Tag: Italy
Laudato Sì Challenge Just Announced its 3rd Edition – and Applications are Open
With a stellar jury and the involvement of leaders from the private, public and faith sectors, the Laudato sì Challenge is back to support entrepreneurs addressing migration and forced displacement. By SWB Team Inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter Laudato sì, the annual Laudato sì Challenge is now launching its third...
From Senegal’s Poorest Town to Creating Italy’s First Migrant VC Fund: Meet Mamadou Lamine
Having arrived to Italy at 14, Mamadou Lamine took on a big dream: He set off to build Italy’s first migrant VC fund, and raised €90.000 in just 5 months. Meet the entrepreneur behind Mama Venture. By Valentina Primo We’re sitting on a bench in a surreal setting; facing us, the Mediterranean Sea rises, dotted …...
Startup Visa: Here’s 15 Countries that Offer the Startup Visa to Foreign Entrepreneurs
From brimming Chile, to New Zealand, Italy and other European capitals, we’ve listed 15 countries where you can apply to the Startup Visa, relocate, and build a thriving business. By Hadeel Hegazy The relationship between migrant entrepreneurship and the economic development of host countries is increasingly highlighted, as various...
Meet the Migrant Entrepreneurs Who Won Rome’s “Orizzonti Startup” Pitching Competition
By SWB Team The event gathered entrepreneurs from around the world – from Gabon, to Senegal, Russia and Iran – who came from different corners of Italy to showcase their ideas at Link Campus University. On March 28th, Rome’s Link Campus University hosted the first event for migrant entrepreneurs from across Italy, called...
Startups Without Borders in Rome! Meet the First Event for the Italian Migrant Startup Ecosystem
The event, held in partnership with Link Campus University, will shed the spotlight on the country’s growing migrant startup ecosystem, inviting incubators for migrants and refugees, as well as supporting organizations, from Milan, to Bologna to Sicily. SWB Team We’ve joined forces with Link Campus University, to launch...
Code Your Future Opens Up the First Coding School for Refugees in Rome
The UK-based coding school has just partnered up with Italian startup accelerator LVenture Group, to host the first coding bootcamp for refugees in the heart of Rome. By SWB Team ‘There is a chronic shortage of digital skills in the Italian labor market, while in reality the demand for digital workers is growing faster than...
SINGA Italia Has Just Opened their First Business Lab for Migrants in Milan
SINGA Italia, based in Milan, is offering a 5-month incubation program for newcomers with innovative ideas. By SWB Team SINGA Italia, which is part of one of Europe’s most active business incubator networks for migrants, has just opened up their brand Business Lab in Italy. The organization, based in Milan, is offering an...
11 Brilliant Startup Accelerators and Incubators for Migrant Entrepreneurs to Kick-Start
In the last couple of years, several organizations have emerged to fill the the gap in providing incubation, mentorship, and pitching competitions for migrant entrepreneurs. We’ve compiled 11 of the most powerful ones. By Azrin Rahman Migrant and refugee entrepreneurship not only benefits migrants themselves but also the economies of...
Inside TEDx Roma Salon: Innovation By and For Migrants Takes the Stage at Porous Borders
By Valentina Primo Inside a packed auditorium in Rome’s MAXXi Museum, we get to meet the changemakers behind Arian Teleheal, Mygrants, and Re-future Project. It was a packed room at Rome’s MAXXi museum last September at TEDx Roma Salon as “Porous Borders,” a relay series of talks held in five cities geared up to begin. …...
Become a Migrapreneur with ME4Change in Italy, Finland, Germany or Belgium
ME4Change has just opened applications for their Migrapreneurs program, an entrepreneurship training course for participants to gain practical knowledge in starting their business. The course will start in spring 2018 and will be delivered by highly qualified trainers in the city of Milan, Helsinki, Berlin and Brussels, with some online...
