Gaza Sky Geeks

Overview

Gaza Sky Geeks was launched with the recognition that consistent access to high-speed fiber internet could allow Gaza’s highly educated youth to side-step many of the current restrictions on the movement of people and goods that hamper the Gazan economy. Today, GSG is the leading co-working space, startup accelerator, and technology education hub in Gaza.

Founded in 2011 in partnership with Google and the international NGO Mercy Corps, they began by holding the first Startup Weekends in Gaza and expanding education about tech entrepreneurship. In 2014, Gaza Sky Geeks began working with individual startup founders to grow their businesses outside of Gaza and to develop their own incubation curriculum. In 2014 and 2015, they facilitated the first venture investments into Gazan startups.

Category:
National and Regional NGO
Sectors of Interest:
Education, Entrepreneurship, Information Communication and Technology, Youth Empowerment
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Social entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial training , ICT for Business Improvement, Business incubators, Small-medium enterprises development, Business accelerators, Digital Inclusion & Transformation
Type of Service:
Capacity building and training, ICT Solutions
Sub Services:
Management Information System, Software development
Locations:
Palestine
Headquarters:
Palestine

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Name	Category	Countries of Coverage	Sectors & Services
The Skoll Foundation	International Organization	Palestine, Syria	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Human Rights, Water and Wastewater, Youth EmpowermentCapacity building and training, Environmental Services
Bank of Palestine	Corporate Funder	Palestine, United Arab Emirates	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Environment and Energy, Humanitarian aid, Arts and Culture, Social Development
bayt	Corporate Funder	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Economic Growth, Youth Empowerment, Environment and Energy, Humanitarian aid, Social Development
Paltel Group	Corporate Funder	Lebanon, Palestine	Education, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Youth Empowerment, Infrastructure, Refugees and Migration, Information Communication and Technology, Social Development
Vitol Foundation	Corporate Funder	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Child Rights, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Education, Information Communication and Technology
Paper Airplanes	International Organization	Syria, Turkey	Education, Economic Growth, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Refugees and Migration, Information Communication and TechnologyAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, ICT Solutions
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung	International Organization	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Education, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Environment and Energy, Refugees and Migration, Arts and Culture, Media Development, Information Communication and Technology, Climate Change and Global WarmingResearch and assessment, Advocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Policy and legislative reform
Partners for Sustainable Development	National and Regional NGO	Palestine	Education, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Information Communication and Technology, Social DevelopmentCapacity building and training, ICT Solutions
No Lost Generation	International Organization	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey	Education, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Child Rights, Refugees and Migration, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training
Padico Holding	Corporate Funder	Jordan, Palestine	Education, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Humanitarian aid, Arts and Culture
ADE	Consulting Firm	Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen	Agriculture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food Security, Health, Humanitarian aid, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth EmpowermentCapacity building and training, Financial Management and Services, Institutional Strengthening, Monitoring and evaluation
MENACatalyst Foundation	International Organization	Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen	EntrepreneurshipCapacity building and training, Research and assessment
Asfari Foundation	International Organization	Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Social Development, Women Rights and EmpowermentCapacity building and training, Financial Management and Services, Institutional Strengthening, Research and assessment
Mercy Corps	International Organization	Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen	Economic Growth, Food Security, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and EmpowermentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Monitoring and evaluation
Careem	Corporate Funder	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates	Child Rights, Education, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration
Google	Corporate Funder	Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan	Climate Change and Global Warming, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Health, Human Rights, Information Communication and Technology, Refugees and Migration, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Coca Cola	Corporate Funder	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Human Rights, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater
Microsoft	Corporate Funder	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Climate Change and Global Warming, Economic Growth, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Information Communication and Technology, Media Development, Women Rights and Empowerment