The Outlook for Digitalization and Innovation in the Public Sector in COMSATS Member States
Ambassador Dr. M Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director COMSATS, talks about the e-governance and gives an outlook for digitalization and innovation in the public sector in COMSATS member states. The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) is an inter-governmental organization, having a membership of 27 developing countries from three continents, Latin America, Africa and...
Roots as a real barrier to impactful dialogue
A short article by Baybars Altuntas, WBAF Executive Chairman after his visit to Prof. Farrah Mahmood’s exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Pakistan. ‘’Prof. Farrah Mahmood’s exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Pakistan under the auspices of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts included a wonderful piece where she summarises why people, nations, and governments are not able...
Angel Investors’ Flagship: Angels Week 2023 to focus on global collaboration with higher education to increase financial inclusion
Celebrated in 132 countries in June and coordinated globally by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, the World Business Angel Investors Week 2023 is a global platform from which to campaign for solutions to critical issues of early stage equity and capital markets, startup economies and other worldwide concerns at the United Nations, the European Union, the ASEAN Economic...
Nine Tips to Raise Smart Finance from Angels
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal gives nine important tips for startups and scaleups who want to raise smart money from angel investors. Smart money is a combination of finance, mentorship, networking and know-how. According to him, an entrepreneur's genius is to prepare a business plan that can convince angel investors to invest in his new business idea where the risk is...
Investing in Women Led Start Ups
Lucy Chow talks about why investing in female founders generates a great return, challenges on access to smart finance for women founders, and importance of quality mentorship for women entrepreneurs. She was a guest editor of the World Class Startup magazine’s special edition for the Global Fundraising Stage of the World Congress of Angel Investors, WBAF 2022. Angel Investor Review...
Azerbaijan on its way to become a regional hub of entrepreneurial education
Azerbaijan’s State University of Economics (UNEC), the biggest in the South Caucasus, positions its academic curricula in global education, signing an academic partnership agreement with the WBAF. (Baku) Entrepreneurship education has come a long way in the past two decades. The mindset of students of entrepreneurship has also changed and will surely continue to evolve. More and more business organizations...
WBAF Senator Chaquiriand joins the Board of HSBC Uruguay
Starting this February, Isabelle Chaquiriand, one of the top business leaders in the country, will formally join the Board of HSBC Uruguay. According to the Merco ranking of the 100 best business leaders in Uruguay, Chaquiriand ranked 16th and was twice named Entrepreneur of the Year in the manufacturing industry (2010 and 2011). "The arrival of Isabelle Chaquiriand strengthens our...
Bahrain’s universities to include WBAF’s Angel Investor 101 as a module in their curriculum
Bahrain’s universities are on their way to including WBAF’s Angel Investor 101 course as an obligatory module for undergraduate students in business administration. The Secretary General of the Higher Education Council of the Kingdom of Bahrain and WBAF’s Executive Chairman met with the rectors, deans, and executives of 14 universities to discuss how undergraduate students in Bahrain universities can...
WBAF to empower Oman’s startup economy
The Fund For Development of Youth Projects SAOC (Sharakah) of the Oman Government signed an economic cooperation agreement with the World Business Angels Investment Forum – an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) - on enhancing financial and digital inclusion, Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, 5 February. While the world strives to contain the pandemic,...
Startups mexicanas y el financiamiento ¿cuáles son las mejores opciones?
Por Baybars Altuntas, Presidente Ejecutivo del Foro Mundial de Inversionistas Ángeles (WBAF) - ''En el pasado, los inventos fueron importantes para el desarrollo económico de las sociedades. En el siglo XXI, sin embargo, no es la invención sino la innovación lo que cuenta. En aquellos primeros tiempos, no se necesitaban habilidades empresariales para llevar un invento al mercado porque...
