More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Faaris Naqvi • 01 February, 2017

Opinion Growth cities jobs

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi is a selection event for the Global Startup Competition of the Get in the Ring Foundation organized by Flat6Labs...

Wamda • 31 January, 2017

Pitch competition abu dhabi

Cloud10 Scalerator Program

Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue...

Wamda • 31 January, 2017

Bahrain accelerator Innovation

Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic]

This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and...

Wamda • 29 January, 2017

women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta

How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion]

Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than...

Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017

talabat strategic acquirer Exit

Innovation Arabia 10

In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and...

Wamda • 17 January, 2017

Innovation Technology entrepreneurship

In MENA’s booming tech scene, where do humanitarian startups stand?

The MENA region, frequently characterized by uncertainty, political polarization and slow socioeconomic progress is seeing a stunning...

Lina Hijazi • 15 January, 2017

Social Entrepreneurship

Twitter’s media plans for MENA [Q&A]

Twitter is targeting Saudi Arabia and Egypt as its regional growth markets as it seeks to make users more ‘sticky’...

Menan Khater • 15 January, 2017

twitter

Why should you be excited about blockchain? [Opinion]

Over the past few years, blockchain technology has moved from the fringes to something that can have real impact on all parts of our lives....

Ahmad Sufian Bayram • 12 January, 2017

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference

In a joint effort between the American University of Beirut and Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering at...

Wamda • 11 January, 2017

Data data analytics data science

Hate speech to dialogue: Munathara reframes online debate

Social media is often depicted as a game changer for democracy and freedom of speech, but by no means has it contributed to healthy...

Tala El Issa • 09 January, 2017

Munathara Debate Belabbes Benkredda

Can democracy stand a better chance with civic tech?

“The region’s tech startups may not be setting up tents in public squares or painting their messages on street walls but they...

Tala El Issa • 08 January, 2017

Civic tech E-government Government

Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait  Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes...

Mussaad M. Al-Razouki • 05 January, 2017

Know your VC Contract liquidation

2016 was very generous to MENA's startups #Wamda2016

People on the internet aren’t too sad to let go of 2016. Memes surrounding the US presidential elections, comedy sketches on the...

Teeb Assaf • 04 January, 2017

Wamda2016 MENA startups

New startups on the block: January

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. German Medical Reference...

Lucy Knight • 04 January, 2017

new startups real esate Healthcare

Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help?

This is an edited crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. A new study finds that perceptions of salaries and career prospects at startups are...

Knowledge @Wharton • 03 January, 2017

WRL #Wamda2016 Access to Talent

$815M+ invested in MENA startups in 2016 #Wamda2016

2016 was an exciting year for the startup ecosystem, especially from an investor’s standpoint. Investors’ appetite for...

Tarek Faycal • 03 January, 2017

Wamda2016 Roundup investments

Way to grow: 4 vital skills for 2017 [Opinion]

With 2017 around the corner, it’s time to learn a new set of strategies, sharpen your skill-sets, and get ready for the challenges...

Ehsan Jahandarpour • 29 December, 2016

Growth hacking white hat links content marketing

Startup Watch: why cats like boxes, 2017 predictions, and the big trillion

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 • 29 December, 2016

Startup Watch 2017 predictions cats in boxes

Tech drives MENA to a crossroad

Fourteen years ago a group of Arab scholars drew a sobering picture of the Middle East: that it would need 140 years to just double its per...

Jonas Feller • 28 December, 2016

Knowledge Economy undp AHDR

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...

Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016

Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus

Entrepreneurship could be worth $700B for MENA

Every month, someone opines that MENA has a “relatively nascent” startup ecosystem, while others spot the “next Silicon...

Jonas Feller • 27 December, 2016

Wamda Research Lab WRL policies

6 WRL reports in 2016 to highlight ecosystem opportunities #Wamda2016

This year was an interesting one, not just from a geopolitical angle, but also a technological one that saw some great advancements, not...

Tarek Faycal • 26 December, 2016

Wamda2016 Healthcare Cleantech

30k people were at MENA’s top 3 startup events in 2016 #Wamda2016

The startupper calendar gets busier every year. In 2016 there have been more than 200 events related to entrepreneurship, startups,...

Edoardo Giorgetti • 25 December, 2016

Wamda2016 Roundup Ecosystem