Global

The challenge of regulating technology without stifling innovation

This week, some 700 delegates descended on Dubai as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Futures Council to discuss and generate...

Triska Hamid • 05 November, 2019

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Regional

Startup4IR by WEF and IFC

Startups4IR is a unique partnership between the World Economic Forum and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aiming to bring...

Wamda • 21 March, 2017

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Jordan

World Economic Forum searches for the best 100 Arab startups

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is on the lookout for the best 100 Arab startups as part of its Startup4IR initiative. The initiative, in...

Tala El Issa • 19 March, 2017

World Economic Forum Startup4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution

Regional

Tech adoption can enable a revolution [Infographic]

Governments and regulators must innovate, as the global adoption of technology grows and new economies take shape. This is one of the...

Lucy Knight • 17 July, 2016

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Startup news ticker: Global Shapers launches '52 weeks 52 hubs' in Rabat

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Wamda • 29 January, 2014

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The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013: how the region can build more effective economies [Report]

Qatar is the most competitive economy in the Arab region according to the the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013, which was just...

Wamda • 29 May, 2013

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Global

The future of everything: tech of 2016 [Infographic]

The technology you hear about everyday - artificially intelligent robots, self driving cars - are just the tip of science these...

Rachel Williamson • 30 June, 2016

Systems Metabolic Engineering open AI perovskite

Regional

5 leadership lessons from the trenches

When Lebanon's Hala Hanna graduated from the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leadership Fellows program in June, she was asked by her...

Hala Hanna • 07 July, 2015

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Advice for women looking to advance in the workplace [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Genny Ghanimeh, the founder of Pi Slice, a micro-credit p...

Wamda • 28 July, 2013

World Economic Forum Women

Why startups should look outside of traditional VC funding for investment [Wamda TV]

Young startups shouldn’t get stuck looking for funding only from VC’s. There’s a world of opportunity in less traditional funding sources to...

Wamda • 22 July, 2013

Venture Capital World Economic Forum Advice

A chat with the young entrepreneurs developing hardware to help the deaf hear [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we chatted with student innovators Noor Darras and Soha Tabaki from Jordan U...

Wamda • 23 July, 2013

Students World Economic Forum Hardware

How can governments better support entrepreneurs? [Wamda TV]

At the World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, Wamda chatted with Yasar Jarrar, a Young Global Leader working as a Partner at Bain ...

Nina Curley • 15 July, 2013

World Economic Forum Government Mentorship

What's dangerous about the hype in the Middle East startup ecosystem [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we chatted with Usama Fayyad, E...

Nina Curley • 09 July, 2013

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