For people driving change – and those who back them.
October 5-6, 2026
Amman, Jordan
Registration is now closed for the Arab Impact Summit. For those attending, explore the agenda and more via our event portal.
For generations, the Arab world has been building its own responses to the hardest challenges of our time. Not potential waiting to be unlocked – but a force already in motion.
Over two days in Amman, we invite you to join social enterprises, investors, philanthropists, ecosystem builders and changemakers – to find each other, speak honestly across borders, and shape what a sovereign, self-determined region can look like.
More than two decades ago, Alfanar pioneered a new way of investing in the Arab region. Moving away from short-term aid, we opted for long-term backing of the organisations driving change in their communities. Since 2004, we have stood behind more than 224 local organisations across Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine – because we believe those closest to a challenge are the ones who can solve it. We provide funding, training, strategic guidance and the connections that turn a promising organisation into a lasting one. In doing so, we work alongside organisations transforming access to education, employment and income-generation for women, young people and children across the Arab region.
Alfanar's sister entity, Anara Impact Capital is a MENA-focused impact venture capital fund investing in Seed and Series A startups building solutions in learning, wellbeing, and climate. The firm backs founders addressing some of the region’s most pressing challenges while serving large, underserved markets with global relevance. Domiciled in the Netherlands and aligned with SFDR Article 8 standards, Anara ensures transparent and rigorous evaluation of impact outcomes across its portfolio.
More than two decades ago, Alfanar pioneered a new way of investing in the Arab region. Moving away from short-term aid, we opted for long-term backing of the organisations driving change in their communities. Since 2004, we have stood behind more than 224 local organisations across Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine – because we believe those closest to a challenge are the ones who can solve it. We provide funding, training, strategic guidance and the connections that turn a promising organisation into a lasting one. In doing so, we work alongside organisations transforming access to education, employment and income-generation for women, young people and children across the Arab region.
Alfanar's sister entity, Anara Impact Capital is a MENA-focused impact venture capital fund investing in Seed and Series A startups building solutions in learning, wellbeing, and climate. The firm backs founders addressing some of the region’s most pressing challenges while serving large, underserved markets with global relevance. Domiciled in the Netherlands and aligned with SFDR Article 8 standards, Anara ensures transparent and rigorous evaluation of impact outcomes across its portfolio.
Five threads that run through the fabric of our region – as lived realities and as sites of Arab-led innovation.
Dignified work, livelihoods, and pathways to economic participation, particularly for young people, women, and communities that formal systems have left behind.
Practical, land-connected solutions for resilience and resource stewardship, built from local knowledge of the region's soils, seasons, and vulnerabilities.
Learning that responds to disrupted realities, not just expanding access, but rethinking what education is for and what it produces.
Culture and identity not as relics to be preserved, but as living sources of economic power, sovereign expression, and community cohesion. The olive tree as economy, not only a symbol.
Holistic care, mental health, financial stability, access to quality services, understood as foundational to everything else the impact movement is trying to build.
