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AllWorld Network Announces The Formation Of The Arabia 500 Steering Committee |
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AllWorld Network (www.allworldlive.com) announced today the formation of a steering committee to drive the development of the Arabia Fast Growth 500. On the heels of AllWorld’s recent summit at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass, and the successful launch of MENA country specific growth lists, such as KSA 100, Lebanon 25, Jordan 25, Egypt 25 and UAE 25 the newly founded committee has been tasked with the planning of the inaugural ARABIA 500 in the Middle East. The announcement was made at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government as part of the Allworld Summit hosting over 50 top entrepreneurs from 20 cities throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The ARABIA 500 is an ambitious effort to find and scale all the growth companies in MENA, those creating the next economy of jobs and ideas. All private companies, regardless of size and industry, are invited to apply to be recognized as one of the top growth companies at AllWorldLive.com. The ARABIA 500 winners will receive global recognition and will join an elite network of winning companies from MENA as well as the Africa 500, Asia 500 and EurAsia 500. Mr Yahia R. Samawi has accepted to serve as the president of the hosting committee and shall work with other founding members on this ambitious plan. Mr Samawi, a Jordanian - Swiss entrepreneur, is the CEO of Brascus SA, serves on several profit and non-profit board of directors, and is based between Amman and Geneva. “I look forward to joining AllWorld in promoting the ARABIA 500 to become a key and permanent feature of advancing entrepreneurship in the MENA region. The ARABIA 500 gives entrepreneurs a chance to shine and compete in the new economy.” said Mr Samawi. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Mr Samawi to this initiative and look forward to working with him to make the first ARABIA 500 a transformative platform for innovation and growth,” said Anne Habiby, Co-Founder of AllWorld. “The ARABIA 500 will change the way the world sees and invests in the Middle East and North Africa.” AllWorld was founded by Deirdre Coyle, Jr., Anne Habiby and Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School, after many years of promoting entrepreneurship in the developed and developing worlds. Recognizing that entrepreneurship drives economic growth and innovation, AllWorld’s mission is to scale ALL the growth entrepreneurs of emerging countries by 2015 to create 1 million new jobs. Mr. Ibrahim Mardam-Bey, the Chief Executive Officer of Siraj Capital, and a partner of AllWorld, said, “The ARABIA 500 will culminate an a Summit which will be marked as the premier entrepreneurial Summit for the MENA region, and will provide the needed focus and support required to nurture this important segment of MENA’s economic future." Samawi added, “Over the next few weeks, we will be inviting other MENA wide influencers and experts to join us in this endeavor.” For more information, contact: Allworld: Mr Yahia R. Samawi Siraj Capital Ltd: |
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