Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Vision 2030: SME Opportunities in KSA and MENA

"Vision 2030: Small and Medium Enterprises Opportunities in KSA and MENA" will be taking place on July 11 at 500 Startups in San...

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United States

MENA startup culture shows signs of early Silicon Valley

The MENA region is a beacon of largely unchartered technological territory with its potential often stunted by lagging institutional...

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Global

What I know about going to Silicon Valley: Muyesser Taqi Eddin

A Google search of this woman won’t yield much, and yet she has been intrinsic in building bridges between Silicon Valley and...

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Palestine

Work Factory builds Ramallah startup community

Work Factory hosted the West Bank's most recent Startup Grind. (Images via Work Factory) You can read Wamda's definitive guide to...

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Qatar

Looking to build an ecosystem, Qatar Foundation

“I met with a Jordanian minister a few years ago and he told me that he wanted the country to have 10,000 PhDs in the next few years,...

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Syria

Bridge to success: six tips for Syrian entrepreneurs from Jusoor

From the left: Moderator Karim Samakie with speakers David Nabti, Habib Haddad, Aurore Belfrage and Rama Chakaki. (Images via Maysaa...

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Regional

Silkroad Images raises seed round

Silkroad Images, a stock photography and audio-video content library from Jordan, has secured a seed round of investment from Abu...

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Global

What I know about raising money: Ramy Adeeb

Ramy Adeeb, ready to disperse advice. (Image via Ramy Adeeb) When Ramy Adeeb sold his startup, a news article curation site Snip.It to...

Ramy Adeeb Snip.It What I Know

Regional

TechWadi Roadshow connects MENA startups to Silicon Valley experts

Google's Sharif El-Badawi addresses the crowd at ZINC during TechWadi's stop in Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Despite the near...

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U.A.E

TechWadi MENA Roadshow: Dubai

The TechWadi Roadshow, a ten-day traveling roadshow powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is coming to Dubai, UAE on October 27 -...

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Lebanon

TechWadi MENA Roadshow: Beirut

The TechWadi Roadshow, a ten-day traveling roadshow powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is coming to Beirut on October 23-24. The Roa...

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Egypt

TechWadi MENA Roadshow: Cairo

The TechWadi Roadshow, a ten-day traveling roadshow powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is coming to Cairo on October 22 -23. The Roa...

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Regional

Silicon Valley investor on MENA’s road to startup success

Bern Shen at Flat6Labs mentoring a startup team working on children education. Investor Bern Shen is optimistic about the MENA region’s a...

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Young change agents from the Arab world convene at Stanford

For three years now, Stanford University students, gathered in a student initiative called AMENDS, have invited promising actors of change...

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8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay

Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I...

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Regional

TechWadi's 4th webinar: How to Raise Funds for the Causes You Care About

Whether it’s an innovative new app or a children’s book, most great ideas need funding to get started! TechWadi are holding their fourth we...

LaunchGood.com Amani Khalidi webinar

Jordan

TechWadi MENA Roadshow: Amman

The TechWadi Roadshow, a ten-day traveling roadshow powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is coming to Amman on October 18 -19. The Ro...

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TechWadi and MIT Arab Startup Competition forum [PROMOCODE INCLUDED]

TechWadi and MIT Arab Startup Competition are organizing a weeklong forum ending on June 14th at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center,...

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