The Nawaya Network

Name

The Nawaya Network

Legal name

The Nawaya Network

Website

https://nawaya.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Workforce Development Services

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM), Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA), Small Business & Entrepreneurship Community Education (EDAAAFAK)

Keywords

• Youth employment training
• Entrepreneurship skills development
• Workforce readiness programs
• Nonprofit vocational training
• Livelihood empowerment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Beirut

HQ country

Lebanon

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Funding & Grants: The Nawaya Network operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through grants and donations from international development organizations, foundations, and government agencies. Programs are provided free of charge to beneficiaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Nawaya Network is a Lebanese nonprofit that delivers entrepreneurship, employment, economic development, and empowerment programs to youth from financially-disadvantaged and marginalized backgrounds across Lebanon. Offerings include entrepreneurship training (Project Girlpreneur, GIL Entrepreneurship), employment skills programs (Employment Hub, Digital Employment Readiness Program via WhatsApp, Nomu Al Ghurair), coding bootcamps (SE Factory), small-enterprise capacity building (SILA, ARED), and community leadership programs (GIZ SPACE). All programs are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and funded through grants and donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SE Factory: A coding bootcamp that develops the technical and soft skills of youth from various socio-economic backgrounds across Lebanon, offering courses in foundations of computer science, full-stack web development, data, and UI/UX design.

Products and services

• Project Girlpreneur

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,257 unemployed youth supported through Employment Hub since 2020
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• UNICEF LebanoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020UNICEF Lebanon's Generation of Innovation Leaders program partners with The Nawaya Network to implement youth empowerment initiatives. Nawaya implements the GIL program in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and the South since 2016. The program addresses high unemployment rates among youth and their lack of access to the knowledge economy.
• DOT LebanoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementation partner for the Nomu Al Ghurair program, providing introductory courses on AI and Data Annotation alongside The Nawaya Network. DOT Lebanon contributes technical training components to the upskilling program.
• CISCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCISCO powers the Digital Employment Readiness Skills Program, a free WhatsApp-based training designed to equip Lebanon's youth with essential job market skills. CISCO provides technology platform support for the AI-assisted chatbot delivery system.
• GIZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGIZ funds and partners on the SPACE Program, an empowerment initiative building leadership and soft skills through community projects, engaging youth as local changemakers.
• GlobalGivingsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline donation platform allowing supporters to donate to The Nawaya Network's skill-building programs for unemployed youth in Lebanon.
• SE FactorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoding bootcamp program implemented by The Nawaya Network, developing technical and soft skills of youth across Lebanon. Programs include Full Stack Software Engineer, Foundations of Computer Science, Full-Stack Data, and UI/UX Design bootcamps.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Al Majmoua: Leading Lebanese microfinance institution providing loans and business development services to micro-entrepreneurs — comparable to Nawaya's Economic Development track that supports small enterprises.
• INJAZ Lebanon: Lebanese nonprofit delivering work-readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy programs to youth — directly overlapping Nawaya's Employment Hub and entrepreneurship program scope and target demographic.
• DOT Lebanon: Implements digital and economic opportunities programs for youth in Lebanon, including AI and data annotation training — a direct competitor that is also a Nawaya implementation partner on Nomu Al Ghurair.
• Lebanese League for Women in Business: Lebanese NGO supporting women entrepreneurs through training, networking, and mentorship — comparable to Nawaya's Project Girlpreneur and female-led enterprise focus.
• March Lebanon: Beirut-based social enterprise platform operating a social incubator and programs supporting purpose-driven ventures — overlapping Nawaya's entrepreneurship and SME capacity-building scope.
• Smart ESA (Smart Exponential Startups): Lebanese entrepreneurship support organization backing youth-led startups with mentorship and incubation — directly comparable to Nawaya's GIL Entrepreneurship track.
• Berytech: Lebanese tech ecosystem builder supporting startups and SMEs through incubation, acceleration, and capacity-building — directly comparable to Nawaya's Economic Development and entrepreneurship programming.
• SE Factory: Lebanese coding bootcamp offering full-stack, data, and UI/UX training — internal sub-brand of Nawaya but operates as an independent program; relevant peer for tech-training scope comparison.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF Lebanon: UN agency funding and coordinating Generation of Innovation Leaders; a funder/partner of Nawaya, but also runs its own adolescent and youth skills programs as a much larger incumbent in the same space.
• Mercy Corps Lebanon: Large international NGO running youth employment, livelihoods, and economic recovery programs across Lebanon — broader portfolio but overlapping beneficiary base and donor pool with Nawaya.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-nawaya-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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