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The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022

Enhancing socio-economic rights and reducing vulnerability of migrants in the Middle East and Africa

April 1, 2022 - May 28, 2022

Apply by May 28, 2022

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About the Program

The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize is a program focused on the identification and technical support to socially-driven businesses on a mission to enhance the economic inclusion of migrants in the Middle East and Africa. Supporting startups that harness the positive benefits of migration and reduce the vulnerability of migrants by improving their livelihoods, contributing to their social and economic rights, and thereby reducing the pressure for irregular dangerous migration routes.

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Applications for the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize are open!

If you are part of a startup reducing vulnerability of migrants in the Middle East, African and Tunisia, don't miss out this opportunity!

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Global Winners 2021

NIGERIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Glade Inc

Glade is a FIntech startup building a modern business banking service, that helps small businesses automate and run their finances effectively.

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NIGERIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Toju

We are digitising the bank of the unbanked

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SINGAPORE • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Datacultr Fintech Limited

Risk Mitigation & collections management platform that uses the borrower's smartphone in a very effective manner, that results NPAs by over 67%, making the 'new to credit' a viable segment for financial institutions.

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EGYPT • EDUCATION

EYouth

We offer an educational solutions for underprepared youth in MENA in field of entrepreneurship, career development and personal skills, online interactive learning programs to help youth to go for the labor market or start their own business.

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TURKEY • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Fatora.io Store

Anyone can get an online store in 5 min

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • EDUCATION

eFlow Education

eFlow achieves quality and accessible education worldwide by utilizing a smart and interactive educational chatbot that runs on common apps and needs no learning curve or high bandwidth.

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JORDAN • WATER & EDUCATION

Salasil solutions LLC

We provide video and live podcasting authoring tool (Desktop application) for educators to generate and publish e-content as video. our busies module based un subscription

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QATAR • FINANCIAL SERVICES

CWALLET

Cwallet is a blockchain powered mobile money wallet that evolves in 3 basic principles. Payroll. Payment and Remittance. Allowing over 80% of the unbanked population to access online and offline financial services that creates value within economies and business ecosystem.

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SOUTH AFRICA • TECH

BotsZA Projects (Pty) Ltd

Hazie is a platform that provides a seamless application process for first-time candidates applying for employment. It also enables companies to move from a manual candidate screening and sourcing process to an AI-enabled, HR software and Intelligent Business Solution. This solution saves critical time and resources for its clients.

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ISRAEL • FINANCIAL SERVICES

CONFIRMU

ConfirmU is a B2B2C startup that enables lenders to underwrite people who are new to borrowing using a 3 minutes game which is mapped to the loan repayment

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NIGERIA • CONSUMER GOODS & SERVICES

Get It Done Now

Access to Everything, Everyday. Get It Done Now is a marketplace that allows the users to get home services, food, access to finance solutions, insurances and digital consumer goods, all in the same App, aiming the African people.

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SOUTH AFRICA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

abela.app

abela.app is a mobile payments company building an ecosystem to enable people to digitally send, receive, use and save money, creating access to the most basic of financial services. Our platform is cost effective and easy to use, providing our customers with financial autonomy and security they deserve.

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TURKEY • FOOD & BEVERAGES

CraveHome

CraveHome is an online homemade food ordering and delivery platform that connects home cooks with users, creating opportunities for people at home to generate income by linking them to consumers willing to pay for their healthy home-cooked meals.

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Tunisian Winners 2021

HEALTH

Sghartoon

Did you know that 1 on 5 children have educational trouble that leads to them leaving school if not detected, and parent lack of information to be able to know about it and what to do, we offer a platform that helps detect children using games, link them to the nearest therapist to do sessions online that way we can help more than 300 thousand children only in Tunisia and more in the MENA region where we are the first movers in this area.

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TECH

iCompass

"The iCompass team is composed of academics and engineers specialized in Information technology, mathematics and linguistics. The team's services cater to the needs of public and private institutions, as well as public figures and groups in order to assist them with their digital strategic plans, communication and marketing. They work around the clock using the latest technologies, such as digital reputation analysis and evaluation, Chatbot, Churn identification, and other consulting services. ICompass is also unique thanks to its innovative language processing technology; and linguistic barriers are no longer an obstacle for the team. Indeed, they have developed a program that makes it possible to process even Arabic and African dialects."

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Boosting economic inclusion

Supporting startups from the Middle East and Africa that harness the positive benefits of migration and reduce the vulnerability of migrants.

Make and Impact!

Get support, learn and contribute to the social and economic rights of migrants.

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Migration Entreprenurship Prize 2022 Timeline

STEP 1

Launch of Open Call

1 April 2022

STEP 2

Close of Applications

28 May 2021

STEP 3

Startup Training

June / Jan 2023

STEP 4

Startup Screening

15 June 2022

STEP 5

Finalists Interviews

15 July 2022

STEP 6

Winners Announcement

15 August 2022

STEP 7

Investment Readiness Program

September 2022 - March 2023

Program Benefits

SEEDSTARS IRP

Join the Seedstars Investment Readiness Program

SEEDSTARS WORLD COMPETITION

Be part of the Online Seedstars World Competition activities including educational program and access to Seedstars network.

VISIBILITY

Increased visibility and web presence via various media and social media channels.

Project Team

About us

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FDFA's Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD)

The FDFA's Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD) is responsible for the promotion of peace and human rights as set out in the Federal Council’s foreign policy strategy. It focuses on the security of the individual and protecting people against violence, war and acts of arbitrary treatment. The PHRD is part of the State Secretariat.

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Seedstars

Seedstars is an investment holding company founded in Switzerland in 2012 with the mission to impact people's lives in emerging markets through entrepreneurship and technology.

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