Apply for FasterCapital's 5th round of funding

FasterCapital (a virtual incubator based in Dubai) has launched its fifth round of funding for 2016 which begins on September 18, 2016 and...

Wamda • 11 October, 2016

incubation acceleration Funding

How to Build a Winning Team for your Startup

Young Arab Leaders are hosting another session of their Entrepreneur Workshop Series on the theme of "How to Build a Winning Team for...

Wamda • 11 October, 2016

Dubai Workshop

Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV]

Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating...

Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 October, 2016

Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media

SME Beyond Borders Dubai 2016

The UAE is taking critical steps to advance entrepreneurship and innovation, along with the government’s commitment to fuel...

Wamda • 06 October, 2016

entrepreneurship uae women entrepreneurs

MITEF Pan Arab awards $150K to refugee aid ideas

Seven startups and NGOs (listed below) were awarded $150,000 in total at the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab Innovate for Refugees award...

Tala El Issa • 05 October, 2016

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Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report]

MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an...

Teeb Assaf • 04 October, 2016

Cleantech MEMakersGE Report

10 October events for MENA entrepreneurs

As the MENA region’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem blossoms and grows, so do the events, conferences, and competitions....

Dana Ballout • 28 September, 2016

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M Powered Summit 2016

The M Powered Summit 2016 aims to inspire, empower and connect entrepreneurs, startups and SMES in the rapidly evolving Islamic...

Wamda • 27 September, 2016

Dubai summit Islamic economy

Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition

This year marks the 5th edition of the Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition. Organized by the Harvard Business School MENA...

Wamda • 22 September, 2016

Pitch Competition Harvard Arab Weekend startup

PepsiCo Social Impact Competition

PepsiCo MENA has announced the launch of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition in partnership with Wamda for MENA-based social...

Wamda • 22 September, 2016

Pepsico competition startups

Real innovation can only happen from within

I was recently invited to talk about innovation in healthcare in emerging markets at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital...

Roland Daher • 22 September, 2016

MEMakersGE Innovation

Apply now for Stars of Science season 9!

Stars of Science, the flagship “edutainment reality” TV show, is the Arab world’s leading innovation show that enables...

Wamda • 21 September, 2016

Reality TV entrepreneurship Technology

Harvard Arab Weekend 2016

Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) is the largest pan-Arab conference in North America, bringing together nearly 1,300 students and professionals...

Wamda • 20 September, 2016

Harvard Arab Weekend conference Arab

IATA NDC Hackathon

IATA invites talented developers, designers, marketers, idea generators, and futurists to transform the travel experience for...

Wamda • 20 September, 2016

hackathon Travel Airlines

Digital Arabic content: A massive opportunity to capitalize on [Wamda TV]

In 2015, the population of the Arab world reached 375 million, of which 41.5 percent use the internet. Digital Arabic content stands at 3...

Abdulghani Kataya • 20 September, 2016

Arabic Content Mix n Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut

Why you should participate in as many hackathons as you can

Most of the time, entrepreneurs spend their days in a professional work setting. The same one every day. They practice the same set of...

Maya Rahal • 15 September, 2016

hackathon MIT Media Lab lessons

Wamda and Pepsico launch a social impact competition

PepsiCo, the global food and beverage company, with brands including Quaker Oats, Lays, Gatorade, Tropicana and Pepsi-Cola has announced...

Wamda • 15 September, 2016

Pepsico Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Competition

Startup Watch: glass ceilings, Gods and Men, and death to the MVP

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...

Rachel Williamson • 15 September, 2016

Startup Watch MOBAltyics falafel games

The top 10 games of Game Zanga 6

For the sixth year in a row, game developers across the MENA region got a chance to flex their creative muscles and engage in a bit of...

Omar Al Fil • 14 September, 2016

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Why do Middle East startups ignore Maghreb?

What does a person in Doha have in common with a person in Tunis? Not much, especially when it comes to online services. As much as...

Aline Mayard • 13 September, 2016

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Sparks fly when girls meet tech [WamdaTV]

It’s not up to young women to be interested in technology, but up to their teachers to find ways to make the subject appealing to...

Rachel Williamson • 13 September, 2016

STEM junkbot Eureka Tech Academy

Wadi's PR pitch to disappointed gamers

Ecommerce platform Wadi is using the worldwide fallout from a much-anticipated game as a way to boost customer loyalty in their UAE and...

Aline Mayard • 11 September, 2016

Gaming Wadi.com No Man's Sky

Game Connection Europe 2016

Game Connection Europe 2016 will take place from 26-28 October in Paris alongside the Paris Game Week. Meet with more than 2 700...

Wamda • 09 September, 2016

paris Networking entrepreneurship

She Entrepreneurs Leadership Programme 2017

The Swedish Institute has recently launched the She Entrepreneurs Leadership Programme. She Entrepreneurs aims to offer female...

Wamda • 08 September, 2016