Category: SI stories

Shurouq Qawariq, from Palestine is a fintech entrepreneur with the goal to reform the banking industry in Middle East and Northern Africa with an application that allows users to save by rounding up daily purchases to the nearest dollar. Shurouq is one of 30 female entrepreneurs in the leadership programme She Entrepreneurs.

Leadership programmes, SI stories

”A great chance to reflect on your personal growth and your business”

Shurouq Qawariq, from Palestine is a fintech entrepreneur with the goal to reform the banking industry in Middle East and Northern Africa with an application that allows users to save…

Leadership programmes, SI stories

“My vision is a feminist society”

Japleen Pasricha, a feminist activist and an entrepreneur is running “Feminism in India”, an award-winning digital feminist media platform. She is also one of 60 gender advocates participating in SI…

SI scholarships, SI stories, SISGP stories

“The biggest opportunity that came with SI scholarship is the chance I had to reflect on my perspectives and prejudices.”

Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie, from Ethiopia, studied in a master’s degree in Public Health at Umeå University between 2014 and 2016. This is his story.

SI stories

”We see this as an opportunity to connect with a global network of talents”

Abraar Chaudhry has just returned to the US to begin his PhD at Princeton University. This summer he interned at Gothenburg based start-up Captario, which develops innovative software solutions for…

SI stories

”It was a big revelation for me: leadership is not about leading people, it’s about leading yourself first.”

Architect Basma Uraiqat from Jordan has recently spent a week in Stockholm to participate in the leadership programme She Entrepreneurs. As CEO at Uraiqat Architects, she is currently working on…