Algeria 
Bahrain 
Egypt 
Iran 
Iraq 
Israel 
Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon 
Libya 
Morocco 
Oman 
Palestine * 
Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Syria 
Tunisia 
United Arab Emirates 
Yemen Digital Transformation – Study on Digitalization of Businesswomen Support Services in SNC: State of the Art & Way Forwards
In the context of the COVID-19, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in particular small businesses
managed by women and youth were the most negatively impacted. They are more than ever in need
of BSO’s support to help them strengthen their resilience following the recession imposed by the global
pandemic and the imposed lockdown.
In the framework of EBSOMED Project, CAWTAR carried out this study to
– Identify the challenges and mitigation measures needed to overcome the negative impact of the
COVID-19 on entrepreneurs, especially women entrepreneurs, and the role of the Business support
organizations (BSOs) to provide such measures.
– Shed light on new potential opportunities created by the COVID-19 in terms of digital
transformation and digitalization of the enterprises owned by women
