Success Stories

Building Iraq, One Window at a Time

Anbar Business Center
December 19, 2011

Basem Mohammed Hasan, 25 years old, the father of one daughter, had a Bachelor degree and good abrication skills with aluminum, but operated as a worker.

Anbar Trade Fair Exhibitor Expands Sales

Anbar Business Center
Ramadi, Anbar

IASD Graduate Building IRAQ

Iraqi Association of Security Dealers (IASD)
Baghdad, Iraq
June 2011

More SBDCs Expand Their Reach With Publications

Samawa, Zaqoora Business Development Centers
December 2011

Qualified Employees = Happy Employer

Women Empowerment Organization
Erbil, Iraq
December 2011

Broadcaster Embodies Modern Iraq

During the two years Awaz Ahmed worked as a producer for Kurdistan Satellite Television she always felt vaguely unfulfilled.

Survey Confirms Increase of Jobs and Sales

BAGHDAD, OCTOBER 2011 – Business training offered in Iraq’s Small Business Development Centers is helping shape a new generation of Iraqi entrepreneurs whose companies some day may become significant private sector employers.

Pursuing a Golden Opportunity

Twenty-nine year old Saman Faisal Qader is an ambitious son of a goldsmith with his own dreams of entering the family business. He used to watch his father creating and fixing jewelry, using many tools and gold. “I kept wishing I could have the chance to start with my own shop and work the way my father has as I was growing up.” he said.

Women Growing Iraq Economy, One Business at a Time

Mrs. Zahra'a Abd Farhan, 22 year old woman, a wife and a successful business owner of a Salon in Baghdad said,

Women in Iraq Running Their Own Businesses

Marwa Ehsan Raheef was a trainee at the Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO) in Erbil, She is 24 years old, and a mother of two children, a wife, and a business owner who manages to run her household successfully.