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Saudi Arabia

Wamda reveals insights about the Saudi entrepreneurial ecosystem

“Cloning ecosystems might not necessarily work, and might not be sustainable given the different characteristics of each country....

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Saudi Arabia

Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report]

The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly...

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Regional

Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic]

Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda...

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Regional

$100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report]

Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups...

WRL State of Fintech Payfort

Regional

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report]

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] from Wamda Research Lab 2016 was a booming year for i...

investement Report WRL

Regional

Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help?

This is an edited crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. A new study finds that perceptions of salaries and career prospects at startups are...

WRL #Wamda2016 Access to Talent

Regional

Entrepreneurship could be worth $700B for MENA

Every month, someone opines that MENA has a “relatively nascent” startup ecosystem, while others spot the “next Silicon...

Wamda Research Lab WRL policies

Regional

6 WRL reports in 2016 to highlight ecosystem opportunities #Wamda2016

This year was an interesting one, not just from a geopolitical angle, but also a technological one that saw some great advancements, not...

Wamda2016 Healthcare Cleantech

Regional

Cleantech in MENA: where are we at? [Infographic]

In less than ten years, MENA’s waste production will outpace comparable economies in South Asia and Africa. Some entrepreneurs...

MEMakersGE WRL Cleantech

Regional

Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report]

MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an...

Cleantech MEMakersGE Report

Regional

What the Wamda Research Lab discovered about hiring talent [Infographic]

Last week the Wamda Research Lab (WRL) released a report exploring the ways in which MENA’s entrepreneurs hire and the...

WRL Access to Talent Programme

Regional

Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report]

While the majority of the surveyed workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) perceive working at a startup as a good career...

WRL Access to Talent

Regional

Visualizing corporate-startup engagement in MENA [Infographic]

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. During the Collaborative Entrepreneurship (CE) Summit held last month,...

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

Regional

Corporate-startup partnerships, where are we at in MENA? [Report]

89 percent of large corporations and 94 percent of startups see value in partnering together. [Tweet this] This is one of many findings...

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

Regional

Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic]

Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings...

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

Regional

MENA startups are taking on women’s health

Women are vastly underserved by healthcare systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Limited access to high-quality and...

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U.A.E

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges...

The Box Vision 2021 startup hub

Regional

7 insights into MENA's biggest ecosystems [Infographic]

Do you know just how many of MENA’s startups come from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE? Do you know how many men have founded...

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Regional

A deeper look at the last 4 years of investments in MENA Startups [Wamda TV]

What are the key investment trends and challenges affecting MENA’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? What factors should the ecosystem consider w...

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Regional

6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable

This is the second of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

Q&A WRL Wamda Research Lab

Regional

What do investors in the MENA want from startups?

This is the first of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities...

investement Q&A WRL

New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities

Regional

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Wamda reveals insights about the Saudi entrepreneurial ecosystem

Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report]

Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic]

$100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report]

Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report]

Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help?

Entrepreneurship could be worth $700B for MENA

6 WRL reports in 2016 to highlight ecosystem opportunities #Wamda2016

Cleantech in MENA: where are we at? [Infographic]

Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report]

What the Wamda Research Lab discovered about hiring talent [Infographic]

Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report]

Visualizing corporate-startup engagement in MENA [Infographic]

Corporate-startup partnerships, where are we at in MENA? [Report]

Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic]

MENA startups are taking on women’s health

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

7 insights into MENA's biggest ecosystems [Infographic]

A deeper look at the last 4 years of investments in MENA Startups [Wamda TV]

6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable

What do investors in the MENA want from startups?

New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities

How can the region attract more venture capital? Wamda's Q&A with Rabea Ataya

How Nabbesh surmounted 3 major regional obstacles to growth

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