Arab business leaders explained

Arab Business Leaders
Type:	Business platform
Founder:	Houssam Nasrawin (current president)

Arab Business Leaders (known also as ABL) is an independent business non-profit organization founded by Houssam Nasrawin. ABL has representatives and partners in 37 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Middle East.^[1]

Since its inception in 2011, the organization has been active to encourage international initiatives with the Middle-East mainly by encouraging entrepreneurship initiatives and supporting business initiatives in the region.^[2]

Entrepreneurship programs

ABL has launched in 2015, an investment platform to support entrepreneurs from the MENA region to develop their projects^[3] Entrepreneurship programs also include an incubator meant to support women entrepreneurs in the Arab countries.^[4]

Connecting entrepreneurs

ABL’s first mission is to support Arab entrepreneurs and governments to connect to those in the rest of the World. This is mainly done through roadshows of business delegations or business events. ABL has organized more than 35 events since 2011 in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Doha, Paris, Luxembourg, London and Brussels.^[5]

External links

• • ABL president received by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy
• ABL roadshow in Bahrain
• ABL and BDB signed MOU
• Interview ABL president on TV5
• Interview ABL president in Le Figaro
• ABL Conference with BPIFrance and GCPME
• ABL on Emirati TV
• Arab Business LEADERS and CEO CLUBS Network signed MOU in Dubai
• "Dubai, the new bridge between the Middle East and Africa" the role of ABL
• ABL to bridge UAE and Europe
• ABL conference: French companies gain insight into Sharjah's investment potential

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les gens viennent à Dubaï pour travailler et réussir. 28 July 2013.
2. http://media.wix.com/ugd/77b311_cd2016717013460fbee8dbeec56f4221.pdf Focus interview. Houssam Nasrawin
3. Web site: Arab Business Leaders launches an investment platform to develop European SMEs in the GCC | CPI Financial | CPI Financial News | Banking and Financial News, Islamic Business and Finance, Commercial Banking . CPI Financial . 2016-07-24.
4. Web site: Arab Business launches an investment platform to develop European SMEs in the GCC . Zawya.com . 2015-07-23 . 2016-07-24.
5. Web site: Tamalluk and ABL organized their first joint investment conference in Paris.