Wamda

Lebanon

Leap Ventures' new $71M fund is 'ready for business’

Henri Asseilly at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Lucy Knight) As we previously reported, the focus of the ‘sponsored a...

ArabNet Beirut Venture Capital Investment

Regional

Groceries through smartphones: how ecommerce is changing MENA's shopping habits

We all remember how our grandmothers used to yell to "Abou Ahmad," the grocery shop owner at the bottom of the building, to fill...

spinneys geant begala

U.A.E

UAE startup emphasizes humanity's 'sameness'

The business of doing good – better known as corporate social responsibility (CSR) – has been around for decades. But with the...

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Global

Corridor for UK and MENA investment in SMEs opened up further by UK regulation

The Dubai-based international investment platform Eureeca announced today that they have recently received the stamp of approval from the...

FCA eureeca Dubai

Maghreb

How one entrepreneur is bringing new life to traditional Tunisian handicraft

“I am not going to pretend that I had any idea of what I was doing,” Leila Ben Gacem tells me when we meet in the medina, the old quarter o...

Handicrafts Art Social Entrepreneurship

Maghreb

Is localization the key to Genious becoming the GoDaddy of MENA?

Can you name the leading web host or registrar in the Arab world or Africa? Hamza Aboulfeth, founder of Morocco’s only registrar and most f...

Web hosting Genious MENA

Lebanon

Lebanese startups gain access to more money and support than ever #ArabNetBeirut

The Circular 331 panel. A Lebanon-based $71 million fund focusing on the Middle East and North Africa; plans for a Beirut chapter...

Kuwait National Fund iSME Leap Ventures

Maghreb

Careem shakes things up in Morocco by acquiring Taxiii

Back in January, we were talking about how taxi apps made their entrance in Morocco, and were to become the hot market in the kingdom....

Taxiii careem taxi service

Regional

Mother is the necessity of all innovations #MothersDay

Have you wondered about the roots of your entrepreneurial spirit or how your childhood affected your career path? Take a minute, think...

YasmineElMehairy JihadKawas ElieHabib

Regional

Islamic economy presents significant opportunity for MENA entrepreneurs

"The Islamic economy constitutes in all its sectors a new and important chance that all startups in the Arab region must seize." This...

islam Islamic economy

Lebanon

Flat6Labs to launch Beirut accelerator

Regional accelerator Flat6Labs will open a chapter in Beirut, cofounder Hany El-Sonbaty announced today at the Arabnet conference. The...

beirut accelerator Flat6Labs

Lebanon

How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup

Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,...

women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice

Syria

Syrian social enterprise takes center stage at Jusoor competition

Any questions about what drives Syria’s entrepreneurs were answered at the recently concluded Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition in Los A...

Egypt

Fadi Ghandour: entrepreneurship is a tool for social inclusion

Middle East governments and private sectors must both take action to increase social inclusion in the region if they want to build...

aramex Fadi Ghandour

Jordan

Jordanian founders activate their ideas at lean startup workshop

Many entrepreneurs spend months or even years immersed in their businesses, before they suddenly realize their company has been solving...

lean lean startup Lean Methodology

Maghreb

Sawari Ventures tries to fill Egypt funding gap with $50 million VC fund

Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. Egyptian venture capital company Sawari Ventures is turning...

Sawari Ventures morocco tunisia

Egypt

Egypt’s entrepreneurial youth and the battle for credibility

Entrepreneurial activities are not just the prerogative of those over 21 in hoodies. We’ve spoken before on Wamda about the ‘age’ question w...

Rocking Solutions Arabiaweb Awraq

Maghreb

Can social entrepreneurship save Algeria?

For a few years now, a group of optimistic and resilient Algerian students have worked against all odds to introduce the concept of social...

Algerian Center for Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneuriat social

Palestine

PIVOT turns to Kickstarter to fund its journey through Palestinian - and world - history

You might remember the story of Palestinian Asma Jaber and her fiancé Sami Jitan who launched PIVOT, an interactive app that stores ...

Pivot kickstarter palestine

U.A.E

Can Yebab use photo messaging to take on Instagram?

Instagram is one of the most popular social networking sites to upload and share images, but the founders of Yebab believe that their...

Yebab instagram

U.A.E

Flat6Labs launches their first cycle in Abu Dhabi

Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi welcomed its first ever cycle of entrepreneurs at its boot camp last week to help entrepreneurs from the UAE and abroad...

flat6labs abu dhabi

Jordan

Hivos and Project Pen aim to disrupt electronic publishing in Jordan

In response to the Arab publishing industry’s recent increased attention to the internet, Hivos has dedicated the Disrupt!...

zinc incubator ZINC ebooks

Jordan

Zain and Wamda kick off Traxn with 5 Jordanian startups

Five Jordanian startups have been selected to join a new accelerator program designed to bring together young innovators with one of the...

Zain Telecom Traxn Zain Jordan

Maghreb

With great popularity comes great responsibility: Maroc Web Awards

The Maroc Web Awards (MWA) have come a long way since their launch in 2007. This year however, the competition, which...

Marocco maroc web awards

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