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ImagineCup Calls On MENA's Best Tech Students

This year, Microsoft is once again giving entrepreneurs a chance to launch themselves on a global stage with its Imagine Cup competition....

Competitions

The Danger of Entrepreneurial Passion

This article was originally published on Harvard Business Review, January 6, 2010. Passion is up there with innovation in what people...

First MENA Business Women's Network Forum Launches Tomorrow and Friday

The groundbreaking MENA Business Women's Network Forum is launching tomorrow and Friday in Dubai- join us! For the first time, 350...

Conferences Women

Nominate a Social Entrepreneur for an Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka Arab World is looking for social entrepreneurs for its Fellowship program, who are social innovators with “System Changing Ideas” tha...

Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Twitter Wars, Turks, and Tipping Points: Where We Are After ArabNet

Over a week after Beirut tech conference ArabNet, I’m still reflecting on the event. While managing editor Maya and I together c...

Arabnet Startup Communities

du announces Wamda as Knowledge Partner for ‘The Entrepreneur’

du is pleased to announce that it is joining forces with Wamda, the enabling platform for MENA entrepreneurs, for its innovative reality...

Competitions du

Pi Slice: Building a Culture of Transparent CSR

While some corporate social responsibility programs create real change, others are functional in name only, ineffective, or simply lacking...

CSR

We Are Just Scratching the Surface of Our Opportunity

In many ways, the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Middle East is very nascent. When it comes to existing models of what an ecosystem...

CoE Cards

Last Chance to Submit to eClub's Photo Competition

eClub, an nonprofit launched in connection with the American University of Beirut (AUB) to raise awareness about entrepreneurship, has...

Competitions

Livestream of Flat6Labs' Mobile Gaming Class

Want to build the next big game? Train by watching Flat6Labs's new mobile gaming classes, which will be held for the next 3 weeks, over 9...

Mobile Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

Ayah Bdeir: Building Blocks that Blink, Beep and Teach

In her recent TED talk , Ayah Bdeir, creator of LittleBits, who graduated from AUB in Lebanon and also founded media lab and creative space...

Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship from the Skoll World Forum

Last week, I attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, a real celebration of change makers, of humanity, of...

Social Entrepreneurship

Are You REDe to Break into E-Commerce?

While it's apparent in the region that payment gateways, cash-on-delivery, and international duties pose significant challenges to...

E-commerce

Lebanese Company I-DAW Innovates Faster Restaurant Service

Ordering food in a restaurant can be a tricky endeavor, with orders frequently getting lost in the chaos. The elimination of paper orders...

Innovation

Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0

“The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg...

Angel Investment Innovation Investment

Young People in the Middle East Are Ready to Innovate

Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad is one of the Middle East's biggest cheerleaders for the creation of a vibrant startup culture. As...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

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