Ecommerce and MENA's travel sector boom [Infographic]

It’s no secret that ecommerce in the Middle East and North Africa has grown substantially in the past few years. According to Visa,...

Wamda • 26 February, 2015

Infographic E-commerce

MENA Games Conference & Exhibition in Beirut

The region’s gaming industry has been steadily growing in the past few years. Although some countries show more activity than o...

Wamda • 25 February, 2015

gaming industry MENA Gaming

enpact Initiative for young entrepreneurs

Engage - Participate - Act" International mentoring led by enpact, a non-profit organization - aims to connect and train young promising ...

Wamda • 25 February, 2015

tunisia Egypt Mentorship

What do VCs look for? Skills, passion, and motivation

There’s still not much entrepreneurship activity in the MENA region, which makes it the focus of many investors and one of the best places ...

Pamela Kesrouani • 25 February, 2015

fenox venture capital Fenox Dubai

New app encourages users to go offline

As studies pop up suggesting social media makes us miserable and some countries go as far as legally restricting children from using...

Rachel Williamson • 24 February, 2015

uae

The 7th New Arab Woman Forum

Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine are organizing the 7th New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF) that will be held on February 26 th,...

Wamda • 23 February, 2015

women entrepreneurs beirut

What turns an investor off? Mobily Ventures’ director answers

No different from any other relationship, the one between an investor and an entrepreneur should also be built on mutual trust and...

Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015

mobily ventures anghami Venture Capital

The evolution of crowd funding in the Arab world

This is a crosspost from Firnas.org Sometimes, a lack of funding forces entrepreneurs to abandon their projects. On other...

Reine Farhat • 22 February, 2015

Aflamnah Shekra Yomken

5 websites that put Arab designers on the international map

Arab designers got talent, and now it’s time for the whole world to know. A few entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to bring t...

Aline Mayard • 19 February, 2015

Art Design Fashion

LinkedIn launches Arabic platform

LinkedIn has launched an Arabic version of its social networking website that allows new users to register in Arabic and existing users to...

Wamda • 18 February, 2015

Arab region LinkedIn Social Networks

Disrupt!/Books!/ 2015 Amman

Hivos, in collaboration with ProjectPen, is organizing a competition for startups in the book industry, entitled Disrupt!/Books!/. The...

Wamda • 18 February, 2015

amman disrupt books

Entrepreneur Journey Series session by Young Arab Leaders

In its efforts to support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, Young Arab Leaders YAL is organizing in collaboration with Dubai S...

Wamda • 18 February, 2015

entrepreneurs Dubai

It’s not a lack of funding, it’s you [Wamda TV]

To entrepreneurs, raising a first round of capital is a validation of their startup’s business model. To VCs, it’s a grace...

Reine Farhat • 18 February, 2015

mix n mentor dubai Funding BECO Capital

Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges

Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l...

Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015

Startup AddVenture conference 2015

CCC Startups and MC Egypt are bringing the Startup AddVenture conference to Cairo on February 22nd. The conference offers a full-day...

Wamda • 17 February, 2015

startups cairo

Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum 2015

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group, The Egyptian Lebanese Businessmen Friendship Association, Beirut Arab University, the Investment Development...

Wamda • 13 February, 2015

forum beirut

A Tale of Five Founders: What I wish I had known on day one

‘I wish I had known then what I know now’ is something that must be on the mind of every founder.  Imagine if you could go back in tim...

Faisal Al Khalidi • 11 February, 2015

Hatch Travelstart Middle East Duplays

Crowdfunding platforms see education as key to growth

A recent panel at the MENA ICT Forum included liwwa's Ahmed Moor, second from left; crowdfunding strategist Ronald Kleverlan, third...

Hayden Pirkle • 11 February, 2015

eureeca zoomaal liwwa

Technology as an employment enabler in the Arab region

Technology investors and entrepreneurs can help reduce the impact of the expected explosion in unemployment amongst youth in the Arab...

Dany Farha • 10 February, 2015

dany farha Employment BECO Capital

VC Investment Workshop, Dubai

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), in partnership with Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Center (Dtec), is organizing its VC Investment...

Wamda • 05 February, 2015

VC Dubai Workshops

Maker Hackathon 2015

Zoomaal, the leading crowdfunding platform of the Arab World, launched Maker Hackathon, the first hardware movement born in the Arab...

Wamda • 30 January, 2015

amman cairo hackathon

The Arab region's freelance economy: some data

By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,...

Ahmed Moor • 29 January, 2015

freelance Employment nabbesh

From KSA to the Arab World: Hadafi funds and mentors female entrepreneurs

In a society where women are still economically marginalized and absent from the labor market, technology entrepreneurship is emerging...

Tala El Issa • 29 January, 2015

women entrepreneurs Hadafi Funding

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition Discussion Session, Amman

MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab announced as part of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition and in partnership with Zain, an...

Wamda • 28 January, 2015

amman MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition