How Women Are Changing the World

When students from Egypt, Yemen and Palestine presented their business plans to panel of judges at the finals of the INJAZ Al-Arab enterprise competition in Marrakech, the high level businessmen were forced to sit up and take notice. Challenged on their supply chains, business models and ability to take on unexpected competition, the 16 and 17 year olds who comprised the teams, many of them girls, had answers for every challenge, and could show that their innovative ventures were both financially viable and addressed some of the region’s most pressing social needs.

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