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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.

 Algeria

  • Agence Nationale de Développement de l’Investissement (ANDI, the National Investment Development Agency)
  • ANVREDET — Research Development Agency
  • CRDF Global
  • 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
  • Maghreb Start-up Initiative

{These need review and redacting.}

 Bahrain

 Comoros

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010)

 Djibouti

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010)

 Egypt

 Iraq

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010)

 Jordan

  • N2V
  • Alwatani (National Microfinance Bank of Jordan, NGO)
  • Atlas Investment
  • Bidaya Ventures
  • Business Development Center (BDC)
  • CRDF Global
  • 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
    • Oasis500
  • Young Entrepreneurs Association

 Kuwait

 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
  • CRDF Global
  • Dragons Den: Al Aareen, on Beirut's Future Television
  • Euro-Lebanese Centre For Industrial Modernsation
  • eClub (The Entrepreneurship club) www.oureclub.com
  • Georges N. Frem Foundation
  • Ijma3
  • Imdad logistics a Middle East 4PL services provider (Logistics Management)
  • 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 (YAWE)
  • YallaStartup

 Libya

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 Mauritania

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 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
  • CRDF Global
  • 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
  • Maghreb Start-up Initiative

 Oman

  • Amideast, Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute
  • CRDF Global
  • 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

 Palestine

 Qatar

  • CRDF Global
  • Qatar Foundation
    • Qatar Science & Technology Park
    • Silatech
    • Stars of Science
    • Zeva Inc
  • Enterprise Qatar
  • Bedaya Center

 Saudi Arabia

  • 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)

 Somalia

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010)

 Sudan

 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

 Tunisia

 United Arab Emirates

 Yemen

  • Al-Amal Microfinance Bank
  • CRDF Global
  • 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

Regional initiatives in the Arab world

See also

Entrepreneurship Policies in the Arab world
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