What's holding MENA's digital media market back? [Podcast]

This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. Digital media is a growing market, but the amount of education still required for...

Rachel Williamson • 08 August, 2016

Wamda Capital digital content Kharabeesh

Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users

As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are...

Tala El Issa • 07 August, 2016

tamatem Gaming localization

How to land deals with the biggest fish in the market? [Wamda TV]

Kharabeesh, an online media and entertainment network, has collaborated with Samsung to launch an application that has unlimited access to...

Reine Farhat • 02 August, 2016

Collaborative Entrepreneurship Kharabeesh

What I know about money and hardware: PK Gulati

Hardware is in vogue. Where once you needed years, millions of dollars, and institutional support to launch a device or hardware...

Rachel Williamson • 01 August, 2016

The Assembly hardware investing PK Gulati

Blueprint of a VC fund

This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for...

Mohamad Charafeddine • 28 July, 2016

venture capital fund term sheets Airbnb

A Google for Arabic e-books

To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe....

Veroniqua Khachan • 27 July, 2016

Open araby Cubic connect Arabic digital content

Startup Battle 2016

Startup Battle, in association with The Rockstar Hubs International is an exciting pitch-fest, featuring a panel of entrepreneur investors....

Wamda • 27 July, 2016

entrepreneurship Pitch Competition Investment

Wisdom and warnings: Twitter chat with Christopher Schroeder and Marwan Kheireddine

“[We] need to stop thinking of MENA as one country - some areas [are] hard, even tragic; some [are] rising,” tweeted...

Dana Ballout • 27 July, 2016

Christopher Schroeder Marwan Kheireddine YPO

Wissam Sabbagh: A visionary turning idea to product

“Sex and $550.” That was the subject line of an email then 18-year-old Wissam Sabbagh sent to thousands of potential...

Dana Ballout • 26 July, 2016

Wissam Sabbagh Dotcom Mangomolo

Fortifying healthcare startups in the Middle East and North Africa

This article is a crosspost with the Stanford Social Innovation Review. AlemHealth, an Emirati medical startup, can remotely diagnose...

Jamil Wyne - Willam Altman • 25 July, 2016

AlemHealth CardioDiagnostics AlTibbi

BusinessConnect Session on SME Participation for Expo 2020 Dubai

Expo 2020 Dubai continues its series of events and conferences by building bridges between local and international businesses. These...

Wamda • 25 July, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai sme Dubai

Taking a sledgehammer to hierarchy

Payfort is implementing a radical new company structure, one where CEO Omar Soudodi is no longer CEO, call center staff have voted to...

Rachel Williamson • 25 July, 2016

holacracy Payfort HolacracyOne

What the Wamda Research Lab discovered about hiring talent [Infographic]

Last week the Wamda Research Lab (WRL) released a report exploring the ways in which MENA’s entrepreneurs hire and the...

Teeb Assaf • 24 July, 2016

WRL Access to Talent Programme

The aviation industry, a new frontier for MENA startups [Q&A]

In the world of aviation, the Middle East is one of the fastest growing regions in passenger traffic. According to IATA, the rate will...

Tala El Issa • 24 July, 2016

aviation Travel Abrar Ahmad

One month of free courses from Potential and Wamda

Being an entrepreneur isn't easy. Luckily there are many educational resources online to learn from. Wamda and Potential are...

Wamda • 24 July, 2016

Potential courses Education

SwitchMed Connect 2016

SwitchMed Connect is an annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social...

Wamda • 22 July, 2016

Barcelona entrepreneurship eco friendly

YPO & Wamda live Twitter Chat: What’s Trending Now in MENA? #MENABizTrends

What industries are ready for disruption in MENA? What is trending in the business world? Got anything you’d like to learn about...

Wamda • 22 July, 2016

twitter Chat entrepreneurship

MENA cashes in: new report shows VC money is rising

This is an edited crosspost from Medium. I’ve always admired the consistency and nuggets of wisdom that US founders and VCs are...

Ramzy Ismail • 21 July, 2016

Venture Capital Flat6Labs

Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report]

While the majority of the surveyed workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) perceive working at a startup as a good career...

Teeb Assaf • 19 July, 2016

WRL Access to Talent

What I know about making people pay: Hadi Raad

Fintech is the hot sector of 2016: banks are jumping into it, the Nasdaq is testing ideas, Abu Dhabi is setting up a fintech...

Rachel Williamson • 18 July, 2016

Collaborative Entrepreneurship Visa Bridge

Tech adoption can enable a revolution [Infographic]

Governments and regulators must innovate, as the global adoption of technology grows and new economies take shape. This is one of the...

Lucy Knight • 17 July, 2016

World Economic Forum GITR Innovation

Who said travel tycoons don't need startups?

Although establishing an airline is most probably not what you are aiming for as a travel entrepreneur, the aviation industry has plenty of...

Tala El Issa • 17 July, 2016

aviation Travel MEMakersGE

4 coworking spaces for startups in the Levant

Lebanon was one of the first country to develop a coworking spaces scene. Only one is still open (although it's in the process of being...

Aline Mayard • 17 July, 2016

Startup Watch: Pokémon Go, VCs are ponzi schemes, and Cairo's legacy of entrepreneurship

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Rachel Williamson • 14 July, 2016

Startup Watch daraty Steve Blank