Tech Startups in Iraq: Apply to Five One Labs’ Intensive Training in Sulaimani

Five One Labs is calling on tech entrepreneurs from Iraq and Syria to their intensive Ignite for Tech program in Sulaimani. By SWB Team Five One Labs is looking for…

Powercoders Opened Up their Free Coding Program for Refugees in Switzerland  

Powercoders just launched a program that includes 3 months of training and an internship in Lausanne. By SWB Team Are you a refugee eager to find your way to the…

TERN’s Ice Academy is Open for Refugee Entrepreneurs in the UK

The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) has just re-launched their Ice Academy, which offers entrepreneurs a part-time job while building their startup in the UK.  By SWB Team Are you a…

Female Entrepreneurs in MENA: Womena Has Just Opened their Accelerator’s Second Round

Womena strikes back with the second edition of their startup accelerator for female-led startups, Womentum. Applications are open until April 11th. By SWB Team Womena, the leading UAE-based angel investment…

He Had to Leave His Hometown in Ruins, So He Began a Startup to Rebuild the Entire Country’s Homes

The winner of the Berlin Newcomer Startup Award, Hadi Soufan is taking on the valiant mission to rebuild Syria, through a startup that assists people with the tools they need…

Welcome to the German Startup Ecosystem: 8 Key Players you Should Know

By Azrin Rahman Being a budding entrepreneur with a brand-new startup is an exciting experience, especially if you are in Germany. The country has one of the most vibrating startup…

Anzisha Is Giving Up to $25,000 Prizes to Africa-Based Entrepreneurs Under 22

The Anzisha Prize is scouting for the continent’s most innovative solutions to social challenges, offering a lifelong fellowship what will help to accelerate their path to entrepreneurship success. By SWB Team…

These 6 Syrian Startups Are Rocking the Middle East – Here’s How

Syrian startups are innovating across industries, from peer-to-peer shipping platforms to HealthTech apps, e-commerce champions and AgriTech innovators. We look into the 6 bold winners of the Startup Roadshow By…

Erbil-Based Shiffer Wins the MITEF Pan Arab’s Innovate for Refugees

The Innovate for Refugees competition awards the best solutions to tackle the refugee crisis across the Middle East. US-based Engineering For Social Good and Lebanese startup KwikPak won the Idea Track….

R Ventures Launches Incubator for Refugee Entrepreneurs in Germany

R Ventures opened applications for their New Beginnings Incubator program and the New Beginnings Fund based in Heidelberg, Germany. By SWB Team R Ventures has just opened applications for their New…

5 Entrepreneurs Spill the Beans on How to Build an Awesome Team

One of the 3 top reasons startups fail is hiring the wrong team. Hadeel Hegazy asks entrepreneurs from Syria and Egypt how they can build a winning team. By Hadeel…

Want to Start a Business But Don’t Know Where To Begin? Here’s Your 7-Step Guide

By Azrin Rahman How can I start a business that scales? How do I make sure it makes revenue? Where do I start? Azrin Rahman outlines 7 steps to start…

SINGA France Just Launched the Finkela Acceleration Program

By SWB Team The program is open for 8 ready-to-scale entrepreneurs, who either have refugee background or are innovating in the migration sector. SINGA France and the Edmond the Rothschild…

How This Syrian Entrepreneur Built a 9.000-strong Community of “Conscious Mothers’’ in Cairo

We meet Reem Sabouni, the Syrian entrepreneur supporting mothers through Montessori education. By Shadw Helal Mom’s club main office certainly speaks for itself. Set in a small, cozy apartment with…

Syrian Startup Reviving Home Scores €20.000 at SINGA’s Berlin Newcomer Startup Award

The startup, founded by Hadi Soufan, aims to help displaced people to rebuild and revive their war and crisis-torn cities. Bote and Niuversity took the second and third prize. By…