Regional Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Ruler of Dubai, Dubai SME... Wamda • 27 February, 2015 Dubai Awards
Regional How ArabiaWeather battles the forces of nature Residents of the Middle East don't need me to tell them that this year so far has been a doozy in terms of weather. First, we had... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 February, 2015 yohan windy huda
Regional Ecommerce and MENA's travel sector boom [Infographic] It’s no secret that ecommerce in the Middle East and North Africa has grown substantially in the past few years. According to Visa,... Wamda • 26 February, 2015 Infographic E-commerce
Regional MENA Games Conference & Exhibition in Beirut The region’s gaming industry has been steadily growing in the past few years. Although some countries show more activity than o... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 gaming industry MENA Gaming
Regional enpact Initiative for young entrepreneurs Engage - Participate - Act" International mentoring led by enpact, a non-profit organization - aims to connect and train young promising ... Wamda • 25 February, 2015 tunisia Egypt Mentorship
Regional What do VCs look for? Skills, passion, and motivation There’s still not much entrepreneurship activity in the MENA region, which makes it the focus of many investors and one of the best places ... Pamela Kesrouani • 25 February, 2015 fenox venture capital Fenox Dubai
Regional New app encourages users to go offline As studies pop up suggesting social media makes us miserable and some countries go as far as legally restricting children from using... Rachel Williamson • 24 February, 2015 uae
Regional The 7th New Arab Woman Forum Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine are organizing the 7th New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF) that will be held on February 26 th,... Wamda • 23 February, 2015 women entrepreneurs beirut
Regional What turns an investor off? Mobily Ventures’ director answers No different from any other relationship, the one between an investor and an entrepreneur should also be built on mutual trust and... Reine Farhat • 23 February, 2015 mobily ventures anghami Venture Capital
Regional The evolution of crowd funding in the Arab world This is a crosspost from Firnas.org Sometimes, a lack of funding forces entrepreneurs to abandon their projects. On other... Reine Farhat • 22 February, 2015 Aflamnah Shekra Yomken
Regional 5 websites that put Arab designers on the international map Arab designers got talent, and now it’s time for the whole world to know. A few entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to bring t... Aline Mayard • 19 February, 2015 Art Design Fashion
Regional LinkedIn launches Arabic platform LinkedIn has launched an Arabic version of its social networking website that allows new users to register in Arabic and existing users to... Wamda • 18 February, 2015 Arab region LinkedIn Social Networks
Regional Disrupt!/Books!/ 2015 Amman Hivos, in collaboration with ProjectPen, is organizing a competition for startups in the book industry, entitled Disrupt!/Books!/. The... Wamda • 18 February, 2015 amman disrupt books
Regional Entrepreneur Journey Series session by Young Arab Leaders In its efforts to support entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, Young Arab Leaders YAL is organizing in collaboration with Dubai S... Wamda • 18 February, 2015 entrepreneurs Dubai
Regional It’s not a lack of funding, it’s you [Wamda TV] To entrepreneurs, raising a first round of capital is a validation of their startup’s business model. To VCs, it’s a grace... Reine Farhat • 18 February, 2015 mix n mentor dubai Funding BECO Capital
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Regional Startup AddVenture conference 2015 CCC Startups and MC Egypt are bringing the Startup AddVenture conference to Cairo on February 22nd. The conference offers a full-day... Wamda • 17 February, 2015 startups cairo
Regional Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum 2015 Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group, The Egyptian Lebanese Businessmen Friendship Association, Beirut Arab University, the Investment Development... Wamda • 13 February, 2015 forum beirut
Regional A Tale of Five Founders: What I wish I had known on day one ‘I wish I had known then what I know now’ is something that must be on the mind of every founder. Imagine if you could go back in tim... Faisal Al Khalidi • 11 February, 2015 Hatch Travelstart Middle East Duplays
Regional Crowdfunding platforms see education as key to growth A recent panel at the MENA ICT Forum included liwwa's Ahmed Moor, second from left; crowdfunding strategist Ronald Kleverlan, third... Hayden Pirkle • 11 February, 2015 eureeca zoomaal liwwa
Regional Technology as an employment enabler in the Arab region Technology investors and entrepreneurs can help reduce the impact of the expected explosion in unemployment amongst youth in the Arab... Dany Farha • 10 February, 2015 dany farha Employment BECO Capital
Regional VC Investment Workshop, Dubai Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), in partnership with Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Center (Dtec), is organizing its VC Investment... Wamda • 05 February, 2015 VC Dubai Workshops
Regional Maker Hackathon 2015 Zoomaal, the leading crowdfunding platform of the Arab World, launched Maker Hackathon, the first hardware movement born in the Arab... Wamda • 30 January, 2015 amman cairo hackathon
Regional The Arab region's freelance economy: some data By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,... Ahmed Moor • 29 January, 2015 freelance Employment nabbesh