Tag Archives: entrepreneurship
How Will Investing in MENA Technology Fuel Philanthropy? #MENASocialGood
Originally published on November 4th, Huffington Post Section of Social Entrepreneurship in Partnership with Schwab Foundation What will tackle the biggest social, health or economic problems in each country? Philanthropic missions? Innovative technology? Or a version of Bill Gates … Continue reading
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Notes from the ‘Capital of Innovation’
Last week, PITAPOLICY shared with you tips on managing your business during the year-end holiday season by PITAPOLICY Consulting Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum. This week we wanted to share with you addition tips on innovation and entrepreneurship via this article found on … Continue reading
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Small Business Tips to Fight Holiday Stress
November 24th, 2012 marked Small Business Saturday in the United States. Shoppers were encouraged to shop at small businesses for this day. PITAPOLICY Consulting Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum identified a four tips that small business owners like herself can follow to deal … Continue reading
Filed under Interests, Technology, Uncategorized
Youth Unemployment: Egypt Case Study & Policy Recommendations
This week, PITAPOLICY is sharing PartII of this two-part post by our Assistant Editor Nassrin El-Gosi who zeroes in on existing research and methodology describing the underlying causes of youth unemployment in the MENA region and specifically in Egypt. In case you … Continue reading
Getting a Job: Is University Education Enough?
As college graduates, we expect to get a job to which we can apply our educational background. For most recent college graduates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this is not the case. In some Arab countries, … Continue reading
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New York’s C3 Summit: U.S.-Arab Forum for Business Development
New York – Since July is all about development in the pita-consuming region, PITAPOLICY is proud to announce that it will be ATTENDING the first C3 Summit as a Blogger. From September 13th to the 14th, the C3Summitt will convene … Continue reading
Consumer Choice: Exercise in Local Empowerment
Proponents of globalization argue that a globalized economy provides consumers with more choice–both economically (with more goods and services to choose from) and politically. Economically on a local level because businesses must compete to provide better service and quality of … Continue reading
