A new chapter for Impact Investing in MENA

Monday, September 22, 3:00am - 4:30am (EDT)

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Join us for this special recording of Circle’s podcast, Shaping Philanthropy, where we’ll be speaking to Nafez Dakkak of Anara Impact Capital, the MENA region’s first impact investment fund focused on learning, climate and wellbeing.

A subsidiary of Alfanar Venture Philantropy, Anara is anchored by family offices from across the region and aims to invest in late seed and series A companies. Find out more about the fund’s ambitions, some of the donors behind it, and the potentially transformative power of impact investment.

A seasoned impact leader, Nafez co-founded BLDR, a venture studio focused on pioneering the future of work and learning in the MENA region by launching industry-leading edtech and fintech companies. Before that, while working at the Queen Rania Foundation in Jordan, Nafez launched Edraak.org, one of the largest open Arabic online education portals, which today reaches nearly 10 million learners across the MENA region.

The conversation will take place at 11am on Monday 22nd September at the Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park (SRTIP). It will be recorded and released as a episode of Shaping Philanthropy.

“Circle” is a partnership between Philanthropy Age and Pearl Initiative, and is supported by the Gates Foundation.

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Add to Calendar 2025/09/22 11:00:00 2025/09/22 12:30:00 Asia/Dubai A new chapter for Impact Investing in MENA
Join us for this special recording of Circle’s podcast, Shaping Philanthropy, where we’ll be speaking to Nafez Dakkak of Anara Impact Capital, the MENA region’s first impact investment fund focused on learning, climate and wellbeing.

A subsidiary of Alfanar Venture Philantropy, Anara is anchored by family offices from across the region and aims to invest in late seed and series A companies. Find out more about the fund’s ambitions, some of the donors behind it, and the potentially transformative power of impact investment.

A seasoned impact leader, Nafez co-founded BLDR, a venture studio focused on pioneering the future of work and learning in the MENA region by launching industry-leading edtech and fintech companies. Before that, while working at the Queen Rania Foundation in Jordan, Nafez launched Edraak.org, one of the largest open Arabic online education portals, which today reaches nearly 10 million learners across the MENA region.

The conversation will take place at 11am on Monday 22nd September at the Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park (SRTIP). It will be recorded and released as a episode of Shaping Philanthropy.

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