The Amideast Leaders, Alumni, and Mentors (ALAM) network is excited to present a free, online event series on entrepreneurship! On Mondays and Wednesdays throughout February, we will post videos made by experts from the MENA region on topics related to Entrepreneurship. Then join us for a live virtual event on February 25 to meet the speakers and build your network!

ALAM Entrepreneurs content is available in both English and Arabic. 

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The next video is “Lessons from a Youth Entrepreneur". Ahmed El Gebaly shares step by step tips based on 8 years of experience in startups and social enterprise. Ahmed co-founded MARJ3, an online platform that supports students to obtain scholarships and study abroad. MARJ3 won initial investments and follow-up investments and was named Startup of the Year in 2018 from GEN Egypt. In 2014, Ahmed won the Best Project award at the Entrepreneurship Competition at Cairo University, which was supported by Pathways Egypt and the ILO. Startup Scene named Ahmed one of the 25 Under 25 Youth Entrepreneurs Reinventing Egypt in 2017. Ahmed is an alumnus of the Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP), administered in partnership with Citi Foundation.

The next video is “Lessons from a Youth Entrepreneur". Ahmed El Gebaly shares step by step tips based on 8 years of experience in startups and social enterprise. Ahmed co-founded MARJ3, an online platform that supports students to obtain scholarships and study abroad. MARJ3 won initial investments and follow-up investments and was named Startup of the Year in 2018 from GEN Egypt. In 2014, Ahmed won the Best Project award at the Entrepreneurship Competition at Cairo University, which was supported by Pathway

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