INITIATIVES WE SUPPORT
The multi-format forum covers the following topics: Fintech, Autonomous Driving, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing
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The first nation-wide entrepreneurship competition in Libya to empower entrepreneurs with ideas and startups to take their projects up and running with the necessary advice
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A partnership with BIAT Foundation that rewards Tunisian startups and provides expert support
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A competition between selected Lebanese traders who are asked to develop plans on how to grow their existing businesses
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An innovation award that showcases ideas that can contribute towards the hosting and organisation of major events, such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar ™
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A certified program offering MIT caliber education to refugees and other displaced persons
VISITABOUT MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab
Founded in 2005, the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab is a non-profit and an avid promoter of entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide affiliated with the prestigious MIT University. Based in Beirut, our mission is to develop and nurture a culture of entrepreneurship across the Arab region. The MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab has a proven track record in promoting MIT-style entrepreneurship through our solid platform developed in the past 10 years enabling us to empower entrepreneurs by providing opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing, showcasing businesses, coaching, and mentoring.
individuals have applied to the MITEF Arab Startup Competition to date
of idea-stage projects launched after the competition
Arab entrepreneurs have represented the region under an MIT EF Pan Arab pavilion at events worldwide
Jobs created by competition's alumni
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Spike: a self-management diabetes support
Spike, an alumnus of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup, is a mobile application that serves as a diabetes assistant and insulin self-management device. Addressing a public health issue that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the Spike App helps diabetics improve their disease management process.
Two female led MIT EF Pan Arab alumni startups make it to the Womentum Accelerator
Out of 174 applications from female founders of 34 nationalities from across the region, Zelij of Morocco and Sadeed of Jordan both MIT EF Pan Arab alumni were selected to go through the four-month accelerator program for early stage startups.
The Story of FabricAid: Making Good Use of Your Unwanted Clothes
Among the MIT EF Pan Arab long list of startups alumni is Fabric Aid, a second-hand clothes collector and distributor based in Lebanon. In less than ten months, the startup recruited 20 full-time employees, and improved the life of more than 3,000 people living in Lebanon with high quality clothes at affordable prices.
Persistence and change are key to startups success: Advice from MITEF mentors
During the speed mentoring activity at the 11th Arab Startup Competition Final Event in Oman last April, we asked three of our mentors about the most common questions entrepreneurs ask them and their top piece of advice.