Megatrends in MENA: the rise of entrepreneurship [Infographic]

Entrepreneurship has finally attained global megatrend status, according to EY, but MENA's founders knew that long...

Rachel Williamson • 13 December, 2015

EY megatrend entrepreneurship

Lift-off: planning your exit strategy

Investment activity is slowly heating up in Egypt and as a result entrepreneurs, especially those looking to raise funding, need to start...

Eman Mostafa • 10 December, 2015

oteena Egypt rise up summit

500 Startups announces $30M MENA fund

Silicon Valley-based venture firm 500 Startups announced this week their $30 million fund for MENA startups. The fund, aptly...

Lucy Knight • 09 December, 2015

Dave McClure Hasan Haider 500 startups

The role of the term sheet in VC transactions

The term sheet, not binding but crucial. (Image via Exceleratelabs) The negotiation of a venture capital transaction between a...

Rita Khoriaty • 08 December, 2015

term sheets startups Venture Capital

Is COD still the only way for ecommerce?

As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on...

Maysaa Ajjan • 02 December, 2015

JadoPado online payment MENA

Lebanese entrepreneurs excel at Harvard Arab Weekend Competition

The WhiteLab team receiving the first prize. (Images via Harvard Arab Weekend) Ten MENA-focused entrepreneurs pitched their startups...

Maya Rahal • 01 December, 2015

MoviePigs Slighter WhiteLab

Soraya Salti: Celebration of life

Soraya Salti. (Image via Skoll.org) "Passionate, energetic, humble, selfless, happy, positive." These are some of the few words people use...

Wamda • 30 November, 2015

soraya salti Injaz al Arab

Skinnovation: experiencing entrepreneurship on skis

Skinnovation is the first entrepreneurship festival on skis. Taking place in the Alp city of Innsbruck, the event leverages...

Wamda • 30 November, 2015

Alps Ski Skinnovation

Megatrends in MENA: the digital future [Infographic]

The 'digital future', described by EY as one of its megatrends, is upon us and rapidly changing how people live, eat...

Rachel Williamson • 29 November, 2015

EY mobile internet Winex

Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes

MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the...

Ayman Farhat • 26 November, 2015

android developers She Develops app developers

4YFN Mobile World Congress Startup event

The highlight of the 4YFN program, organized by Mobile World Capital Barcelona and GSMA, the 2016 Mobile World Congress is the world’s larg...

Wamda • 26 November, 2015

February Mobile World Congress 4FYN

Dealmakers 2015 offers an inside look at MENA’s investment landscape

“How many entrepreneurs here are currently trying to scale?” Nearly half of the people packed into the Grand Hyatt Amman’s conference hall r...

Samuel Wendel • 25 November, 2015

Dealmakers silicon badia Endeavor

Busting MENA's top 4 myths about bitcoin

(Image via SDTimes) Remember bitcoin? Despite making periodic headlines around the world and sparking debates among tech and finance...

Karim Fadi • 23 November, 2015

Silk Road Mt Gox bitcoin wallet

First Syrian takes home top prize in Stars of Science

Yaman Abou Jieb taking home first prize. (Images via Stars of Science) Yaman Abou Jieb prides himself in being the first Stars of Science...

Stephanie Nour Prince • 22 November, 2015

Qatar Foundation competition Stars of Science

Sign up for the Mobile Growth Academy Webinar with Nagi Salloum

Nagi Salloum, founder of Mobile Growth Academy and head of global product marketing at TangoMe, one of the top 5 communication apps in the...

Wamda • 18 November, 2015

Nagy Salloum Mobile growth Academy webinar

Eco and social entrepreneurs meet in Barcelona

Enrique de Villamore Martín, director of SCP/RAC, speaks at the the SwitchMed networking panel. (Images via SwitchMed) More than 400 ...

Ruba Al-Zu'bi • 18 November, 2015

Social Entrepreneurship SwitchMed

Apply to the Vital Voices GROW Fellowship

This year's Vital Voices GROW Fellowship has strated receiving applications. The VV GROW Fellowship is a highly competitive one-year...

Wamda • 17 November, 2015

VV fellowship Leaders Women

Intel's ChallengeME IoT competition announces winners

Intel's ChallengeME competition showcased a diversity of IoT innovation at Berytech in Beirut. (Images via Lina Mubarak) A logistics...

Maya Rahal • 17 November, 2015

ChallengeME IoT MEMakers

Turning to technology to preserve cultural sites

Syria's Palmyra has been a subject of looting and destruction. (Image via Shutterstock) This article is an edited crosspost from the MIT...

MIT Technology Review • 16 November, 2015

Nframes Sketchfab Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage

Geeks on a Plane + PreMoney MENA in Bahrain

  If you're in Bahrain in December, then you're in for the first PreMoney MENA event.   From December 5 to December 15, 500 Startups and a ...

Wamda • 16 November, 2015

Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report]

(Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b...

Antoine Abou-Diwan • 16 November, 2015

YouGov bayt.com MENA

The ‘ease’ of doing business in MENA [Infographic]

Starting a business and running it isn’t easy. It becomes less so when the economy in which you want to start the business...

Lucy Knight • 15 November, 2015

Doing Business Report Oman Yemen

Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza • 12 November, 2015

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

AIMA Middle East Alternative Investment Summit

This year's Alternative Investment Summit, organized by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) will take place on...

Wamda • 12 November, 2015