Yomken.com is the first open-innovation and
crowdfunding platform in the Arab world that tries to bridge the gap between
(i) the challenges faced by micro- and small entrepreneurs (MSE) working mainly
in low-tech and informal manufacturing industries (designing new products and
upgrading current products and production processes) and
(ii) the innovative
ideas and skills of potential problem solvers (graduation projects, innovative
solutions from recently graduated engineers, designers, researchers who are looking
for a job, the Arab diaspora); and then, once the gap is bridged, using
crowdfunding to finance the products that emerge from the matchmaking process.
