Mowgli Alumni Spotlight: Tarek Jaroudi
Mowgli Entrepreneur: Tarek Jaroudi Company: Moodfit Country: Lebanon Mowgli Mentoring program: Ideal 2015 — EU-funded program Over time, mentoring has been proven as a vital and cost-effective means of developing human capital. Research by Sage shows that 93 per cent of startups admit that mentoring has been instrumental to their success. Our latest impact report supports these statistics as it showcases increased business […]
Mentoring: How we’re using it as a tool to empower refugee entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and facilitate dialogue within host communities
Did you know that out of every 100 people in the world, 1 person is a refugee? If the refugee population were to be translated into that of a country, it would be the 24th largest country in the world! Makes you look at the refugee crisis in a different light, doesn’t it? According to […]
Bridges of Understanding
Written by: Mowgli Mentor and Organizational Development Consultant, Salma El Yassir.
Empowering Innovators Shaping the Future of the Mediterranean
Leader Mentor Training Program, Jordan The youth population in Middle East countries is predicted to increase by 40 percent by the year 2020 which means that the region will need to create 80 million new jobs to accommodate the working age population. Not an easy task considering the region is already dealing with an unemployment […]
Closing the Gender Gap: How Mowgli and the EBRD are Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia
“The empowerment of women is the most effective tool for development.” — Kofi Annan. When Mowgli expanded across Africa, we also increased our beneficiary focus to include women. We’re walking the talk having recently partnered with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to address Tunisia’s gender gaps, through the European Union funded, Programme d’Appui à la […]
Supporting Effective Leadership Through Mentoring
We’ve recently partnered with leadership development experts, Common Purpose to support the MAVA Fondation pour la Nature in developing a strong conservation community that will carry on MAVA’s mandate and multiply able leaders to champion conservation causes, long after the foundation’s closing. The MAVA funded Leaders for Nature Academy will see professionals from the foundation’s partner organizations […]
Climate change is the buzzword today and Mowgli is right where the action is, supporting this change with World Bank funded GCIC
Climate change has become a buzzword in this day and age, and rightly so. According to the World Bank report Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change, Ghana’s agricultural GDP may decline by 3 to 8 percent if measures to adapt are not implemented. Amidst the looming crisis, opportunities exist and the Bank Group’s agenda is to […]
Mentoring supports the development of youth agribusiness in Africa’s fastest-growing economy where 64% of the population are below the age of 30
Ethiopia, Africa’s fastest developing economy according to the IMF, is an agricultural economy with the practice contributing to nearly 50 percent of the country’s earnings. In a country where the youth make up 64% of the population, it only makes sense that our first strategic partnership in the country and Sub Saharan Africa, was with […]
Emerging Agribusiness Innovators and Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia Graduate from the blueMoon — Mowgli Mentoring Program
Mowgli Mentoring and blueMoon, Ethiopia’s first youth agribusiness incubator and seed investor held a graduation ceremony for the participants of its mentoring program for entrepreneurs on 20th February 2018. Held at the ADDIS Garage, the event brought together the graduating entrepreneurs and mentors, as well as blueMoon, Lions Den and ecosystem partners to celebrate the […]
Mowgli Mentoring (now The Human Edge) to train 120 mentors to support innovators across MENA as a partner of THE NEXT SOCIETY
Mowgli Mentoring continues with its commitment to support the people driving economic and social change within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. As one of the implementing partners of THE NEXT SOCIETY movement, which is funded by the European Union, Mowgli will be working to support THE NEXT SOCIETY of innovators engaged in […]