About Sharik

“Sharik” is a transformative Initiative facilitated by the UNDP Accelerator Lab over that past five years to increase youth participation in promoting sustainable growth

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Our mission

Our mission is to ignite and expedite community-driven initiatives in Sudan, Africa, and the Middle East. By fostering equitable development in food, health, education, housing, and work systems, we provide innovative solutions to overcome structural challenges. We coordinate efforts with various actors and institutions through a holistic approach grounded in sensing, exploration, testing, and sustainable growth.

Our vision

To be the leading partner in empowering communities developmentally to achieve sovereignty over their livelihood systems;( food, health, education, and housing) across various business sectors.

Our story

Empowering cooperatives and people since 2019

Sharik is a professional corporation operating as a Public Benefit Organization (PBO). It was established to work effectively and closely within its ecosystem at the local, regional, and international levels. Sharik operates in all states of Sudan through its Community Development Centers (Development Towers), which are interconnected and owned by local community stakeholders. The foundation aims to develop models that align with the unique characteristics of different countries, leveraging the widespread network of Accelerator Labs to build regional and international Development Towers. These interconnected towers strive to achieve the desired interests of their communities and enhance bonds of synergy and solidarity among people. Sharik accomplishes this by providing services in its various fields of expertise, developing information systems, data, research, projects, and strategies, formulating public policies, and focusing on capacity building. It also offers technical support and manages and develops community assets, including human, social, institutional, physical, environmental, political, and financial resources.

The business model of Sharik Foundation embodies a developmental ecosystem (Sharik Ecosystem) rooted in a modern management approach that integrates Independent Business Units (IBUs) and Nodal Units within a hierarchical-horizontal organizational structure (Flatarchy). This structure grants a high degree of autonomy and flexibility to different teams while ensuring cohesion and alignment with the foundation’s overall strategy. It unifies efforts within a single system that operates effectively through open, multi-level partnerships and adheres to the principles and ethics established by the foundation.

The dynamic nodal structure endows Sharik Foundation with the capacity effectively engage with a wide range of partners, from grassroots communities and civil society organizations to research and development entities, the private sector, and the international community. Through the community-based Nodal Agency approach, Sharik Foundation aims not only to address constraints but also to accelerate social transformation at the community level.

Team

10+

Years working on empowering podcasters

$1.5M

Capital raised by our investors

120+

Team members working on Sharik

At Sharik, we work to create better living opportunities for all and maximize resource benefits. Therefore, Sharik conducts all its activities according to its declared principles, which are:

Social responsibility

Social and entrepreneurial responsibility over profit

Transparency and openness

In our mission statements, approach, and toolings.

Accountability for actions and outcomes

Respect for laws and adherence to political neutrality

Commitment to humanity and the respect of human dignity

No discrimination

Non-discrimination on the basis of politics, religion, gender, race, social class, or status - Embrace of democracy and participatory decision-making

Our team

The people behind Sharik

At Sharik, we are a dedicated team of professionals committed to supporting community-based organizations and fostering social and economic development. Our team brings together a diverse range of expertise and experience, united by a shared passion for making a positive impact.

Rayyan Abdalla Al-Awad

Rayyan Abdalla Al-Awad

CEO of Sharik Organization and Board Member

Amjad Abdin

Amjad Abdin

CEO Sharik Foundation

Amy Winehouse

Fares M. Al-Basheir

CEO of Mostadama Developed Projects, Chairperson

Ali Muntasir

Ali Muntasir

Strategy Consultant

Yousif Balla Yousif

Yousif Balla Yousif

Director of Multipurpose Development Cooperative Foundation, Board Member

Mutwakill Adam

Mutwakill Adam

Director of Sharik KnowledgeHub, Board Member

Abubakr Omer

Abubakr Omer

Chief Strategy Officer

Mohamed Yousif

Mohamed Yousif

Technology For Good

Mohayad Bakri

Mohayad Bakri

Head of MakerSpace

Hozaifa Alfeel

Hozaifa Alfeel

Deputy Manager, Sharik Organization

The investors / partners behind Sharik

Meet Sharik Ecosystem players.

  • Chase
  • Daily News
  • Entrepreneur
  • Quartz
Meet our incubated Units
  • Chase

Interested to do business with us?

Please reach out via our Community Development Centers, Sharik Development Towers

To catalyze and accelerate community-led actions to deliver on the equitable development and transformation of food, health, education, and housing systems by introducing innovations to address systemic constraints, and coordinating actors and institutions in a comprehensive approach that embraces exploratory testing of sustainable solutions.


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