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smartcon Dubai 2016

This year’s smartcon Dubai 2016 will bring global thought leaders and practitioners to share best practices on...

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The Entrepreneur Day 2016

The Entrepreneur Day is the annual startup conference hosted by Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre (Dtec),a tech startup event...

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Social Media Week Dubai 2016 [Exclusive discount code!]

Social Media Week is the biggest global conference that brings together thought leaders and practitioners to explore how social media and...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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SME Beyond Borders Dubai 2016

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

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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PepsiCo Social Impact Competition

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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IATA NDC Hackathon

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

Pepsico Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Competition

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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