Social Enterprise Week Draws a Crowd, Sets Goals for the Middle East

At the Capital Club in Dubai Monday night, a group of inspiring entrepreneurs launched the first Social Enterprise Week in the Middle East,...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 27 February, 2013

CSR Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced

Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to...

Glen Dalakian II • 24 February, 2013

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change

NYUAD Hackathon Winners Debut Startups for Social Good

Yesterday, Social Enterprise Week in Dubai kicked off with a pre-launch event at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) campus, as part of...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 25 February, 2013

Competitions Conferences Social Change

Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi

For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c...

Adam Valen Levinson • 26 February, 2013

Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Social Enterprise Week Kicks Off in Dubai Sunday - Register Now!

Social entrepreneurship is one of the most exciting spaces to watch in the Middle East today, as several local pioneers are launching...

Nina Curley • 20 February, 2013

Green Energy Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Bedriye Hulya of Turkey Named Social Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneurship in Turkey is being celebrated on the global stage once again, as the World Economic Forum’s Schwab F...

Gulay Ozkan • 20 February, 2013

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Innovations Against Poverty Launch Event

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will be hosting a launch event for Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) in...

Wamda • 19 February, 2013

Business Development CSR Social Entrepreneurship

Think Science Competition Encourages UAE Youth to Pursue a Science Major

The Emirates Foundation for Youth Development is gearing up to launch the Think Science Competition for three days, starting April...

Ahmed Gabr • 06 March, 2013

Competitions Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Hult Prize Final Award Ceremony

As the last part of a series of events during Social Enterprise Week, the Award Ceremony of the Dubai Regional Final of the Hult Prize h...

Wamda • 07 February, 2013

Competitions Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

Ethical Food Enterprise Panel, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this session features social entrepreneurs who launched food enterprises discussing...

Wamda • 07 February, 2013

Conferences Environment Food & Beverage

From Small Steps to Big Change Panel & Film, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this panel features entrepreneurs engaged in diverse sectors such as child safety, f...

Wamda • 07 February, 2013

Conferences Environment Social Entrepreneurship

Intel Ideathon Camp Helps College Students Innovate Egypt's Future

In partnership with the Egyptian Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Intel launched its first Ideathon Camp in Egypt this...

Ahmed Gabr • 04 March, 2013

Innovation Mentorship Social Entrepreneurship

Reviving Egyptian Waqf to Catalyze Social Change

Change starts when citizens start asking questions to solve local issues, and themselves try to find new alternatives to traditional work...

Rola Tarek • 24 March, 2013

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Empowering the Social Enterprise Community, Opening Night

Social Enterprise Week’s inaugural evening event will take place on February 25, 2013 at The Capital Club, DIFC in Dubai. The event will b...

Wamda • 07 February, 2013

Conferences Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Green Enterprise Panel, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this interactive session will bring together  ‘ecopreneurs’ who have created inno...

Wamda • 07 February, 2013

Conferences Environment Social Entrepreneurship

Global

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility, by Fadi Ghandour

It is a matter of fact that chronic poverty and unemployment have long been the twin hallmarks of most Arab economies. While poverty...

Fadi Ghandour • 21 January, 2013

Social Change Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17

This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional...

Wamda • 17 January, 2013

Accelerators Advice E-commerce

Jordan’s Nakhweh Relaunches as a Regional Hub for Social Ventures

Nakhweh has long been one of Jordan’s darlings in the social entrepreneurship space, a scrappy NGO trying to make volunteerism popular (or a...

Nina Curley • 14 January, 2013

Ecosystem Scaling Social Change

How 3 Women Entrepreneurs are Creating Opportunities in Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan

We often hear that it's difficult for women entrepreneurs to found companies- they face social stigma as founders, or they have difficulty...

Hanan Solayman • 22 January, 2013

Egypt Social Entrepreneurship Women

Egypt's Revolutionaries Take to the Streets, To Improve Neighborhoods

“Change starts in the streets," was a slogan coined during the Egyptian revolution, as demonstrators took pride in cleaning the streets i...

Hanan Solayman • 16 January, 2013

Egypt Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

320 Reality Contest Application Deadline

320Reality is a contest that encourages social entrepreneurs to share and implement their ideas to address defined challenges in the Middle...

Wamda • 07 December, 2012

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

KnowElectricity Teaches Pakistan About Energy Efficiency: Can It Become a Sustainable Business?

Scores of Pakistanis are curious about the potential for solar and wind energy to cut costs in a country where continuous power is at a...

Jazib Zahir • 12 December, 2012

Digital Media Environment Green Energy

15 Startups Doing Social Good in the Arab World

Across the Arab world, social enterprise is gaining traction as new entrepreneurs seek to not just innovate or make money, but to do social...

Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 December, 2012

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship Top Lists

Social Responsibility is about You [Pic of the Week]

Entrepreneurship is not about the money. Yes, making money is important and a strong incentive for innovation, but there are a lot of...

Glen Dalakian II • 13 December, 2012

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