Some years ago I was working with an organisation in the Middle East that was establishing a new network of business angels, and a fund for startups. As part of the design and implementation, we built in the requirement that the startups we supported should have access to the services of a business coach or […]
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I was privileged this week to attend the launch of Christian Aid where Gordon Brown spoke passionately about the choices facing the UK in terms of isolationism v collaboration. Of course, Gordon Brown’s main focus was on the great work @ChristianAid has achieved and the current crisis in worldwide poverty, Christian Aid Week is focusing
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The first day of the congress is always focused on topics which address the concerns and needs of the GEN country organisations and their delegation. The morning was spent hearing from a number of GEN country leaders and small group discussions, some in the large plenary session, and then the afternoon in focused country groups.
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Sunday was a good time to relax and great old friends as they started to arrive in Bahrain for #GEC2019. The ubiquitous WhatsApp groups have been set up, and the consistent ‘pinging’ heralding a new message will be the background notes for the week as everyone shares info of meet-ups, tales of late flights, and
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The annual meeting of over 170 countries all coming together to celebrate, learn and network all things entrepreneurship has been a major highlight of my year for nearly 10 years now. Over the years I have made many friends who, like me, have continued to work in the ecosystem in a range of areas, from
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A few weeks ago I was privileged to speak in Beirut at the Union of Arab Banks conference on ways of making progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). I was one of a panel of speakers on the topic of: “Achieving SDGs through Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. One of the themes to
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The continued rise of women entrepreneurs in MENA The recent legislation changes in Saudi Arabia bringing to women the freedom to drive and the programme for continued changes to empower women in the country are attracting a lot of media attention at the moment. Being in the news for having the freedom to drive is
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