Flour power: Addressing food shortages in Burundi with new businesses

Despite being surrounded by lush farming valleys and lakes full of fish, the commune of Busoni, a northern border district…

PROSPECTS for refugee jobs: 250 stakeholders summit on next steps

For refugees living in the hosting countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), getting a job and becoming…

Between wars, rural farmers in Yemen and South Sudan become entrepreneurs

Celebrating 25 Years of SPARK Rural farmers and illiterate people living in fragile or conflict affected regions often bear the…

Entrepreneurship boosted in Gaza and the West Bank

Celebrating 25 Years of SPARK “Back in 2008, no one was engaged with entrepreneurship in the Palestinian universities”, recalls Ibrahim…

Facing famine: a woman’s mission to bring quality seeds to South Sudan

Across South Sudan, millions of people suffer from food insecurity; some households can only afford one meal a day, some…

Muhim Ilyas giving entrepreneurship a chance in Somaliland

As a youth facilitator at the Somaliland National Youth Organisation (SONYO) in Somaliland, Muhim Ilyas was always interested in entrepreneurship…