IEC 2026 Startup Pitching Competition · M-019

Afeqra

WHERE IDEAS MEET NEW HORIZONS

Social Impact & Islamic Social Finance Team Researchly

The team

Al Rosdi Pantaran

Al Rosdi Pantaran

FOUNDER AND PRODUCT LEAD

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

Ahmath Salman

Ahmath Salman

Project Associate

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

About this project

AFEQRA: Where Ideas Meet New Horizons

Thousands of researchers across Malaysia and all over the world spend years producing valuable, evidence-based knowledge and yet earn nothing once their work is submitted. Meanwhile, businesses, students, NGOs, and government agencies overpay consultants for insights that already exist in university databases. This disconnect between knowledge creators and knowledge seekers represents one of the most overlooked gaps in Malaysia's intellectual economy.

Afeqra closes that gap. Researchers upload their applied research, set their own price, and earn directly every time a buyer purchases their work. Buyers discover, pay securely, and download instantly. Operating on a Shariah-compliant commission model, Afeqra creates halal passive income for knowledge creators while giving every buyer, regardless of budget affordable access to rigorous, applied research.

Inspired by āfāq meaning horizons and fikra meaning insight, Afeqra exists to expand the boundaries of where knowledge reaches and who it serves.

Knowledge should be rewarded and Afeqra makes that possible.

Afeqra is competing at the International Entrepreneurship Convention 2026, 7 and 8 October, Putrajaya.

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