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title: Rise Up Refugees UK
description: A pitching competition in London for refugee entrepeneurs.
image: https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/Rise%20Up%20(450%20%C3%97%20450%20px).png
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 PITCH EVENT

# **RISE UP! FOR UK REFUGEE ENTREPRENEURS**

On June 1st, Accenture will host 13 refugee entrepreneurs who will compete to raise funding for their social impact start-ups. The pitch event will mark the end of a workshop series in collaboration with Accenture & Founders Intelligence, TERN, and Sky’s the Limit

![Accenture-logo](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Accenture-logo.png?width=300&name=Accenture-logo.png "Accenture-logo")

### COLLABORATORS:

[![Accenture-logo](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/Accenture-logo.png) ](https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#)

[![foundersintelligencelogo](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/8.png) ](https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#)

[![ternlogo](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/9.png) ](https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#)

[![Skysthelimitlogo](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/Listen%20on%20(100%20%C3%97%2050%20px)%20(7).png) ](https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#)

<https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#>

### CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNING ENTREPRENEUR:

## **[Antony Kimani](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62380) | Founder of Kwetu Coffee**

### PARTICIPATING ENTREPRENEURS:

[**Basma El Doukhi**](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62674)** | ****Founder of Roouh**

**[Laila Majeed ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62701)| Founder of Gilguzi**

**[Mahboobeh Rajabi ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62456) | Founder of DIPACT**

**[Patrick Masebo ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62410) | Founder of PMUNIVERSAL**

**[Seyedeh Naseriniaki ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62642) | Founder of Chrysalis Craft Coventry**

**[Philomina Noel](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62533) | Founder of Asian Community Concern**

**[Antony Kimani](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62380) | Founder of Kwetu Coffee**

**[Ali Ghaderi](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62379) | Founder of Babylon Migrants Project**

**[Alex Choybsonov](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62756) | Founder of Mendee.Digital**

**Founder of 4 Wings Global Project**

**[Maged Abdelmonem](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62371) | Founder of Stay Positive UK**

**[Olurem Abati](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62451) | Founder of Cultural Voice and Liberty**

**[Arooba Hameed](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/profile/entrepreneur/62414) | Founder of Aspiring Dreams**

***Ideas Into Action** incubates social entrepreneurs from a refugee background through workshops, 1-1 technical social start-up support and 1-1 coaching. The Social Entrepreneurs you will hear from are all a part of the Ideas Into Action program and are using the event as a practice for the Demo Day on June 22nd, where they will showcase their hard work and launch their social start-ups and solutions into the eco-system.*

[![IDEAS INTO ACTION LOGOS](https://www.skysthelimit.org/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%204.54.07%20PM.png) ](https://www.skysthelimit.org/rise-up-refugees-uk#)

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