Using Digital Innovation, CrowdVoice.org Seeks to Amplify Minority Voices in the Middle East Esra'a Al Shafei is founder of CrowdVoice.org, a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing... Knowledge @Wharton • 07 June, 2012 Digital Media
The Spirit of Arab Art Comes Alive on E-Commerce Site AlHoush There is so much innovation, and so many amazing talented artists and designers in the Arab World. Why are they not getting the attention... Nina Curley • 06 June, 2012 E-commerce
MENA Investor-Backed Job Search Platform Identified Scores $21m in Series B: What's Next? Job search platform Identified, that aims to become the LinkedIn for the next generation of Facebook-focused entrepreneurs, took a huge... Nina Curley • 06 June, 2012 Investment Job Recruitment LinkedIn
Get Up Start Up in Cairo: Alternative Education Wins the Day El-Sawy Culture Wheel (SCW), the avant-garde capital of Cairo’s cultural scene, was the location of Cairo’s latest entrepreneurial com... Omar Aysha • 06 June, 2012 Accelerators Innovation Startup Communities
Can Emerging Markets Capitalize on Their Growth? WEF Livestream At the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia, leaders are discussing bridging regions in transformation, d... Wamda • 05 June, 2012 Ecosystem
MAKE Ignition announces the 2nd event of its tech & entrepreneurial series The MAKE business HUB space in Dubai announces the 2nd event of tech & entrepreneurial series. The event incorporates content from ... Wamda • 05 June, 2012 Ecosystem
Entrepreneur of the Week: Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week is Ziad Sankari of CardioDiagnostics. At QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, he describes how he ... Nina Curley • 05 June, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Medical
Egyptian Art Startup BobArt Competes in TV Show The Hit [Wamda TV] At the final ceremony of product innovation competition and TV show The Hit, hosted by AUC's Entrepreneur Society and Souq.com in Cairo,... Omar Aysha • 05 June, 2012 Competitions
7 Tips and Confessions from Day 2 of CoE E-Commerce CoE E-Commerce, our CoE event focused on the E-Commerce sector, concluded yesterday after a second day jam-packed with "Wamdat" talks and... Nina Curley • 04 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE
CoE E-Commerce Unites MENA with Global Debut of Google Hangouts On Air During day 2 of CoE E-commerce, Wamda leaped over geographical borders, carrying interested crowds from Beirut, Cairo and Dubai, who could... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE
Recorded Livestream of CoE E-Commerce Watch the recorded Livestream on YouTube to see more of the key stats and presentations at CoE E-Commerce (full program here). Thanks to... Wamda • 03 June, 2012 COE CoE E-Commerce
Debates and Mentorship at Day One of CoE E-Commerce Who says a conference has to be an endurance test that makes you crave a coffee break? At Day 1 of CoE E-Commerce, as the Mentors Lunch and... Nina Curley • 03 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE
Is Rocket Internet's Entrance into the Middle East a Bad Thing? With the launch of Zappos clone Namshi two months ago and now Amazon clone Mizado, Rocket Internet has officially entered the Middle East.... Nina Curley • 31 May, 2012 E-commerce Rocket Internet
Tomorrow is about Innovation & Scale [Pic of the Week] Often when building a company, we're so heads down just trying to get day-to-day operations running properly that we forget to look up and... Wamda • 31 May, 2012 CoE Cards CoE E-Commerce Pic of the Week
Middle East Social Entrepreneurship Faces Challenges, but No Shortage of Volunteers The Arab Spring brought tumult to the Middle East, but the demonstrations have also ushered in new aspects to civil life in Arab society.... Knowledge @Wharton • 31 May, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship
Overcoming Challenges In The Arab Region: Hanan Saab, Founder of Pharmamed [Wamda TV] At the MENA Business Women Network Forum held in April in Dubai, Hanan Saab, founding member and current President at the Lebanese League... Maya Rahal • 31 May, 2012 Conferences Women