I believe my case is worth being selected because of having impact on “practical” and “sustainability-driven” entrepreneurship-education across the world. In UK, I led the creation of the “first” MSc in Innovation-Management & Entrepreneurship at Kingston-University London; where students test startup products/prototypes. In Africa, we developed a framework for promoting entrepreneurship in Africa, which led to making entrepreneurship education compulsory in Nigerian government-owned-universities; published as Mitra, Abubakar and Sagagi (2011) , with over 100 citations and submitted by University of Essex as part Research-Excellence-Framework (REF) “impact” case study in 2014 . In South America (Brazil), we conducted train-the-trainer workshops for rural-women entrepreneurship together with renowned Prof. David Smallbone. In Southeast Asia, I led the creation of the “first” Bachelor of Business (Major-in-Entrepreneurship) at Universiti-Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, where through a course called-BB2203, over 100 students work in groups to create startups every semester . In the Middle-east, as the Course-Coordinator for the “Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, I led the revision of the syllabus include to sustainable innovation/entrepreneurship, and every semester over 1,000 students develop and test sustainable-innovative products/prototypes, using design-thinking and we organise competitions with prizes worth 30,000-to-100,000AED twice-annually

Prof. Dima Rachid Jamali
Dean, Web page: https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/en/academics/Colleges/business/Pages/ppl_detail.aspx?mcid=19)
College of Business Administration (COBA),  University of Sharjah, UAE



Dr Shaker Jamal Saleh Bani Melhem
Head/Chair of Management Department, Web page: https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/en/academics/Colleges/business/dept/dmmpa/Pages/ppl_detail.aspx?mcid=13&clt=en
Department of Management, College of Business Administration (COBA),  University of Sharjah, UAE



Prof. David Smallbone
Past President of both the International Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship [ICSB] and also the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship [ECSB], Web page: https://icsb.org/rememberingdrsmallbone/
Small Business Research Centre (SBRC),  Kingston University London, UK



Prof. Jay Mitra
Director of the Venture Academy, Web page: https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/mitra41200/jay-mitra
Essex Business School,  University of Essex, UK

I want to start by thanking God for the blessing of having a career in the field of entrepreneurship and I want to acknowledge the contributions of the following organisations and people in my career development in entrepreneurship:
a. UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH, UAE (2021 TO DATE): I will like to acknowledge the contributions of the management team of the College of Business Administration (COBA), University of Sharjah, UAE, particularly Prof. Dima Rachid Jamali (the Dean) and Dr Shaker Jamal Saleh Bani Melhem (the Head/Chair of Management Department) for providing the resources and support needed for me to be able to lead the Course on the Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FIE), as the Course Coordinator. FIE is a big course, with over 1,000 students enrolling every semester; I’ll therefore like to also thank all the instructors of FIE for their cooperation, which is important for the smooth running of the Course. In my role as the Chair of the Innovation Committee of COBA, I want to acknowledge the members of the Committee for their valuable contributions in organising the Innovation Forum and Innobator Competitions annually for students (especially Prof. Syed Awais Tipu, Prof. John Lewis Rice, Dr Mohamed D.A. Shamout, Dr Syed Abidur Rahman and Dr. Ahmad Qasim Al Hammad). I also want to acknowledge the contributions of Salwa Mohamad El-Nassar (the student out-reach officer) and Mrs Huda Mussed Qayed (the Senior Laboratory Officer) who help the Innovation Committee with the logistics of organising the Innovation Forum and Innobator Competition respectively. I also want to acknowledge Sharjah Chamber of Commerce, Sheraa (i.e. the main Entrepreneurship support organisation in Sharjah), and Innovation Box for the collaborations we have related to the Innovation Forum, Innobator Competition, among others.
b. UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (UBD), BRUNEI (2017-2021): I will also like to thank the management team of the School of Business and Economics (UBDSBE), especially Prof. Ahmed Khalid (past Dean of UBDSBE) and Dr Masairol H. Masri (the Dean of UBDSBE) for providing the resources needed to successfully create and manage the “first” Bachelor of Business (Major in Entrepreneurship) at UBD, when I was the Programme Leader for both Business Admin and Entrepreneurship.
c. KINGSTON UNIVERSITY LONDON, UK (2014-2017): I want to recognise the contributions of the Prof. Stavros P. Kalafatis for providing the resources and opportunity for me to lead the creation of “first” MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Kingston University London, which included a student trip to Silicon Valley, California, USA. And also the late Prof. David Smallbone (Past President of both the International Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship [ICSB] and also the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship [ECSB] and Prof. George Saridakis (who is now at the University of Kent, UK) for the numerous collaborations we’ve had related to entrepreneurship education and research e.g. Abubakar, Smallbone, Chris and Saridakis (2019, see: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2018.05.004); and Smallbone, Saridakis and Abubakar (2022, see: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.045).
d. UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, UK (2009-2014): I want to acknowledge the immense contributions of Prof. Jay Mitra (Director of the Venture Academy at Essex Business School) for providing the resources, opportunities, networks and collaborations that played a crucial role for my early career development in the field of entrepreneurship.