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Egypt

WeMENA Resilient Future [call for applications]

Women Entrepreneurs for a Resilient Future in the Middle East and North Africa (WeMENA) is a business model challenge launched to...

women entrepreneurs MENA Innovation

Lebanon

Smart scaling: how these MENA companies got it right

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the most difficult parts of the world to grow a business, but it’s even harder to scale...

Scaling lebanon MarkaVIP

Lebanon

Lack of local talent drives Lebanese entrepreneurs abroad

Despite a deep desire by Lebanese entrepreneurs to hire local and base their startups at home soil, lagging skills within the labor force...

Endeavor lebanon talent

Regional

Wamda’s best stories of 2016

2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup...

Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus

Lebanon

Beirut Digital District expanding into work, live, play neighborhood [Wamda TV]

Lebanon’s Beirut Digital District is the epicenter of the country’s ecosystem. Launched in 2012, it hosts dozens of startups,...

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Lebanon

Beirut Game Fest

Gaming enthusiasts, this is for you. For the first time ever, Arab Arcade invites you to Beirut Game Fest, a day of talks,...

Gaming development INDUSTRY

Lebanon

Speed@BDD Acceleration Cycle [Call for Applications]

Do you have a technology startup that you want to grow into a successful business? Speed@BDD, the first ecosystem-backed technology...

lebanon accelerator Innovation

Lebanon

Not seen, not heard: Lebanon’s woman problem

When Mohamad Najem wrote a public post about refusing to be part of an all-male panel for a tech conference in Beirut, it was shared more...

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Lebanon

Beirut’s southern suburbs home to robotics education

Electronics and hardware education is gaining traction across Lebanon as maker schools and workshops are popping up across the...

Kalimat lebanon robotics

Lebanon

SwitchMed Green Entrepreneurship Training Program

Green entrepreneurship is a growing industry in the region, where there’s great potential in turning a ‘green’ product or...

lebanon beirut Agriculture

Lebanon

SE Factory Cycle #3 [Call for Applications]

Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program and the Nawaya Network teamed up to launch an advanced coding bootcamp in Lebanon, which aims...

Software software engineering lebanon

Lebanon

The Impact Beirut

Ahead of the Curve (ATC) is a social business dedicated to the promotion of sustainable management practice, inclusive market growth and...

Ahead of the Curve acceleration lebanon

Lebanon

App aiding facial paralysis wins 10K at BDL Accelerate hackathon

An app that aids patients with facial paralysis won the $10,000 prize at Lebanon’s BDL Accelerate conference health hackathon on...

healthtech Health hackathon BDL Accelerate

Lebanon

Discounted services from TEDMOB for Wamda community [Exclusive Offer!]

Are you looking to develop and launch a digital product? You're in luck. Wamda and TEDMOB have partnered to bring you an...

Deals offers development

Lebanon

What's Steve Wozniaks's favorite drink? BDL Accelerate reveals

The ‘Woz’ had arrived. The flashing lights and booming duff-duff of a heavy bassline more befitted a DJ at one of...

Steve Wozniak BDL apple

Lebanon

Beirut Jam Sessions: magic, music, and Minister of Culture

Anthony Semaan is an unspoken hero for Lebanon’s music scene. His startup, Beirut Jam Sessions, has done more for local musicians...

Beirut Jam Sessions beirut Music

Lebanon

Arab world’s streaming app Anghami raises Series B

Lebanon-born music streaming app Anghami has raised a Series B round at an undisclosed value, the company said in a statement. The round...

anghami Middle East Venture Partners Investment

Lebanon

Entreprenergy Summit 2016

Entreprenergy Summit is the yearly networking event which connects entrepreneurs and ‘wantrepreneurs’ from around the Arab...

entreprenergy summit Networking

Lebanon

Despite lack of funding, social entrepreneurship endures [Wamda TV]

“Young people today are not aware of society’s real problems.” This is what motivated Mona Itani, a lecturer at the...

Mona Itani Social Entrepreneurship social impact

Lebanon

Toy platform wins Seedstars Beirut, heads to Switzerland to compete for $500K

Toy design and building platform Makerbrane inched closer to a potential investment of $500,00 after winning Seedstars Beirut third annual...

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Lebanon

Tripoli-based startup brings online retail to local merchants

Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Tripoli, once the center of trade in the region, is now too often associated with political...

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Lebanon

Banque du Liban Accelerate 2016

Against all odds, Lebanon is developing a highly innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem. With a growing number of incubators, accelerators...

BDL Accelerate beirut conference

Lebanon

Reboot Beirut hackathon features seasoned student entrepreneurs [Wamda TV]

Over the past decade, there have been countless news stories pointing to a rise of student entrepreneurship globally. Lebanon is no...

Reboot Beirut aub student entrepreneurship

Lebanon

From Bitcoins to footwear, opportunity drives David El Achkar

If you do a quick Google search of David El Achkar’s name, you’re likely to find the following article headlines:...

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