GoDaddy and Startups Without Borders help MENA entrepreneurs go online
GoDaddy has announced the introduction of a free online training course titled Start and Grow Online with GoDaddy designed to help entrepreneurs take their businesses online. GoDaddy is partnering with Startups Without Borders, an entrepreneurship support and resource hub, network, to train entrepreneurs and small business owners with the skills to create a successful digital presence for their business.
The educational partnership aims to train entrepreneurs from across the MENA region to become digital entrepreneurs and to build an online presence, using GoDaddy’s know-how and online tools and solutions, including using GoDaddy Website Builder and E-Store. With the establishment of an online community, leveraging Startups Without Borders’ strong network of partners and its ecosystem of entrepreneurs, the partnership will deliver free training courses, as well as additional workshops and mentorship hours.
The free training online course consists of an intensive 4-hour educational workshop to help small businesses create and manage their digital footprint. Participants will learn how to get a domain name, build a website, and create search-friendly content to attract customers and sell in this new world environment.
The online course content, designed and provided by GoDaddy and available in both English and Arabic, will include topics such as defining an online presence, wonders of the digital world, choosing a domain name, the importance of a professional email address, hands-on planning, building, and securing a website.
By joining GoDaddy’s online course, participants will benefit from the in-depth training and will receive mentorship sessions, a certificate of completion at the end of the workshop, as well as a free-trial website on the Arabic Website Builder tool that will be available for 30 days.
To be eligible to apply for the Start and Grow Online with GoDaddy online course, candidates must either be a small business owner, entrepreneur, or a sole trader.
Selina Bieber, Senior Regional Director for Turkey and MENA Region, GoDaddy said, “GoDaddy is excited to partner with Startups Without Borders on this journey to inspire, educate and train MENA entrepreneurs on going digital. Now more than ever, the focus for small businesses is to be online. One of our goals is to educate small and medium business owners and fill in the knowledge gap, while providing them with the tools and help they need to be online.”
Valentina Primo, Founder and CEO, Startups Without Borders commented, “We’re thrilled to continue the partnership with GoDaddy that started at the Startups Without Borders Summit. For the past year, we have been supporting our community of entrepreneurs with an array of tools to take their business to the online world. As the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the need to go digital, many entrepreneurs are struggling to transition to the online sphere. Through the Start and Grow Online with GoDaddy programme, we can support our community with an actionable, concrete and cost-efficient way to build their online presence.”
