Articles and posts about Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt

Young Leaders Visitors Programme I whatamission.com

The Young Leaders Visitors Programme 2017 for young leaders from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden

Melanie Akerboom4th November 2016

The Young Leaders Visitors Programme (YLVP) is an intercultural leadership programme for young leaders from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden. The progra... Read More...

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5 Innovative and impactful upcycling solutions for plastic waste I whatamission.com

5 Innovative, impactful and entrepreneurial upcycling solutions for plastic waste

Melanie Akerboom21st September 2016

According to ByFusion, Globally, over 300M tons of plastic waste is currently being generated annually but less than 8% is being recycled. They also state that ... Read More...

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Refuse – Egyptian handmade products from upcycled plastic bags I whatamission.com

Up-fuse – Egyptian handmade products from upcycled plastic bags

Melanie Akerboom15th February 2015

Last year, in October 2014, I interviewed the co-founders of Up-fuse (previously known as Refuse) Rania Rafie and Yara Yassin for this blog in Egypt. The Cairo ... Read More...

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Startup life in Egypt – Designer Abdalla Safwat shares experiences

Melanie Akerboom7th February 2015

Abdalla Safwat is an Egyptian graphic designer who lives and works in Alexandria. His start-up "BINFIRNAS" is a research and experimentation design studio that ... Read More...

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Egyptian social enterprise THAAT empowers local artisans and emerging designers

Melanie Akerboom21st November 2014

About a month ago, I reunited with Peri Abou Zied, Thaat founder, in Cairo to talk about her start-up. Thaat is a design and research social enterprise that aim... Read More...

Art & DesignCommunity DevelopmentEgyptGlobalPoverty alleviationSkills developmentSocial Impact BlogWomen empowerment5 Comments307 views 05 min read