AKF USA Webinar Series
Conversations about Our Global Work
Accelerating Prosperity: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Transforming Communities Across Central and South Asia and Syria
July 29, 2026 at 5 pm ET
Join AKF USA for an engaging conversation with Imran Shams, Executive Director of Accelerate Prosperity, AKF's flagship entrepreneurship and enterprise development initiative. The webinar will be moderated by Rozina Mussani, member of the AKF USA National Committee and Director of the Ismaili Center Houston.
Discover how Accelerate Prosperity is empowering young entrepreneurs, women, and rural communities to launch and grow businesses that create jobs, strengthen local economies, and prepare communities for the future of work across Central and South Asia.
Through business incubation, mentorship, access to financing, and innovation, Accelerate Prosperity has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs build resilient enterprises that generate sustainable employment and improve livelihoods.
Whether your interests lie in entrepreneurship, economic development, youth employment, or global development, this webinar offers an inside look at how locally led innovation and investment in entrepreneurs are creating lasting economic opportunity and transforming lives.
The team behind Wassel—five young women powering Salamieh, Syria's first all-electric delivery service and two of their drivers. AKF training sparked the idea and funded their first tuk-tuks and solar setup; Accelerate Prosperity's follow-on grant added the lithium battery and motors that keep them rolling.
