File:EntrepNet Thesis Wisam Mansour.pdf

   Poverty eradication and realizing sustainability are the most important global issues, what made the United Nations implements the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)1. Due to the UN’s agenda creation, started both the national and the international communities and organizations to work on improving the living situation and fighting poverty. Norway plays an important role in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals. 
   The Norwegian government supports also the development of sustainable business models for free access to information for all through the DigI project2. As a part of DigI activities, the Internet Light was implemented with the aim to improve education, health, and empower women businesses. Therefore, this thesis focuses on women entrepreneurship in developing economies, and points out the specific needs of these women to become part of an innovative society. The thesis aims to find out how to facilitate the women entrepreneurship within developing economies where Internet Light project is afforded. 
       The theoretical framework was built on the main aspects that the study focuses on the women entrepreneurship, access to information implications, business facilitation, and digital entrepreneurship and business facilitation. 
      The study results suggest an entrepreneurial platform that is composed of three main parts Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Business that offer business learning courses, entrepreneurship approaches, discussion zones, business advisory, and fund sources. 
In brief, the thesis focuses on :

● The need of entrepreneurship in the digital age ● Specific need for women entrepreneurship in developing economies ● Components of the entrepreneurial platform, and exemplification for the user experience

 Keywords - Innovation, entrepreneurship, InfoInternet, Internet Light, Women businesses,

Business facilitation, Developing economies,Rural areas, Women entrepreneurship.