Wamda

Tunisia

What 5 Tunisians learned from 4 Finns about their startups

Learn your pitch, include all of the relevant information, and show - don’t tell - how you plan to scale, Finnish coaches told...

startupsauna competition accelerator

Regional

How the UAE surprised Linkedin’s cofounder [Opinion]

When Linkedin’s first office in the Middle East opened it already had over six million users in the Arab world. Now it has over 100...

Startup Rising LinkedIn World Government Summit

Iraq

Building a startup launchpad in Iraq [Opinion]

Iraq’s entrepreneurship scene has a number of players helping startups, such as Fikra Space which was launched in 2014, but they...

Centre for Iraqi Entrepreneurship Opinion Science Camp

Global

Startup Watch: No means maybe means yes and Jay Z joins the VC crew

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

tunisia 3d printer Jay Z

Syria

Off-the-grid communication reassures loved ones during war [Q&A]

In Syria, after a bomb goes off, phone lines go down for at least 30 minutes leaving panicked families without a means to check...

syria Freecom Abdul Rahman Alashraf

Global

Putting values at the heart of a company [Q&A]

This is the second of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first was on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and...

Sanergy recruitment company culture

Jordan

Jordan and 3D printers: a battle close to an end

After a series of inconsistent government policies, 3D printers are allowed to enter Jordan thanks to a decree issued in November....

3d printing Mixed Dimensions 3rd Reality

Regional

What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross

This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and...

recruitment Programme human resources

Jordan

Edtech gives hope to a generation without schooling

Over 200 people gathered last week in Amman with a goal of digitalizing education to better reach the 750,000 Syrian refugee children out...

EdTech Education No Lost Generation Edtech Summit

U.A.E

Integreat Center serves Dubai's special needs youth

Millions of disabled people in the Middle East face exclusion, and almost certainly discrimination. A survey conducted by Dubai’s...

Integreat Center social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship

Regional

New startups on the block: March

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to...

new startups blinkapp instacar

Global

Driving the Dubai-Nairobi digital highway [Opinion]

I just came back from my second trip to Kenya in the past year and it is striking, for all the significant cultural, historic, geographic...

Kenya m-pesa Twiga

Global

Startup Watch: Chinese fintech, localization, and capitalizing on the Asian sun

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

Startup Watch Fintech china

Egypt

Signed, sealed: deliveries get tech'd in Cairo

Personal transport is easily the most popular sharing economy business in Egypt, as Uber, Careem and Ousta compete hard for market share,...

Bosta Oustaman Ousta

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

Tunisia

Tunisian startups' struggle to scale

Tunisian entrepreneurs often ‘ask the experts’ how to internationalize their startup, and it’s a question that gained...

Tunis internationnalisation Digitalmania

Egypt

UK foreign minister Boris Johnson praises Egypt startups

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson praised the creativity and originality of Egypt’s entrepreneurs on Saturday during a networking...

Bosta boris johnson

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

U.A.E

The uptick in sellers on ecommerce platforms [Q&A]

While consumers are often the center of attention in ecommerce platforms, sellers are just as important according to UAE’s online...

Jado Pado ecommerce marketplaces

Tunisia

Teaching tech in Tunisia

On a Saturday afternoon, rather than playing video games or going out with some friends, 70 teenagers came to the Cogite coworking space to...

GoMyCode Yahya Bouhlel Wala Kasmi

United States

3D printed hope: new limbs for Syrian refugees

When Ibrahim Mohammad started selling juice in the streets of Lebanon at the age 12 to support his family, he made $0.5 a day. Back then,...

hult prize Ibrahim Mohammad Omar Soufan

Lebanon

Carrying the Lebanese flag, one export at a time

Many Lebanese companies could pass as coming from anywhere – in technology, services, and even food. But a handful of them are...

lebanon Semsom Ksara

Lebanon

Big deals announced at Arabnet Beirut

At Arabnet Beirut this week Flat6labs, a regional incubator, announced that it was accepting applications for a $20 million local...

Arabnet ArabNet Beirut ArabNet Beirut 2017

Global

You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion]

A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded...

ecommerce marketplace Souq.com

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