Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East's Economic Potential

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley will be presenting the talk "Youth, ...

Wamda • 02 February, 2016

Applications open for 2016 TechWomen program

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut is pleased to announce the 2016 TechWomen program, a five-week program in the U.S. to encourage and support...

Wamda • 28 January, 2016

Techwomen

Entrepreneurship contagion: how it spreads

Entrepreneurship spreads thanks to a network, and that network pushes each player in three different ways. (Image via Mancef.org) This is...

Knowledge @Wharton • 11 January, 2016

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Entrepreneurship contagion: the birth of networks

Networks are what make an entrepreneur ecosystem work. (Image via Entrepreneur Ideas) This is part one of an edited crosspost from...

Knowledge @Wharton • 10 January, 2016

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Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

Ahmad Takatkah • 28 December, 2015

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What I know about networking: Igor Ovcharenko

Igor Ovcharenko organized his first startup networking event in 2012. (Image via Seedstars World) Before his first ever event with...

Lucy Knight • 21 December, 2015

Matchmaking Seedstars World Igor Ovcharenko

How important is the patent?

A patent. ‘Have you got one?’ It’s a question that one startup tells Wamda is asked a lot, too much in fact. So, are...

Lucy Knight • 21 December, 2015

Band Industries Saba IP Patents

7 ways to protect your ecommerce site from security threats

Ecommerce sites can open up a raft of avenues for fraud and hackers.(Image via iStock) A single day doesn’t go by without hearing a...

Ayman Farhat • 16 December, 2015

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What I know about raising money: Ramy Adeeb

Ramy Adeeb, ready to disperse advice. (Image via Ramy Adeeb) When Ramy Adeeb sold his startup, a news article curation site Snip.It to...

Lucy Knight • 07 December, 2015

Ramy Adeeb Snip.It What I Know

Time is against you: how to improve your product marketing [Webinar]

We kicked off our first ever webinar, yesterday, with mobile user growth as our first subject. Thanks for the great turnout. "I don't...

Stephanie Nour Prince • 03 December, 2015

Mobile growth Academy Growth hacking Digital Marketing

Web Summit draws in MENA startups

Paddy Cosgrave, Websummit founder opening speech. (Images via Web Summit) This year’s Web Summit was a clear demonstration of the w...

Lilian Abou Zeki • 15 November, 2015

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12 tips for getting hired by a startup [Infographic]

As the region’s number of startups grow so too does the interest from graduates and career changers in those startups. We’ve written many ti...

Lucy Knight • 01 November, 2015

StartupCVs job hunting resume

Rules of engagement: attracting media attention

Dealing with the media can be hard – a little scary sometimes. Handing over the painstakingly-crafted story of your startup to a...

Rachel Williamson • 19 October, 2015

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The Islamic economy: untapped opportunity for entrepreneurs?

The second edition of the Global Islamic Economy Summit was an opportunity for stakeholders to collaborate and progress the Islamic...

Pamela Kesrouani • 11 October, 2015

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The growing list of global VCs investing in MENA startups

Earlier this year we published an article about the reasons behind foreign VCs' increase interest in the Middle East. Here...

Lucy Knight • 06 October, 2015

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Telemedicine in the Middle East, the time is now

The time is now. (Image via CommsMEA) In 2001, a team of French and American physicians in New York made history by remotely...

Natasha D'Souza • 02 September, 2015

digital health care MEMakers AlemHealth

6 country visas for your startup

Obtaining a visa is getting easier for entrepreneurs. (Image via Thailandee.com) In 2010, dozens of startup teams moved to Chile every six...

Aline Mayard • 30 August, 2015

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Will wearables be the future of mobile payments?

Bank Audi displays its 'Tap2Pay' at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Payfort) In his second piece on mobile payments,...

Faisal Al Khalidi • 18 August, 2015

Payfort mobile payments

Google, Apple and Samsung, pitching the mobile wallet

  Bye to coins and receipts, hello to the phone? (Image via issaasad.me) What will the wallet of the future look like? This question...

Faisal Al Khalidi • 12 August, 2015

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Connecting the world, one car at a time

Google’s driverless cars have been pootling staff around for nearly five years, but the man on the street is still waiting. What...

Lucy Knight • 20 July, 2015

Dialexa Labs Vinli Connected Cars

Online symptom checkers failed one test, but aren’t out of the game yet

Is a symptom checker app ready to replace a real-life doctor? (Image via iStock)  A recent audit by Harvard Medical School...

Roland Daher • 16 July, 2015

Symptom Checker Harvard Medical School MEMakers

Four reasons why a startup-to-startup economy works

Coming together can be a beautiful thing for startups. (Image via atelier.net) As a serial entrepreneur and creator of Timez5, Nader...

Nader Sabry • 13 July, 2015

S2S Collaboration NASA

Never miss a price drop again, ever

So you bought some hotpants online for $400. Yes, you knew it was a steep price but you also knew that if you bought them your life was...

Lucy Knight • 13 July, 2015

Lebanese Diaspora YCombinator Paribus

How to build a multi-billion dollar business, according to Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley

John Sculley back in the day. (Image via Associated Press) “There has never been a better time to build a transformative company,” says Joh...

Natasha D'Souza • 01 July, 2015

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