Wamda

Global

2014 technologies that promise smarter devices

With every new lifestyle comes the need for a new technology to meet our needs in home and work. The 20th century’s move from motor focused ...

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Jordan

Startup Revolution at ZINC Jordan

Last Sunday, Zain’s newly launched incubator ZINC hosted The Startup Revolution, a community meetup driven by entrepreneurs looking to c...

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Global

Should entrepreneurs lie?

Cross-posted from Havard Business Review. An experienced VC fund manager I have known for years told me recently that if a person does...

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Regional

To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions

Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a...

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Regional

The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015

The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T...

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Regional

Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani

For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese...

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Maghreb

Women SenseTour: 5 months, 5 countries, 25 changemakers

Sarah Zouak, 25, talks about her project, the Women SenseTour in Muslim Countries, with an air of normalcy. However, the tour...

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Global

Meet Zilzar, the Islamic world's answer to Amazon

This article has been crossposted with Firnas.org Amazon and China’s Alibaba made ecommerce huge; now, it seems every other website is s...

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Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 3/3: 6 success stories

Announcing the ShopGo deal In our series on startup-corporate partnerships we've looked at the logic behind the relationships, and why...

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Maghreb

If hackers and makers in Morocco mingled, they could all be winners

Like most Maghreb and Middle East countries, Moroccan entrepreneurs often refuse to collaborate and to share knowledge with one another....

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Global

The 5 people VCs and entrepreneurs should avoid becoming, at all costs

We’ve listened to mentors and entrepreneurs share the most misguided and cringeworthy personas they’ve faced in the startup world, and how t...

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Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few?

The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic...

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Global

How to make the first 30 seconds of your pitch really count

Editor's note: A few weeks ago, Rabih El Khodr from Standup Communication gave us his tips on how to pitch in under a minute. Now, he's...

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Maghreb

What have 8 of Morocco’s support organizations for tech entrepreneurship achieved?

Many startups are now getting support in Morocco either at the seed or growth stage, but support programs and organizations are too few,...

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U.A.E

Carpool Arabia: Looking to ease the UAE’s traffic congestion woes

Not many entrepreneurs can claim that their brightest business idea was born on the road, but for Frenchman Benjamin de Terssac, that was...

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Regional

Traxn launches with Zain, call for applications now open for Jordanian startups

In the past few years, MENA startups and corporations kept their distance, holding on to the assumption that corporates are too...

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Regional

Top 10 MENA entrepreneurship quotes of 2014

2014 was quite a year for Wamda. We celebrated notable investments and acquisitions, we witnessed the launch of four big VC funds, we...

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Saudi Arabia

The future is bright, the future is ecommerce in Saudi Arabia

This article was posted originally on Firnas.org. This year, online payment solution provider PayFort released the State...

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Egypt

Disrupt!/Graphic! Ideathon awards 4 new Egypt startups

No longer the prerogative of the technology field entrepreneurs can now be found in many sectors and events such as the Disrupt!/Graphic!...

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Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 1/3: the logic behind them

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Queen Rania at the opening of the MENA ICT FORUM in November. In the first of our three articles looking...

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Regional

Wamda launches Traxn: a program to help startups scale through large corporates

Before we take a deep plunge into 2015, Wamda is wrapping up its 2014 efforts by launching Traxn (pronounced traction), a new program,...

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Regional

4 big MENA VC funds announced in 2014

2014 was a very good year when it came to new funds entering the tech scene in the Arab region. Rather than just seed and early stage, we...

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U.A.E

Beam Wallet gets its first investment from Majid al Futtaim

In one of its first investments in the regional tech industry, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures announced an investment in mobile commerce...

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Regional

Still fighting for the funding, hot topic at Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor in Dubai

On December 13 Wamda hosted it’s final Mix N’ Mentor of 2014 at the in5 Innovation Hub in Dubai. Hosting some of the city’s most active ent...

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