Wamda

Regional

Roundup of Step Anywhere 2020

Step this week concluded its first ever online edition, Step Anywhere, only six months after the ninth edition of Step Conference, the...

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Regional

Startup Grind Europe Conference 2018

Startup Grind Europe brings today’s top founders, investors, and innovators to London for a full day of invaluable content,...

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Bahrain

Gateway Gulf Investor Forum 2018

Gateway Gulf Investor Forum 2018 will bring together 500+ global investors and CEOs from a variety of sectors, including oil and gas, real...

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Regional

STEP Conference 2018

Less than a week to go until STEP Conference 2018! Join one of MENA’s biggest tech festivals, which will be bringing the best...

STEP Step Conference 2018

U.A.E

Fintech Abu Dhabi 2017

FinTech Abu Dhabi will be taking place on October 22-23 in Abu Dhabi, in order to enable startups to access industry-leading solutions that...

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Lebanon

#BeirutInnovationWeek - Fintech

During Beirut Innovation Week, Resolve and UK Lebanon Tech Hub are inviting local startups to participate in a full day of discussions and...

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Egypt

Wamda’s Mix N' Mentor meets Rise Up Egypt

There are a handful of giant tech events in MENA every year and they’re often packed with people you want to meet (and some you...

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Regional

Which 3D printer is best for prototyping?

RapidManufactory, Guillame Crédoz's workplace (Image via TCT Magazine) There's no doubt that 3D printing, the...

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Regional

MENA game makers show off skills at Global Game Jam

Disclosure: the author was present at the Lebanon jam site as a participant with team Groovy Antoid, who produced the game Ugnug...

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Kuwait

Technopreneurship Challenge winners work to reduce car accidents in Kuwait

The winners of the Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge. (Image via Ana Tadic) The big questions were being asked at the Kuwait...

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Global

Web Summit draws in MENA startups

Paddy Cosgrave, Websummit founder opening speech. (Images via Web Summit) This year’s Web Summit was a clear demonstration of the w...

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Regional

What I know about big data: Ali Rebaie

Ali Rebaie is a data scientist. One of the few data scientists, in fact, in MENA. He’s the founder of Rebaie Analytics Group...

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Europe

Apps and pizza: Dubai's Heart Ping hits Milan

Dubai startup Heart Ping truly expanded its horizons over the weekend, traveling to Milan to speak at the Expo Innovation Challenge. The...

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Kuwait

Startup Weekend Kuwait: first steps to forming a local Silicon Valley

The atmosphere at Startup Weekend Kuwait was filled with enthusiasm as 22 groups pitched their ideas. "It was an exhausting and...

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Egypt

Intel's INARA initiative to engage Egyptian youth

A group of attendees with Egypt’s former minister of communications and information technology, Atef Helmy. (Image via Intel) Amidst the f...

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Egypt

'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo

Pharaoes scaling the walls of the GrEEK Campus Last weekend was a busy one for the GrEEK Campus, a tech hub located at the old...

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U.A.E

"Decode Dubai 2015" combines developers and designers

Calling all developers and designers. In5, the innovation centre by Dubai Internet City, brings you the Decode Dubai competition, a one...

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Egypt

Egypt is in urgent need of smaller business

All big businesses were once small. Super billionaire Bill Gates was once a young guy in a garage. His giant, Microsoft, didn’t become a g...

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Maghreb

Moroccan startups are finally gaining exposure, although GES had little to do with it

This year’s the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) took place in Marrakech under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, f...

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Global

Leadership and anxiety: 6 challenges every leader must confront

Credit: Pioneers Festival Two weeks ago, Jerry Colonna, former VC turned coach for tech CEOs, gave a workshop at the Austrian tech...

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Regional

Web Summit: worth the trip to Dublin for Arab startups?

Photo Credit: The Web Summit And it’s a wrap! The Web Summit, the biggest event dedicated to startups in Europe, Africa, and the M...

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Regional

Meet the Arab entrepreneurs who competed at Istanbul's WebIt Congress

On the two first days of October, in Istanbul, Turkey, the 6th edition of the Eurasian tech event Webit Congress took place. A large...

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Global

DEMO Africa: Why Arab startups should be looking to Africa for support

Last week, entrepreneurs, VCs, and press from all over the world flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to learn about trending African startups during...

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Maghreb

Students swarm Tunisia's first major tech event

Over two days last week, Tunisian IT and engineering students, investors, developers and software designers, and representatives of...

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