After hosting the World Economic Forum and the FIFA World Cup, South Africa now hosts the World Business Angels Investment Forum WBAF
The time is ripe for Africa to tap into the energy of its startups and achieve more inclusive growth. After hosting the World Economic Forum and the FIFA World Cup semi-final, South Africa will now host the 2023 WBAF World Congress of Angel Investors (WBAF 2023) at the Durban International Convention Center (ICC) on 20–22 November 2023. The theme...
Angel Investor Review selects AIM 2023’s Hot Topics for startups, investors and policy-makers
Since its inception, the Annual Investment Meeting has established itself as a leading investment platform in the Middle East which aspires to ignite positive transformation by creating investment opportunities, upholding solidarity and developing economic relations among nations, as well as addressing the global ordeals that will make a profound impact to economic growth. (Abu Dhabi) The Annual Investment Meeting 2023...
World Business Angels Investment Forum signs partnership with Annual Investment Meeting
The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner of G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion, has recently entered into an agreement with the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Global 2023) as its Supporting Partner, signifying the two organizations’ commitment to work together to achieve mutual interests and goals. (Dubai) The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), an affiliated partner...
Increasing Role of Digital Diplomacy in Empowering the Global Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
After the COVID-19 pandemic, digital diplomacy, augmented by multilateral diplomacy, has emerged as a crucial enabler of economic recovery. As the world shifts towards a more digital and interconnected economy, these approaches can help nations and businesses to navigate the challenges of a post-pandemic world. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes talks about the critical role of digital diplomacy in post-pandemic economies in...
UNEC’s 1323 university students sponsored by the WBAF Financial Inclusion Center
Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC) has taken a strategic step to turn the university into a hub of entrepreneurial education, by signing an academic partnership agreement with the World Business Angels Investment Forum – an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. The University joined the WBAF Financial Inclusion Program for Higher Education with this...
Ethics in Digitalization of Economies
Bülent Senver talks about the necessity of ethical governance in the new digital world and highlights the difficulties and challenges facing the business arena in the digitalization of economies. He 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 now...
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...
