Tishk International University Faculty of Administrative Sciences and EconomicsBusiness and Management organized a workshop on “Global Entrepreneurship Week” in collaboration with Meraki Ventures Company-Erbil on November 18, 2020, at the Faculty of Education, Hall 302.

The aim of the program was to celebrate the global entrepreneurship week and the workshop has provided a platform for entrepreneurs to share and exchange the ideas.

The workshop started with the presences of Dr Idris Hadi Salih Head of Board of Trustees, Dr Abdul Samad Salahuddin Tishk International University President, Dr Mehmet Ozdemir Vice President for the Academic Affairs, Dr Wasfi Tahir Vice President for the Administration & Financial affairs, Dr Fatih Cura Dean of Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, academicians, lecturers, and students.

There was a valuable discussion among the students and the presenter’s and some students shared their comments about new business ideas with potential creativity.

The following are the workshop presenters with their affiliations:

  1. Muhamad Salam
    Muhamad Salam is the founder and the CEO of Meraki Ventures; he had been awarded the entrepreneur of the year in 2017 at the Rwanga awards.
  2. Mr Salar Faiq
    Salar Faiq is the founder and CEO of PI Marketing agency. He is a multilingual marketing and IT specialist with professional qualifications in computer engineering.
  3. Lanah Haddad
    an archaeologist and worked in the past 10 years in different international projects, especially in the MENA-region. Driven by the motivation of building bridges to reconnect people with their heritage, she created a board game based on Mesopotamian heritage and founded an Iraqi Board Game Start-up under the name Urbilum.

The entrepreneurs awarded as the workshop presenters by Dr Idris Hadi Head of Board of Trustees, Dr Abdul Samad Salahuddin President of Tishk International University and Dr Mehmet Ozdemir Vices President for the Academic Affairs.

This workshop successfully achieved the aim of celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week and providing a platform for entrepreneurs to share and exchange ideas.

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics was first established with its Business and Management Department with the establishment of Tishk International University in 2008 and followed by opening 3 additional departments in 2014-2015. Accounting DepartmentBanking and Finance Department, and the International Relations and Diplomacy Department.

Currently, our Faculty is ranked to be the most attractive faculty at Tishk International University containing the highest number of students and this is due to equipping students with the highest standards of knowledge, soft and hard employability skills in order to fill the market gap and make our graduate the best for the nation development and prosperity.