How this social entrepreneurship coworking space could change Morocco

With its bare walls and basic desks, this space may not seem like much but it could have a huge impact on Morocco.

On Wednesday June, 30 the Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (MCISE) open the doors of its coworking space, Dare Space, in Rabat.

Dare – which also means “do” in the Moroccan dialect – is not just a workspace. It’s a place for entrepreneurs to develop their ideas. They can have meetings, attend events, use the FabLab and join its incubation program.

The watchword is collaboration

Launched in 2012 to promote social change in Morocco through economically viable enterprise, the MCISE has seen its share of impact entrepreneurs. Many of them complained they needed a physical space to meet, says MCISE founder Adnane Addioui.

Usually seen wearing a traditional jellaba, Addioui was the runner up for Wamda’s Karim Jazouani prize, which rewarded Morocco’s best entrepreneurship advocates for their impact, for his work as MCISE’s founder and Enactus’ country manager.

Addioui wanted Dare Space, right in the center of Rabat, to be simple so that entrepreneurs can make it theirs. The space was designed to be physically and financially accessible to young social entrepreneurs, but also associations and more traditional communications and web design companies.

Original article by Aline Mayard

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