AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship & Development

01/22/2020

📢We’re happy to announce our ongoing partnership with which continues into the future as we work together to convene leaders in from and at the on Feb 6! For more visit: https://bit.ly/2O9MWXY

Every year, technology movers and shakers gather through the TechWadi Annual Forum to discuss recent developments and future opportunities!

10/29/2019

Lim Guan Eng, Minister of Finance for Malaysia, who had been invited by the AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship and Development, addressed UC Berkeley students and faculty on the topic of “Industry 4.0 and the Extension of Malaysia’s Economic Success” at the Blum Center on October 18.

“It is always energizing to come to the San Francisco Bay Area and its universities,” said Eng in opening his address. “There is much to learn here.”

Lim Guan Eng, Minister of Finance for Malaysia, who had been invited by the AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship and Development, addressed UC Berkeley students and faculty on the topic of “Industry 4.0 and the Extension of Malaysia’s Economic Success” at the Blum Center on October 18. “It is a...

10/14/2019

The AMENA Center is honored and excited to share that the University of Oman and the Science & Technology City Project (the University City Project) signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday last week to establish the first regional UC Berkeley-Powered Innovation Hub outside the United States.

This marks a milestone for both the AMENA Center and the Blum Center along their journey of empowering developing economics and the agents of change within them. The vision of the innovation hub is to "provide incubation and acceleration opportunities for start-ups and provide upskilling programs for employees from the public and private sector to equip them with 21st-century skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, critical thinking, intrapreneurship, and innovation. "

For more information:

Muscat: The University of Oman and the Science & Technology City Project (the University City Project) signed a memorandum of understanding with the

10/14/2019

We are looking for year-long interns starting in November 2019! Join a team that has been equipping AMENA region students with innovative thinking and creative problem-solving skills for over half a decade. Conduct primary research with local experts on the socio-economic and environmental challenges besetting AMENA nations and generate policy recommendations based on their resolutions. Interns with the AMENA Center will help provide human capital development, advance a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, and produce academically rigorous policy oriented research.

There are currently AMENA Center internships available in the following departments:

MENA Group
Data Science
Operations and Marketing

The application is currently live and can be found at: http://bit.ly/FA20-UndergradApp.

If you have any questions regarding the center or the application process, please feel free to reach out to [email protected].

04/21/2019

Hello! Join us virtually on Zoom (link below) for the final presentations of the Planet OS x UNICEF Climate Datathon addressing environmental challenges in the MENA Region. Berkeley students will be presenting from 11:30am-1:30pm PST.

11:30 AM Presentations Begin
1.30 pm Presentations End
2.00 pm CEO of Intertrust Technologies Corporation speaks
2.30 pm Awards // Winners announced

https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/6110019057

04/06/2019

3 DAYS LEFT! Association for Socially Responsible Business - ASRB is excited to announce our speakers for our upcoming Connect x Impact: A Conscious Networking Panel!

On our Social Impact Panel, we are delighted to have Andi Trindle Mersch from Philz Coffee!

Andi Trindle Mersch is Director of Coffee and Sustainability with Philz Coffee. In this role, she oversees coffee sourcing and quality and newly leads companywide sustainability efforts. Prior to joining Philz in April 2014, Ms. Trindle Mersch held a variety of responsibilities throughout more than 25 years in the specialty coffee supply chain. She has published numerous trade journal articles and lectured nationally and internationally on many topics in the coffee sector and more recently in sustainability. She has also held a number of leadership roles within the broader specialty coffee industry, including serving on the former Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) board, the Roasters Guild (RG) Executive Council, and as Past President of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance. She is currently serving on the Food 4 Farmers Board of Directors.

Come out to Connect x Impact: A Conscious Networking Panel on April 8th from 7:30-9PM at Anna Head Alumnae Hall for an awesome night with Andi from Philz Coffee and many others!

09/23/2018

Presentations for our Amal Designathon happening now. 13 teams. 60 students. This is "team 4 good," a group of five students from the UC Berkeley School of Information!

09/21/2018

Interested in Google's Wear OS? Come check out our lightning talks TOMORROW (9/22) at N570 Chou Hall!

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Speaker 1: John Angelo
Topic: Strategies for an Effective Portfolio // Designing Faster
(3:00 - 3:45 PM)

John leads system level interaction design efforts on Wear OS. He formerly was lead designer on the news and search team at Facebook and formerly YouTube TV and other products at YouTube. He has been designing for 14 years and specializes in interaction design and emotive psychology.

He’s from Indiana and grew up mostly in Japan, NC, and Italy. He’s been designing since being inspired by grade school trip to Nintendo’s Kyoto HQ.

05/01/2018

Final reminder that tomorrow we will be joined by Sharif El-Badawi, Partner at 500 Startups, and Mohannad Khairy, partner at E11 Capital to talk about the Rise of VC Funding in MENA. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

We are expecting the event to be at capacity so please confirm a ticket through eventbrite to ensure there is space for you.