Finance Forward MENA 2019
About The Program
Village Capital and MetLife Foundation are looking for entrepreneurs with tech and tech-enabled solutions to challenges around financial inclusion and economic mobility for low to medium income consumers in the Middle East to join the Finance Forward MENA investment readiness program in Amman, Jordan in November 2019.
For our Finance Forward MENA Financial Inclusion accelerator, we’re looking to support entrepreneurs that have solutions that help people and families feel secure in their ability to meet day-to-day needs, face and recover from the unexpected, save and invest for the future, and build wealth to thrive.
Entrepreneurs will benefit from Village Capital’s award-winning curriculum, intensive feedback from their peers, and connections and one-on-one mentorship with potential customers, investors, industry experts, and MetLife employees. Village Capital will cover the costs associated with traveling to Amman, Jordan and two participating companies will be eligible to receive up to $25,000 in capital.
Ecosystem Partners
Cohort
Advisory Board
- Alaa MuflehExecutive Director at Jordanian Entrepreneurship & Innovation Association
- Alexandre Hugo LaureFinance, Competitiveness and Innovation Specialist at World Bank
- Dina el-ShenoufyChief Investment Officer at Flat6Labs
- Emile CubeisyManaging Partner at Silicon Badia
- Haifa Dia Al-AttiaVice President for Growth and Regional Expansion at Luminus Education
- Issa AghabiFounder & Managing Partner at Access Bridge Ventures
- Mary NazzalFounding Partner, 17 Ventures
- Mohammed MasriExecutive Vice President, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at Arab Bank
- Reem GoussousManaging Director at Endeavor
- Tarek FahimFounder at Endure Capital
- Tony MarcelloExecutive Vice President-Global Head of Treasury at Arab Bank
- Ziyad ShawwaSenior Vice President, Global Head of Procurement at Arab Bank
