‘The Banker’ of the Financial Times awards Bank for Business of Arton Celina, WBAF Senator Kosovo & BPB CEO, as the Best Bank of the Year
BPB has been awarded The Banker’s the Bank of the Year 2019 award, for Kosovo.The successful development of the BPB is due to the support the bank provides to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the convenience and flexibility it provides to its clients, in general. Bank for Business (BPB) has announced today that for the second time running,...
WBAF and European Brand Institute collaborate to promote smart investment in brands to inform company valuations of startup ventures and SMEs globally
The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership of Financial Inclusion (GPFI), signed an agreement with the European Brand Institute (EBI), an affiliated partner of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), on 14 November 2019. The aim is to support companies worldwide—particularly those in developing countries and countries with economies in...
Croatia’s best startups take an intensive workshop from the WBAF Business School
The WBAF Croatia Country Office hosted an Investment Readiness Workshop for startups from around the country on 19 and 20 November at the historic Bracak Castle, which now serves as the WBAF Croatia Country Office. This 2-day intensive workshop was delivered by Maryam Najafi, a faculty member of the WBAF Business School and Vice President of the Global Startup...
Invest-in-This-Country presentations on the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Stage at the 2020 World Congress of the World Business Angels Investment Forum
Invest-in-This-Country presentations on the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Stage at the 2020 World Congress of the World Business Angels Investment Forum: At its 2020 World Congress, WBAF is allocating a special stage for governments and municipalities to promote investment opportunities in their countries, regions and cities to global investors Introducing a brand-new summit: the FDI Summit An excellent opportunity for investment promotion...
WBAF and Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry to empower economic development in Bahrain
An economic cooperation agreement was signed in Manama on the 12th of November between the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) and the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) with the aim of establishing a collaboration framework to reinforce links between their respective members and to explore positive synergies that will generate, on a large scale, economic and...
WBAF announces Global Board Members of Science, Technology and Innovation Commission. The Science Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite will chair the global board with 9 globally known board members.
With advancements in world transformation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and more, there has never been a better or more challenging time for leaders of the global innovation and technology ecosystem. The Global Science, Technology and Innovation Leaders Committee (Science, Technology and Innovation Commission) of the World Business Angels Investment Forum gathers some of the world’s most influential...
WBAF 2020 highlights increasing role of women angel investors
The Global Woman Leaders Summit 2020 of the World Business Angels Investment Forum will explore the real reasons for the gender-based funding challenge, ways to overcome the challenge, ways that women founders – while lobbying for long-term change – can operate intelligently in the current ecosystems, how women can be coached on the realities of the market and which...
Top 3 startups of Mexico to pitch at WBAF 2020 Istanbul
In January 2020, Pitch at the Beach will be back, for three incredible days, the perfect event to bring together the best of two worlds: Fun and business! being the most disruptive international investment event where the most attractive StartUps and ScaleUps meet, as well as 50+ Investors, Angels Investors, Angel Clubs, Venture Capitals and Family Offices, from the...
WBAF High Commissioner Dr Doany to promote information & communication technology (TMT/ICT) sector development globally
WBAF announces Dr Paul Doany, former CEO of Turk Telekom, has been recognised as WBAF High Commissioner for promoting information & communication technology (TMT/ICT) sector development, especially startups / SMEs in this sector. An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) is committed to collaborating globally to empower world...
After G20, the world’s angel investor leaders will convene in Istanbul to address 4 key issues of global financial markets
The concept of financial inclusion and its role in economic development has been highlighted at recent G20 meetings. Small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and scale-ups have been shown to account for the creation of significant numbers of new jobs and are therefore major contributors to economic growth. Access to finance is clearly an important factor in their development. The...
