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TEDxTanta Delivers Energy and Passion

As a Cairean I tend to think there’s little of interest in Egypt outside Cairo, and maybe Alexandria. So I was pleased to have my p...

Ecosystem Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Middle East Social Entrepreneurship Faces Challenges, but No Shortage of Volunteers

The Arab Spring brought tumult to the Middle East, but the demonstrations have also ushered in new aspects to civil life in Arab society....

Social Entrepreneurship

15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo

Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to...

Angel Investment Investment Negotiation

Creating a Culture Shift in Cairo

Fill a room with equal numbers of people from the arts, software developers, NGO volunteers, and business professionals. Now sprinkle some ...

Digital Media Ecosystem Innovation

Meet the Teams that Pitched at Cairo Culture Shift

The British Council Culture Shift event in Cairo this month brought together an interesting mix of teams and ideas: Competing ...

Digital Media Ecosystem 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

Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship from the Skoll World Forum

Last week, I attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, a real celebration of change makers, of humanity, of...

Social Entrepreneurship

Nominate a Social Entrepreneur for an Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka Arab World is looking for social entrepreneurs for its Fellowship program, who are social innovators with “System Changing Ideas” tha...

Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0

“The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg...

Angel Investment Innovation Investment

Young People in the Middle East Are Ready to Innovate

Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad is one of the Middle East's biggest cheerleaders for the creation of a vibrant startup culture. As...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Changing the World Isn't Easy: Advice for Social Entrepreneurs

Inclusive capitalism, disruptive innovations, triple bottom line, scalability… My head is abuzz with catchy expressions after spending the p...

Social Entrepreneurship

Global

The invisible heroes: who are your mentors?

This post has been upgraded from Wamda's community page During a recent interview I was confronted with two comments; “you must be proud o...

entreprenership Mentor Leadership

Dubai+Acumen Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition Finale

On November 23rd, ten aspiring social entrepreneurs will compete to win prizes worth over AED 150,000 at the Grand Finale of the Acumen f...

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

Upcycling Saudi women out of poverty: A look at Trochet [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] During Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Diana Rayyan, the founder of Ateeq, a social entrepreneurship startup that ear...

Social Entrepreneurship

How student entrepreneurs are transforming Morocco's economy

The May, before Enactus Morocco hosted its 10th annual entrepreneurship competition for students, we caught up with Touria Benlafqih, the...

Students Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

MedESS 2013 Conference

This year, spring will be about involvement in solidarity! That’s at least what MedESS 2013 is proposing. During 3 days, participants will b...

Conferences Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Why Startups Should Support Sustainability: MixnMentor Dubai Panel Part 7 [Wamda TV]

Following the 6th segment of Wamda's MixnMentor Dubai Event, in which Muhammed Mekki discussed Namshi's approach to analytics, angel...

Advice Fadi Ghandour Mix n Mentor

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 28 - November 01

In all of our coverage of success stories, you will find that building and maintaining strong connections can quickly change the life of...

CoE Cards Infographic Mix n Mentor

Acumen Global Fellows Program Is Accepting Applications

The Acumen Fund is collecting applications for their Global Fellows Program until November 16, 2012 for the Program Class of...

Mentorship Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship

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

The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship for the Arab World: Rama Chakaki and Roland Daher [Wamda TV]

Rama Chakaki of Baraka Ventures and Zeedna and Roland Daher, Head of Business Development at Wamda, discuss their impressions of the NYU...

Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

My Pillow: A Donor-Matching Platform for the Arab World [Wamda TV]

[Arabic]. Young Palestinian entrepreneur Bayan Bibi, who lives in Lebanon, speaks about the idea she pitched during Startup Weekend Amman,...

Social Entrepreneurship Startup Weekend

Building the Wikipedia of Volunteerism in Arabia at Nakhweh [Wamda TV]

Kamel al Asmar, founder of non-profit venture Nakhweh, discusses how the startup works to connect youth in Jordan to volunteer...

Social Entrepreneurship Jordan

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