Building Bridges Through Business
About WIEF Foundation
The WIEF Foundation is the organising body of the Annual World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), it comprises the Board of Trustees who is supported by an International Advisory Panel and a Permanent Secretariat based in Kuala Lumpur.
The Foundation also undertakes various capacity building programmes under the WIEF initiatives of the Businesswomen Network (WBN), Young Leaders Network (WYN), Education Trust (WET) and Roundtable Series.
Initiatives & Projects
WIEF Education
Trust (WET)
The WET is aimed at garnering support and resources from the Muslim world to provide education opportunities to the people at large
WIEF Businesswomen
Network (WBN)
WBN was mooted at the inaugural Forum in 2005 and it organises the annual WIEF Women Entrepreneurs Workshops
WIEF Young Leaders
Network (WYN)
The Network holds its Young Leaders events in conjunction with the annual World Islamic Economic Forum
WIEF Roundtable
Sessions (WRT)
The Roundtable provides an avenue where regional and local business leaders can congregate to leverage on existing business and economic strengths
Press Release
April 26, 2018
Empowering women entrepreneurship through digital technology
News
April 28, 2018
Workshop puts women entrepreneurs on better footing
October 15, 2017
WIEF: Saudi’s economy undergoing disruptive change (Arabic)
In Focus
The future of our everyday life
Robots, IoT and quantum computing are three ostensibly complex technologies that have been predicted to make our life easier.
16 July 2018
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Quantum computing 101
The 101 on quantum computing to make sense of how they work, what they’re for and who they’d benefit.
10 July 2018
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Islamic finance in the United Kingdom
International Strategy Advisor to the TheCityUK, Wayne Evans, explains the benefits of Islamic finance in the United Kingdom.
9 July 2018
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