Global Startup Watch: Paint is back, punished Google, and tech titans AI clash 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... Rana Freifer • 27 July, 2017 Startup Watch Google Paint
Regional Sports news are the most published on the region’s e-newspapers Arabic news portals are increasingly relying on digital marketing channels, now that people refer to these portals for news. Social... Maya Rahal • 26 July, 2017 Digital Media Index news portals Newspapers
U.A.E Turning waste to fuel: How one company is reducing the UAE’s carbon footprint Karl Feilder, chairman and CEO of The Neutral Group (TNG), a cleantech company, sold his first company to Microsoft in 1995. Over the next... Archana Menon • 26 July, 2017 Karl Feilder Carbon footprint biodiesel
Lebanon When internet threatens Lebanon’s sustainability In a private event held on July 24 at Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut, support organization Endeavor Lebanon gathered entrepreneurs, telecom,... Reine Farhat • 25 July, 2017 Endeavor Private sector Telecommunication
Global Hands off my phone! Since the Wannacry ransomware attack in mid-May, talk of cyber security (and its deficiencies) has skyrocketed. Protecting our computers,... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 25 July, 2017 Phone cyber security privacy
Regional GITEX and Wamda partner to promote collaborative entrepreneurship in MENA GITEX Future Stars has selected Wamda, the leading platform for entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa, as its knowledge partner... Staff writer • 24 July, 2017 GITEX wamda Dubai World Trade Centre
Regional Hiro Tamura of European fund Atomico analyzes tech ecosystems [Podcast] During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging... Maya Rahal • 24 July, 2017 Hiro Tamura Wamda Capital podcast
Regional Bettina Bastian: What I know about having business ethics as an entrepreneur A serial entrepreneur, German Dr. Bettina Basitan, has been interested in entrepreneurship and innovation since her college years and has... Berthe El Aya • 24 July, 2017 ethics entrepreneurship
Jordan Ashyaat: The perks of ‘social selling’ in Jordan and beyond We’ve all seen TV ads promoting gadgets that make you look better or make your life easier. Think of that enthusiastic man sitting... Tala El Issa • 23 July, 2017 Jordan Ashyaat ecommerce
Global 4 courses every tech entrepreneur should take to stay afloat In the past few years, changes in social media show that something can work like magic one day, and become outdated the next. Given the... Pratik Dholakiya • 23 July, 2017 What I Know SEO online marketing
Regional Investors, brace yourselves for the aftermath of unprofitable unicorn IPOs [Opinion] The fundamental idea behind Initial Public Offerings, or IPOs, is that when companies need capital, they get themselves listed on public... Preetish Panda • 20 July, 2017 oped IPOs Funding
Global Startup Watch: Game of Thrones’ princess-preneur, food on Mars, and hotel-tech 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... Rana Freifer • 20 July, 2017 Startup Watch Emoji Game of Thrones
Morocco 4 Moroccans aiming at becoming the Alibaba of Africa Working in the energy and industry sectors in various African countries helped Niama El Bassunie, a Casablanca-born entrepreneur, discover... Maya Rahal • 19 July, 2017 Trade financing for trade suppliers
Regional Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm.... Rana Freifer • 19 July, 2017 acquisition VC investment Real Estate
Jordan Innovation in the humanitarian aid sector helps Jordan’s Syrian refugees Humanitarian organizations are increasingly focusing on innovation, including venture arms, innovation labs, and accelerators, as a means... Tala El Issa • 18 July, 2017 Jordan Humanitarian Aid Innovation
Lebanon How this entrepreneur wants to democratize mobile payment Elise Moussa, the entrepreneur who’s behind Snapay, a mobile payment solution, didn’t start small, didn’t start at home.... Aline Mayard • 18 July, 2017 lebanon mobile payment cash payment