumers, which will inevitably attract more investment opportunities.
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In the past, small companies used to try to emulate the business practices of corporate giants like Virgin, Google, and Apple. Nowadays, the tables have turned.
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The key to increasing female representation in the MENA workforce is stronger ties between universities and the private sector.
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Our problem is not a problem of funding- the problem is gaining access to the funding that already exists in the MENA region.
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How To Keep Your Entrepreneurial Dream Alive In The Arab World
Many of the obstacles that young Arab entrepreneurs face when they are trying to start their own ventures are cultural ones that stem from their nuclear family or the surrounding community.
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It Takes A Global Village To Raise An Entrepreneur
We all have a responsibility as a community to support Arab innovation by encouraging our home grown innovators.
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The MENA Startup Ecosystem: Problems And (Potential) Solutions
Five startups at the 8th MIT Pan Arab Conference in Kuwait consider ecosystem problems and potential solutions.
