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Nowar Rahmouni is a Syrian diaspora and the founder of Gharna, a venture that sells traditional, natural, and organic products with handcraft designs. Nowar is part of the Zidicircle Diaspora Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2020 The story behind the venture name Gharna Halabi, is also known as Aleppo Soap. Aleppo is an Arabic word that means Halab, Gharna Halabi means the Laurel, which is the natural product used, is Aleppean. What the venture does Gharna produces traditional, natural, and organic Aleppean products …

Olivia Decker is a Kenyan living in the Netherlands. She is the founder of Bendera, an E-commerce platform that specialises in African products. Olivia is part of the Zidicircle Diaspora Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2020 The story behind the venture name and idea Bendera means flag in Swahili.  A time for African products/expertise to fly high. With so many quality African products coming to the market with no common platform to find them, it was time. What the venture does Bendera is …

As part of our Diaspora Entrepreneurship Bootcamp(DEB) we offer monthly group coaching to our current cohorts. We also take this opportunity to introduce the programme to aspiring entrepreneurs who would like to join the next Bootcamp. This sessions theme will be Financial Administration. The DEB programme is designed for diaspora entrepreneurs who want to grow successful ventures in their countries of residence, their home countries or Internationally. During our previous bootcamps , workshops and surveys, we discovered the following findings …

PerfectFaces is a diaspora based venture inspired by real-life experiences. The venture name PerfectFaces came from the challenges People of Colour face. The name PerfectFaces is an encouragement to that person of Colour who’s self-esteem is low or shaken because of society’s ideologies. The name is a visible stamp of who we are; a protruding forehead, high cheekbones, thick lips, a broad nose, every face shape – we’re perfect. Stephen Duncan PerfectFaces has created a range of cosmetic make-up that …

  On September 16, join our partner Volation for the 96th pitch event celebrating women-identified entrepreneurs all across Europe! Attendees will have the opportunity to choose their ‘top pitch’, as well as engage with pitchers and panel via polls, Q&A and Live Chat. If you can support a pitcher or want to connect, they provide space for that as well.

Last September in partnership with IOM-UN Imigration we kicked off  a  diaspora Entrepreneurship programme with about 40 Diaspora entrepreneurs  aimed at encouraging the Ghanaian and Ethiopian diasporas residing in the Netherlands, or Dutch entrepreneurs in partnership with the diaspora, to engage themselves as entrepreneurs for the development of the private sector in Ghana and Ethiopia.. We believe this group has the best of two worlds in terms of skills and markets know how and with their demonstrated ventures and strong …

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Covid-19 is here with us. Who would have thought a single virus could ever affect every aspect of our lives? We are all asking these question, most of us may have found some solace and reorganized our lives to befit these times. What about entrepreneurs? Then they have to carry double the burden, one on their personal lives and the other of keeping their businesses running such as; keeping their employees, keeping their customers, paying their suppliers, paying their taxes, …

Fill it here–https://forms.gle/4QeayPL5Qeov83B48 We are conducting this survey to further our understanding on the needs of diaspora entrepreneurs in Europe and support them better. We define diaspora as emigrants living abroad with a great connection to their countries of origin. We are targeting African diaspora entrepreneurs based in Europe, who are running their businesses in Europe and/or in Africa or have an international expansion plan to their country of Origin This survey is purely intended for market survey purposes only …

What does your business in Ghana look like? We are creating access to friendly health care services. Our health center is creating affordable and friendly services, where clients enjoy care without frustrations such as slow care and unfriendliness. What are the assessed needs for your business? We need to train our own staff, and setup our new building with all the equipment. We have a strong partner in the Netherlands stichting Awinbono (you can read more about our partner: www.awinbono.nl) …