Wamda

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

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

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

Bahrain

Startup Watch: breaking stuff, pain = gain, and working for the man

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...

Google Startup Watch Uber

Global

The secret to startup success in Africa

This is an excerpt of an article crossposted from Harvard Business Review. A tale of two strategies Why do so many...

Ghana Nigeria M-Kopa

Global

Startup Watch: the failure of entrepreneurship, software parties and peak app

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 Bite Tech VAT

Global

Startup Watch: streaming, Trump travel ban and workplace boo boos

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 uae Oil

Global

Startup Watch: Pac-Man and retreat of the multinational giants

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 Souq.com Pac-Man

Global

What does the future hold for wearable technology?

The arrival of wearable technology has marked a completely new era. The industry has evolved to a point where we can create devices...

wearable Wearable devices google glass

Global

Startup Watch: India’s ‘soonicorns’, Zuckerberg in politics and the curse of antibiotics

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 Mark Zuckerberg antibiotics

Global

Startup Watch: the real robot danger

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 robotics Women

Global

Artificial Intelligence will make our kids better learners [WamdaTV]

Looking at traditional education, the system is focused on ‘teaching’ rather than ‘learning’. This is what Philipp...

Artificial intelligence MIT Media Lab Philip Schmidt

Global

What I know about pitching: Bianca Praetorius

You’re on stage. It’s not your favorite place; as an engineer you’re more used to hiding in a lab or behind a computer...

What I Know Pitching how to pitch

Global

In MENA’s booming tech scene, where do humanitarian startups stand?

The MENA region, frequently characterized by uncertainty, political polarization and slow socioeconomic progress is seeing a stunning...

Social Entrepreneurship

Global

Startup Watch: disruption might get you, AI making the diagnosis and so long Yahoo!

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 yahoo! AI

Global

What I know about patient capital: Amjad Ahmad [Know Your VC]

To Amjad Ahmad, American investment firms Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital are the ideal comparisons for his own Precinct Partners in...

patient capital fundraising precinct partners

Global

Startup Watch: weirdest new year countdown, food in 2050, and the ugly side of Silicon Valley

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 Unicorn Bots

Global

What I know about emerging markets: Mario Berta

Starting up in emerging countries can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, the value of coming into a non saturated market...

Mario Berta Rocket Internet Fly Spaces

Global

Startup Watch: Careem the unicorn, Nile farmers learning farming, and AI wars

This year is coming to a close but there is no ‘slowly’ in the complex world of entrepreneurship news, with people ever ready...

Startup Watch careem Egypt

Global

What I know about the future of work: Claire Haidar

“People spend 90 percent of their time at work and yet so many people are unhappy at their jobs. There is still this reality that...

Future of Work Artificial intelligence STEM

Global

Startup Watch: Say no to #manels and hyperloop feasibility in UAE

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 Hyperloop Dubai

Global

What I know about IoT: Cedric Giorgi

The Internet of Things (IoT) is throwing off some new innovations, one of which is the need for something called a ‘low power...

IoT Sigfox Spimesense Labs

Global

Startup Watch: how to be a CEO, Jay Z, and China’s new Gulf bud

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 Jay Z Back to the Future

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