The Global Entrepreneurship Network has announced the finalists for the 2025 GEN Compass Awards, a celebration recognizing outstanding achievements in entrepreneurship, policymaking, investment, research, and entrepreneur support programs. The awards honor those making a difference in helping entrepreneurs start and scale around the world.
The nominees will be celebrated and the winners will be revealed during the Compass Awards Ceremony, taking place at the 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Indianapolis, USA — a gathering of founders, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem leaders from 200 countries.
The Global Entrepreneurship Week Catalyst Award recognizes host organizations that generate a significant number of events, partners and participants through their national Global Entrepreneurship Week campaigns.
The nominees in this category are...
SEBRAE
For leading the largest national Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign in the world with more than seven thousand events, including hundreds of consulting sessions for up-and-coming innovators.
Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
For running the most significant campaign in the Middle East, reaching 50,000 people at 1,200 events with support from 256 partners.
GEN Algeria
For catalyzing the Global Entrepreneurship Week movement in the largest country in Africa, enlisting government partnerships, and reaching 249,000 people through 600 events.
Bermuda Economic Development Corporation
For making a big impact on a tiny island, reaching 22,000 people through 32 Global Entrepreneurship Week events with support from 47 ecosystem partners.
GEN Pakistan
For expanding entrepreneurship nationally with over 1,500 Global Entrepreneurship Week events that have made the campaign a national phenomenon.