Highlights

Young MENA Entrepreneurs Discuss with CMI Successes and Challenges  

Marseille, France, 30 November, 2015

Four young entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia steered a discussion at the CMI seven annual meeting on successes and challenges of young social enterprises in the MENA region, with the participation of high level representatives.

Perspectives of Startups in the MENA

The young entrepreneurs discussed realities of startups and needed improvements to strengthen their scope of activities in the region in light of 5 leading discussion points:

• Pitching their business ideas
• Defining the internal and external challenges
• The importance of entrepreneurial education
• The role of legislation
• Gender and discrimination in the entrepreneurial world

The session was concluded by a recommendations that the young entrepreneurs advised to pave the way for young innovative people in the MENA region.

Resources

Discussion Summary (English)

The Projects:

• Hoda Mahmoud (Egypt), CEO of transi.to: Business ID card (English), PowerPoint (English)
• Karim Elouardani (Tunisia), Associate Director of Estifeda :  Business ID card (English), PowerPoint (French)
• Lama-Yasmin Tawk (Lebanon), Manager of From Beirut to Lebanon: Business ID card (English), PowerPoint (English)
• Saad Eddine Said (Morocco), Co-Founder of E-Room : Business ID card (English)

Photo Album

View photos on Flickr here.