New online platforms offer chance for ideas to be funded by the public . Sites like Zoomaal and Abdallah Absi follow crowdfunding model of Zoomaal sites like Kickstarter . Yomken connected El-Dib with an artist and a physicist to design an eco-friendly clay cooler for food and drinks . Educating artisans and innovators of potential of crowdfunding is a challenge says the World Bank 's founder . Global market for crowdfunding was $ 2.7 billion in 2012 according to analysts .
New online platforms offer chance for ideas to be funded by the public . Sites like Zoomaal and Abdallah Absi follow crowdfunding model of Zoomaal sites like Kickstarter . Educating artisans and innovators of potential of crowdfunding is a challenge says the World Bank 's founder . Global market for crowdfunding was $ 2.7 billion in 2012 according to analysts .