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Traxn launches with Zain, call for applications now open for Jordanian startups

In the past few years, MENA startups and corporations kept their distance, holding on to the assumption that corporates are too...

Traxn zinc incubator ZINC

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Top 10 MENA entrepreneurship quotes of 2014

2014 was quite a year for Wamda. We celebrated notable investments and acquisitions, we witnessed the launch of four big VC funds, we...

Tips

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LMTD's Will Hutson talks to Wamda about scaling service-based businesses [Wamda TV]

At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular...

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Startup-corporate partnerships 1/3: the logic behind them

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Queen Rania at the opening of the MENA ICT FORUM in November. In the first of our three articles looking...

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Wamda launches Traxn: a program to help startups scale through large corporates

Before we take a deep plunge into 2015, Wamda is wrapping up its 2014 efforts by launching Traxn (pronounced traction), a new program,...

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4 big MENA VC funds announced in 2014

2014 was a very good year when it came to new funds entering the tech scene in the Arab region. Rather than just seed and early stage, we...

Wamda Fund Badia Impact fund capital

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Still fighting for the funding, hot topic at Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor in Dubai

On December 13 Wamda hosted it’s final Mix N’ Mentor of 2014 at the in5 Innovation Hub in Dubai. Hosting some of the city’s most active ent...

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7 notable investments and acquisitions of 2014

There’s nothing quite like a satisfying investment or acquisition to get the entrepreneurial juices flowing. Throughout 2014, Wamda r...

Roundup Acquisitions Investment

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Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for Entrepreneurship

His Royal Highness of Saudi Arabia Prince AbdulAziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has launched the Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for ...

Prizes Saudi Arabia

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Turn8 Investors' Demo Day

TURN8 Startup Accelerator, program initiated by DP World, announced its investors’ Demo Day which will be held on January 17th, 2015 in D...

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4 promising pivots by MENA startups in 2014

Loay Malahmeh of 3Dmena presents his company to King Hussein and Queen Rania of Jordan. In 1892, William Wrigley Jr., who had recently...

Pivot Lean Methodology

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5 ways to build your brand strategy on social networks

Launched earlier this year, Brand US Social (BUS) has already made quite an impact on the social and digital media scene. A London...

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Women in STEM 2015

Women in STEM, an initiative by Meera Kaul Foundation, will recognize and reward women entrepreneurs and executives at the Women in STEM...

Dubai Women

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What makes a successful wedding site in the MENA?

There is no doubt that planning a wedding requires a lot of time: from setting the wedding date, to inviting guests, and picking the...

Roundup regional Wedding Industry

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User Growth 101: From 500 to 5 million

I sat down to talk with two mobile developers today. They were anxious to discuss the app they had been building over the past few months....

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After success in Levant Lebanese mobile banking services is ready to scale

From left to right: Roy Zakka, and Khalil Daoud, NECB's General Manager Going to the bank every month is a chore many of us prefer...

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Experiential Learning Summit in Egypt, Deadline January 3rd

The Global Business School Network (GBSN), in collaboration with the American University in Cairo School of Business and Tuck School of...

Egypt

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The Challenge Cup in Amman

The Challenge Cup, brought by Oasis500 and Washington DC based-incubator 1776, is a global competition to identify and celebrate the most...

amman Challenges

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MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

The MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition, in partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives is now running in 3 tracks...

MITEF

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New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities

76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to ...

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5 common scale-up mistakes

Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,...

AtlanticLIVE Scaling Failure

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Arab Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Deadline January 5, 2015

The Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) is a Citi Foundation-funded initiative, implemented by AMIDEAST in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, ...

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Startup MENA announces 2015 workshop series to strengthen ties between GCC and Europe

Startup MENA has announced its most ambitious plan yet, as part of its ongoing effort to build ties between European and Arab startup...

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The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1

Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East...

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