Wamda

Regional

10 steps corporations must take before investing in startups [Opinion]

Corporations want to innovate, but issues such as tighter R&D budgets and organizational bureaucracy can make tapping outside sources -...

corporate venture capital the cribb

U.A.E

The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion]

We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in...

Amazon Souq.com acquisition

U.A.E

Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion]

For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has...

Souq.com Amazon acquisition

Regional

Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion]

It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over...

Social Entrepreneurship Opinion

Saudi Arabia

GEM report reveals Saudi’s startup status [Opinion]

Click the 'download' button to the right to access this report. Saudi Arabia has embarked on a long-promised strategy to...

GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Regional

Late? You can kiss my money goodbye [Opinion]

I’m sitting in my office and I can hear the central AC sigh quietly reflecting my disappointment. The clock on the wall shifts from...

Punctuality fundraising company culture

Regional

How the UAE surprised Linkedin’s cofounder [Opinion]

When Linkedin’s first office in the Middle East opened it already had over six million users in the Arab world. Now it has over 100...

Startup Rising LinkedIn World Government Summit

Iraq

Building a startup launchpad in Iraq [Opinion]

Iraq’s entrepreneurship scene has a number of players helping startups, such as Fikra Space which was launched in 2014, but they...

Centre for Iraqi Entrepreneurship Opinion Science Camp

Global

Driving the Dubai-Nairobi digital highway [Opinion]

I just came back from my second trip to Kenya in the past year and it is striking, for all the significant cultural, historic, geographic...

Kenya m-pesa Twiga

Saudi Arabia

Saudi VCs: where we are, where we’re going [Opinion]

“We do not have enough venture capital investors in Saudi”, is a common theme heard from entrepreneurs across the kingdom....

Venture Capital VC Tadawul

Regional

More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion]

A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new...

Opinion Growth cities jobs

Bahrain

Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion]

Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large...

Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice

Saudi Arabia

5 things you need to know about Saudi ecommerce [Opinion]

Ecommerce revenues in Saudi Arabia are staggeringly poor compared to countries where the sector is more established. In 2016, ecommerce...

ecommerce Trends Opinion

Regional

How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion]

Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than...

talabat strategic acquirer Exit

Regional

Why should you be excited about blockchain? [Opinion]

Over the past few years, blockchain technology has moved from the fringes to something that can have real impact on all parts of our lives....

Regional

Learn before you sign: the 3 parts of a term sheet [Opinion]

This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait Perhaps the most important tool in the VC’s arsenal, especially when it comes...

Know your VC Contract liquidation

Regional

Way to grow: 4 vital skills for 2017 [Opinion]

With 2017 around the corner, it’s time to learn a new set of strategies, sharpen your skill-sets, and get ready for the challenges...

Growth hacking white hat links content marketing

Regional

Social entrepreneurship in MENA: always the bridesmaid, never the bride [Opinion]

You go up to the stage to pitch a social enterprise with the hope that tomorrow is better than today. You hit all the right spots:...

Social Entrepreneurship social impact Build Palestine

Qatar

How we can create a virtuous innovation cycle [Opinion]

Innovation is a key element of all national transformation agendas in GCC countries, with no less than Vice President and Ruler of Dubai...

3i Innovation Framework microsoft

Regional

Rebranding? 12 steps to doing the tech right [Opinion]

After closing a $3 million funding round in September our online home services marketplace Movesouq rebranded to Servicemarket. The...

ServiceMarket movesouq uae

Regional

State and entrepreneurship: will a Trump presidency change all that? [Opinion]

Right after the election of Donald Trump, the soon to become the 45th President of the United States of America, many opinions were voiced...

Government entrepreneurship Opinion

Regional

Between a rock and a hard place: the trend towards for-profit social enterprises [Opinion]

Reducing the focus of my work as a social entrepreneur to become a social intrapreneur wasn’t an easy decision. I started working...

Social Entrepreneurship social enterprise Scaling

Global

Kids aren’t born digital natives, they’re made [Opinion]

Last March, during a heated debate at the World Wide Web 2016 Conference in Montreal, a researcher yelled at an American colleague:...

Digital literacy Opinion Keeward

Regional

Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion]

This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of...

Funding Opinion Regulations

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