OPCDE 2017 [exclusive limited promocode inside]

OPCDE is a regional conference on digital security that is directly focused on the technical aspect of the field. This year’s...

Wamda • 07 February, 2017

cyber security Digital security piracy

Mediterranean Water Heroes Youth Contest

Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and from the Mediterranean? Are you engaged in water and climate activities that contribute to...

Wamda • 07 February, 2017

Mediterranean water sustainability world bank

Startup Weekend Sharjah

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing...

Wamda • 06 February, 2017

startup entrepreneurship Startup Weekend

More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Faaris Naqvi • 01 February, 2017

Opinion Growth cities jobs

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi

Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi is a selection event for the Global Startup Competition of the Get in the Ring Foundation organized by Flat6Labs...

Wamda • 31 January, 2017

Pitch competition abu dhabi

Cloud10 Scalerator Program

Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue...

Wamda • 31 January, 2017

Bahrain accelerator Innovation

Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic]

This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and...

Wamda • 29 January, 2017

women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta

How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion]

Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than...

Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017

talabat strategic acquirer Exit

Innovation Arabia 10

In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and...

Wamda • 17 January, 2017

Innovation Technology entrepreneurship

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...

Lina Hijazi • 15 January, 2017

Social Entrepreneurship

Twitter’s media plans for MENA [Q&A]

Twitter is targeting Saudi Arabia and Egypt as its regional growth markets as it seeks to make users more ‘sticky’...

Menan Khater • 15 January, 2017

twitter

Why should you be excited about blockchain? [Opinion]

Over the past few years, blockchain technology has moved from the fringes to something that can have real impact on all parts of our lives....

Ahmad Sufian Bayram • 12 January, 2017

AUB Stanford Women in Data Science Conference

In a joint effort between the American University of Beirut and Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering at...

Wamda • 11 January, 2017

Data data analytics data science

Hate speech to dialogue: Munathara reframes online debate

Social media is often depicted as a game changer for democracy and freedom of speech, but by no means has it contributed to healthy...

Tala El Issa • 09 January, 2017

Munathara Debate Belabbes Benkredda

Can democracy stand a better chance with civic tech?

“The region’s tech startups may not be setting up tents in public squares or painting their messages on street walls but they...

Tala El Issa • 08 January, 2017

Civic tech E-government Government

Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait  Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes...

Mussaad M. Al-Razouki • 05 January, 2017

Know your VC Contract liquidation

2016 was very generous to MENA's startups #Wamda2016

People on the internet aren’t too sad to let go of 2016. Memes surrounding the US presidential elections, comedy sketches on the...

Teeb Assaf • 04 January, 2017

Wamda2016 MENA startups

New startups on the block: January

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

Lucy Knight • 04 January, 2017

new startups real esate Healthcare

Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help?

This is an edited crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. A new study finds that perceptions of salaries and career prospects at startups are...

Knowledge @Wharton • 03 January, 2017

WRL #Wamda2016 Access to Talent

$815M+ invested in MENA startups in 2016 #Wamda2016

2016 was an exciting year for the startup ecosystem, especially from an investor’s standpoint. Investors’ appetite for...

Tarek Faycal • 03 January, 2017

Wamda2016 Roundup investments

Way to grow: 4 vital skills for 2017 [Opinion]

With 2017 around the corner, it’s time to learn a new set of strategies, sharpen your skill-sets, and get ready for the challenges...

Ehsan Jahandarpour • 29 December, 2016

Growth hacking white hat links content marketing

Startup Watch: why cats like boxes, 2017 predictions, and the big trillion

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 • 29 December, 2016

Startup Watch 2017 predictions cats in boxes

Tech drives MENA to a crossroad

Fourteen years ago a group of Arab scholars drew a sobering picture of the Middle East: that it would need 140 years to just double its per...

Jonas Feller • 28 December, 2016

Knowledge Economy undp AHDR

Wamda’s best stories of 2016

2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup...

Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016

Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus