The Ripple Meetups and Ripple Summit initiative, led by SKSEED in partnership with the AAST Entrepreneurship Center, supports Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESOs) across the Muslim world. Through the Ripple platform, the partnership enables leaders of entrepreneurship centers, incubators, and accelerators to share best practices and amplify their impact. Ripple Meetups have already taken place in Tunisia and Indonesia, with upcoming events in Saudi Arabia and the flagship Ripple Summit in Cairo scheduled for October 2025.
On 6 May 2025, SKSEED participated in the Ripple Meetup in Tunisia, organized by the AAST Entrepreneurship Center and hosted by ENSI, Manouba University, under the patronage of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education. The event brought together over 350 participants, including directors of entrepreneurship centers, university incubators, policy advisors, and ecosystem leaders from Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria. SKSEED played a key role in shaping the agenda and program, and the Secretary-General delivered a keynote on best practices in entrepreneurship support from international ecosystems.
SKSEED joined the Ripple Meetup in Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing together key ecosystem leaders, government representatives, universities, incubators, and investors. Highlights included discussions on the Halal economy, Islamic finance, entrepreneurship education, and rethinking entrepreneurship in higher education, alongside visits to the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of National Development Planning. Participants came from Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, the USA, the UK, and Egypt.
On 6–7 September 2025, SKSEED joined the Ripple Meetup Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and Madinah as a strategic partner. The event, organized by the AAST Entrepreneurship Center and VMS, brought together leaders of entrepreneurship centers, incubators, and policy advisors from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria.
SKSEED helped shape the program and delivered a keynote on best practices from international ecosystems, while roundtables explored youth entrepreneurship, investment networks, and the future of entrepreneurship support in the region.
