New online platforms provide chance for ideas to be funded by the public . Currently entrepreneurs from 22 countries across the Middle East and North Africa can post a project on the site . Sites like Zoomaal and Yomken follow crowdfunding model of similar sites like Kickstarter . Educating artisans and innovators of techniques of crowdfunding is a challenge for Zoomaal 's founder . Global revenue for crowdfunding was $ 2.7 billion in 2015 according to analysts .
New online platforms provide chance for ideas to be funded by the public . Sites like Zoomaal and Yomken follow crowdfunding model of similar sites like Kickstarter . Educating artisans and innovators of techniques of crowdfunding is a challenge for Zoomaal 's founder . Global revenue for crowdfunding was $ 2.7 billion in 2015 according to analysts .