Wamda

Why Toolkits Are Essential for Innovation and Education

So how do you fit a cube-shaped canister into a cylindrical hole using only Moon rock plastic bags, cardboard, suit hoses, and...

Education Innovation

Shaping the Entrepreneurial Future of Egypt

The 2012 AUC Research Conference, held this past week at the university's New Cairo campus, was an exercise in uniting Egypt's...

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Building a Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia: Acadox

During our undergraduate studies in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) we, Mohammad Al-Hareeqi, and Nedal Mourad, and...

MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Accelerators MIT

Acadox: An Arabic Learning Management Platform for University Students [Wamda TV]

At the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition Workshop in Abu Dhabi, Mustafa Nabulsi of KAUST-incubated startup Acadox, a ...

Competitions Education MIT

Nafham: A Learning Management Platform to Enhance Education in Egypt

At Cairo tech-focused accelerator Flat6Labs, four entrepreneurs, including Ahmad El Alfi, the head of parent fund Sawari Ventures,...

Education

Design Thinking to Disrupt Lebanese NGOs

Desmeem’s “D-Factor” Day witnessed scores of Lebanese designers of all stripes trying out at the Babel Theater stage this past weekend for a...

Education

Online Education Viewed Positively in the Middle East [Infographic]

Bayt.com's newest infographic examines perceptions in the Middle East about online education, both from job seekers and employers. The...

Education

Prayer, Media, and Gaming Apps Win at the Innovation Theatre Competition at QITCOM

After 10 teams pitched their ideas yesterday at the Innovation Theatre, in a competition hosted by Potential at QITCOM, the 5 team that...

Education Gaming Mobile

Arabic e-Learning Portal Nibras.com Launches, Offering Online Business Education

E-Learning portal Nibras.com launched in beta today, bringing online education to the Arab World with a series of short, accessible...

Education

Why Entrepreneurship in the Arab World Depends on Education

Entrepreneurship is not a luxury today, speakers seemed to say at the 6th Annual Global Competitiveness Forum last week. As global policy...

Education

U.A.E

Angel Rising 2016: Investor Education Symposium

In order for a startup ecosystem to flourish, the investor base needs to mature and evolve in lock step with the entrepreneur base. Angel...

Angel rising lecture 2016

Lebanon

Eduvation Summit in Cairo

Egypt occupies an unfavourable position in international rankings for education and technology at a time where economic growth through...

Eduvation Speakers tech

Can Microsoft help scale R&D in the Middle East? [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Charbel Fakhoury, VP of Sales, Marketing, and Services at M...

R&D Technology Ecosystem

How IPAL in Gaza is trying to improve childhood education through gaming [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] In order to help fill the education gap in some parts of the Arab world, three young entrepreneurs from Gaza, Mohammed Youssef,...

Education Gaming

Meet Palestine's pioneering female coder, who just won in an international gaming competition

Rasha Hussein is one of the Arab world's women entrepreneurs to watch. The first time I met her, she was leading a room full of tech geeks...

Coding Augmented Reality EdTech

edUchange Initiative Conference

The edUchange Conference is taking place in Beirut on April 28, 2013, offering a space for exchanging ideas about reforming education in...

Conferences Education

Open Borders, Private Sector Investment, and Women Entrepreneurs Can Tackle Unemployment in the Arab World

On November 13th, leaders at the World Economic Forum in Dubai came together to discuss what can be done in the Arab world to increase...

Advice E-commerce Ecosystem

Why MENA Needs Startup Weekend: A Look at SW Sharjah

The Startup Weekend bug continues to expand throughout the UAE. With two events in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah Startup Weekend this...

Ecosystem Education Startup Communities

What the Samurai Can Teach the Startup

What can the Samurai teach us about successful business? Over a dozen enterprising people attended The District recently to find out,...

Education Gaming Programme

Ana Academy: Turning Talent Into Entrepreneurship [Wamda TV]

At Ebda2, the startup competition organized by Google in Cairo, Yasri al Zahhar from Ana Academy explains how the platform allows anyone...

Education

Creating a Culture of Hacking for Social Good in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Sana Odeh of Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science at New York University and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi,...

Education Social Entrepreneurship

AUC Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The AUC conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt kicks off today, at the AUC New Campus, jointly held by ...

Conferences Education Innovation

Thought Leadership

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