The Feedback Loop: The MENA Investment Landscape with Muna AbuSulayman - Episode 8
On this episode of The Feedback Loop, our host Mona Hamdy is joined by American-born Saudi entrepreneur and activist Muna AbuSulayman to look at the trajectory of MENA’s investment ecosystem, the world of venture capital and her philanthropic ventures across the world.
Muna AbuSulayman, is an American-born Saudi entrepreneur, activist and TV personality. She is the former founding Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation and co-host of the longest-running Arab TV show on social issues MBC’s Kalam Nawaem. She is recognized as a global expert in education, sustainable development and female empowerment.
This episode of #TheFeedbackLoop is available for video streaming on YouTube and across all the major audio streaming platforms, which you can listen to here.
About the guest
As an iconic Arab media figure and humanitarian, Muna AbuSulayman has consistently been named as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World for her efforts in the media, gender, leadership, and education. She is currently a social impact investor with Transform VC, focusing on applying AI for education, media projects for awareness, and charity effectiveness. She is concentrating her development efforts on entrepreneurship and unemployment in the Arab world as the head of Directions Consulting and a Partner at 3S (Saudi Sustainable Solutions).
AbuSulayman was named the global ambassador of Silatech in August 2013. AbuSulayman was recognized as a Young Leader by the World Economic Forum at the start of her career in 2004. She was the first Saudi Arabian woman to be chosen by the United Nations Development Program as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2007.