Saudi Arabia A day in the life of a top Saudi businesswoman Speaking with Yasmin Altwaijri is a breath of fresh air. The vibe and the enthusiasm took me back to Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor... Reine Farhat • 16 November, 2014 Saudi Arabia Health Women
Egypt Startups are filling gaps left by Egypt's banking behemoths Mohamed Sameh Fouad, MENA and Pakistan sales director of banking SunGard Financial Systems, Abeer Khadr, National Bank of... Rachel Williamson • 16 November, 2014 mobile finance bank tech finance
Regional Investing in MENA’s entrepreneurs: What is really needed? This article has been crossposted with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. The Middle East and North Africa is in dire need... Jamil Wyne • 13 November, 2014
Regional Sudan and Iraq poised to win Collaborative Spaces Challenge There’s nothing like a healthy competition to get people clicking. Hivos’s Mideast Creatives program and Zoomaal know something about thi... Aline Mayard • 13 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives Hivos zoomaal
U.A.E 4 innovation game changers from AtlanticLIVE's Abu Dhabi summit AtlanticLIVE, the events arm of Atlantic Media, was convinced in Abu Dhabi being the host of their first international... Pamela Kesrouani • 13 November, 2014 AtlanticLIVE TheAtlantic abu dhabi
U.A.E Personal finance app Wally launches on Android, aimed squarely at UAE A year after its initial launch at Arabnet Beirut, personal finance application Wally is now rolling out Wally+, a... Abdulghani Kataya • 12 November, 2014 wally finance Mobile
Jordan Turkey's Yemeksepeti acquires a majority stake in Jordan's ifood.jo Yemeksepeti, a leading Turkish food ordering site based in Istanbul, has announced its acquisition of majority shares in the Jordanian... Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2014 ifood.jo Acquisitions Jordan
Egypt Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: how to close down a business in Egypt During the excitement of setting up a company, usually the last thing on an entrepreneur's mind is shutting it down. But for many... Rachel Williamson • 12 November, 2014 levari law Levari law
Regional Web Summit: worth the trip to Dublin for Arab startups? Photo Credit: The Web Summit And it’s a wrap! The Web Summit, the biggest event dedicated to startups in Europe, Africa, and the M... Aline Mayard • 11 November, 2014 event Europe Web Summit
Regional New Diwanee site seeks to feed growing interest in MENA celebrity news When Paris-based digital publishing company Webedia acquired a majority stake in Diwanee in March, the Dubai-based Arabic content... Lucy Knight • 11 November, 2014
Regional The Middle East has the highest unemployment rate in the world, what can be done? David Silverman via Gerry Images. This article is a cross post with The Huffington Post. The biggest threat from and to the Middle East... Rabea Ataya • 11 November, 2014 Huffington Post Employment
Regional Next crop of MENA teen entrepreneurs cite Apple, extracurricular activities as key to their ambition Egypt's Aly Mohamed pictured at a European Union-sponsored contest for young scientists. The old guard had better beware: these... John Owens • 10 November, 2014
Regional How to develop competitive strategy The Wamda Research Lab’s new report on investment activity in the MENA region highlights several alarming data points. The finding that i... Ahmed Moor • 09 November, 2014 strategy
Regional 6 regional VCs agree: To support the ecosystem, focus on making it profitable This is the second of a series of interviews with top investors from the MENA region, in an attempt to shed light on funding opportunities... Maya Rahal • 06 November, 2014 Q&A WRL Wamda Research Lab
Maghreb Tunisian startups get a crash course in storytelling at Hivos event In October, 12 teams of one to three Tunisians, under 35, were invited to Tunis’ coworking space Cogite to compete during D... Wiem Melki • 05 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives tunisia Cogite
Palestine Gaza's accelerator turns to crowdfunding to keep its doors open Update: Mercy Corps has extended its crowd funding campaign for Gaza Sky Geeks by an extra 30 days and it will now run until January 8 ... Lucy Knight • 05 November, 2014 gaza sky geeks Gaza accelerator
