Wamda

Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt

Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of...

Egypt Education

AUC Venture Lab Challenge Deadline - Cairo, Egypt

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business, in cooperation with Intel, has...

Incubator Egypt Education

STC Announces First Investment in Saudi-Based Education Platform Acadox

STC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), has announced investment in Acadox, a Saudi Arabia-based...

STC Ventures E-Learning Investment

Should You Get an MBA or Start a Business?

A few years ago, I completed my MBA at HKUST in Hong Kong, which is currently ranked 8th worldwide by the Financial Times. I’m now running ...

MBA Advice Education

Born of the Revolution, Culture Corner Challenges Egypt's Intellect

The day after the Egyptian revolution, six youths decided to start rebuilding the country their way, by creating a Culture Corner. The idea...

Social Change Education Social Entrepreneurship

Meet the First Arabic Music Teaching Platform

Correction: We received an update that I3zif may not be launching an e-store. After struggling to learn how to play the guitar in Jordan,...

Education E-commerce

Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

EdTech Technology Education

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Education

Wamda Launches EdTech Mapping Project - Register Here

Education in the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis. Employers lament low skilled job seekers, unemployment is at an all time high,...

Mapping EdTech Education

EduKitten Helps Expats Teach their Children Arabic

Capitalizing on the increasing use of mobile phones and tablets among kids, Egyptian startup EduKitten was created by a...

Education

Tahrir Academy Looks to Revolutionize Education in Egypt

Capitalizing on the momentum for social change in post-revolution Egypt, one new online initiative has launched a “revolution against the t...

Education Animation

Microsoft Announces Initiative to Empower African Tech Ecosystem

This week, Microsoft announced a new initiative to support development and global competitiveness in Africa.The Microsoft 4Afrika...

Advice Education Mobile

A Review of the Economic Factors that Led to the Arab Spring [Report]

The International Labour Organization, along with UNDP, has released a new report detailing the economic conditions that led up to the Arab...

Ecosystem Education Government

How the Middle East Can Reclaim its Creative Work Culture

“8-5 shifts”, “lunch breaks”, “weekends”, and “vacations” are part of the not-so-wonderful jargon we have inherited from the Industrial Revo...

Advice Ecosystem Education

Global

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility, by Fadi Ghandour

It is a matter of fact that chronic poverty and unemployment have long been the twin hallmarks of most Arab economies. While poverty...

Social Change Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour

How Gamification Can Help Startups Make Work Fun [Report]

At the end of last year, PwC US launched the third issue of its 2012 Technology Forecast series: Solving business problems with game based...

Education Gamification

Learning and Development Open Forum at Shelter Dubai

Organizational learning and development has become one of the most important topics in the field of management and leadership, to bring...

Conferences Education

Turkey

Turkey Management 3.0: Agile Leadership Practices Course

Scrum Turkey is hosting an Agile Leadership Practices Course in Ankara, Turkey on January 29-30, 2013. Taught by Jurgen Appelo, the...

Developers Education

Jordan vs. Kenya: What Sets the Two Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Apart

In my last post, we started to explore some of the similarities between the rising ‘Silicon Savannah’ and “Silicon Wadi’ tech startup...

Ecosystem Education Mobile

GEMS Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Brings Students From Around the World to Dubai

After introducing a new entrepreneurship curriculum in their schools and recently inspiring our list of entrepreneurship programs for high...

Conferences Education

Lebanon's Myschoolpulse Brings Education to Children in Hospitals

Not every startup idea begins with a happy epiphany. Daniele Diab was first inspired to start Myschoolpulse when her cousin was...

Education Medical

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 09-13

Throughout your entrepreneurial journey, you will often be reminded of why connections and mentorship are important. Support is equally as...

Advice Agriculture CoE Cards

Regional

Fadi Ghandour Announces Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Movement

In a speech today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, Fadi Ghandour, CEO of Aramex and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,...

Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour Innovation

Finance for Entrepreneurs and SME's

Shelter Dubai is hosting a series on Finance for Entrepreneurs and SME's in January. The series will take place over three consecutive...

Education

Thought Leadership

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