Value of a tree?
I got this question during an interview: How do you value a tree? Quite surprising,  right? Should we put a number on a tree as well? What for? How do we do it? Anyways, my answer was in a form of a scorecard 🙂 : Valuing a tree
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Impact Investing Compatibilty in MENA
This is a quick attempt to assess countries’ compatibility. I should expand this to all countries and make it more detailed soon.
Facing the unkown in the Arab World
Some extracts of my conversation with a CNN journalist about my perception of Ennahda, the islamic party in Tunisia, are available in the international page of CNN.com. I mainly highlight the huge gap between the speech and the practices.
Diasporas and entrepreneurship
For those who are interested in knowing more about  how to mobilize the diasporas energy, skills and funds, a very interesting report has been made by  Anima Investment Network, called ” Diasporas: gateways or investment , entrepreneurship and innovation in the Meditteranean”. The report lists a number of initiatives made by diasporas all around the …
The National Diaspora Collaborative Fund
There is a need among expatriates to give back to their home country in a structured and sustainable way. Many of them are embedded in their host country and feel embarrassed when asked about contributing to the development of their area of origin, because they do not know how to do it in an effective …
A surprise from the revolution
So much to say, assess, deduce, expect and criticize, after what happened recently in my home country. It is obvious that Ben Ali’s departure was not followed by a huge exodus of his allies, servers and loyal supporters. Instead, some of them decided to spread the violence and the chaos with the energy of despair, others have …
Thinking of a new job?
Just one little and last post about the switching carrer issues, before I actually start the MBA program. If you don’t like your job, you have basically 2 options: Doing nothing and waiting; Taking actions in order to assess your skills, your capabilities, your values, your professional goals and find your new path and hopefully your fullfillment. For …