Coca-Cola Offers Summer Entrepreneurship Education Program to MENA Students Less than two weeks are left to apply for the Coca-Cola Scholarship Program 2012. The program is offering Algerian, Egyptian, Jordanian... Wamda • 18 March, 2012 Competitions
10 Tips for Success in Entrepreneurship from Ken Morse of MIT At the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Competition Workshop session, Kenneth P. Morse, Senior Lecturer and Managing Director of the MIT... Wamda • 18 March, 2012
Global Company Valuation: Is There a Formula? Today at the 5th Annual MIT Enterprise Forum Entrepreneurship Workshop, Professor Tarek Kattaneh of the Olayan Business School at AUB... Nina Curley • 18 March, 2012 Investment
Watch the MIT Enterprise Forum Workshop Livestream Watch the Livestream from the 5th Annual MIT Enterprise Forum Entrepreneurship Workshop: Writing a Business Plan and Winning the... Wamda • 18 March, 2012 Competitions MIT
Saletab Brings the iPad 3 to the MENA Region In case you've been living under a rock when it comes to technology, the iPad 3 is out today. What's new? It's gone HD with the display, ... Wamda • 16 March, 2012 E-commerce
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... Said Hamideh • 15 March, 2012 Education
Want to Rent out That Spare Room? The Growing Popularity of 'Collaborative Consumption' The founders of Internet startup Airbnb were accustomed to rejection. Joe Gebbia, Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk peddled to venture... Knowledge @Wharton • 15 March, 2012 Coworking Spaces
Ernst & Young Announces Randa Ayoubi as Jordan Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Ernst & Young has announced the winners of its Jordan Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Award: Randa Ayoubi of Jordan-based digital content... Wamda • 14 March, 2012 Competitions
8 Hot New Trends at Arabnet Digital Summit 2012 "It's not a conference. It's a festival," Arabnet founder Omar Christidis corrected me when we discussed the Arabnet Digital Summit 2012.... Nina Curley • 14 March, 2012 Conferences Arabnet
Looking for an Affordable Place to Go Out in Cairo? No5rog Has Answers Two months ago, young Egyptian entrepreneur Kirolos Alfy pitched online entertainment guide No5rog at Startup Weekend Cairo, and... Maya Rahal • 14 March, 2012 Mobile Apps
4 Ways to Innovate in Online Travel in the Middle East The regional behemoth airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, continue to inspire us with their global dominance. Yet despite... Mo Ali Yusuf • 13 March, 2012 Innovation Mobile Travel
Kiva, Silatech Join to Boost Loans to Young Arab Entrepreneurs As The Next Web reported, crowdsourced microfinance platform Kiva has announced a partnership with Silatech, to support entrepreneurs... Nina Curley • 12 March, 2012 Investment
Negotiate Your Startup’s Success, Part One: Talking to Investors Last week, a friend of mine was meeting with a potential investor for a new venture he was kicking off. He called me to discuss and seek... Nadim Haddad • 12 March, 2012 Investment
N2V Launches LifeLine, a Flexible Media Visualization Platform N2V has launched Lifeline, a new platform designed to showcase customized sets of media in a chronological format. Those who head to the ... Nina Curley • 11 March, 2012 Innovation N2V
Arabic Speech Now Recognized by Google Developers throughout the Arab World should be excited- Google's quiet rollout of Arabic voice recognition continues to create new... Nina Curley • 11 March, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps
Top 5 Trends from Mobile World Congress 2012 Every year in February, the brightest minds of the wireless industry meet in Barcelona to take part in the Mobile World Congress. This year... Wirelessly Yours • 11 March, 2012 Mobile
Jordan's Travel Sheikh Turns Offline Agency into an Online Opportunity The newest flight and hotel booking on the block, Travel Sheikh, is set to lead the travel e-commerce space. Not just because it's the... Nina Curley • 08 March, 2012 E-commerce
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... Wamda • 08 March, 2012 Education
Power Pioneers: How One Firm Became a Leader in the Gulf's Energy Sector GDF Suez came to the Gulf region in the 1970s, as countries such as Oman were celebrating newfound independence. In time, it has become the... Knowledge @Wharton • 08 March, 2012
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... Nina Curley • 07 March, 2012 Education Gaming Mobile
Diabetes Prevention App for Qatar Wins Vodafone Appathon at QITCOM Over the past 48 hours, 13 teams hustled to build working mobile apps during the Appathon hosted by Vodafone Qatar and supported by... Nina Curley • 07 March, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps
How an Advisory Board Adds Value to Your Business What is an advisory board? Ideally, it’s a collection of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills to the table that complement the ... Elie Habib • 07 March, 2012 Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurship Outperforms Innovation Innovative ideas can make a splash, but entrepreneurs are more likely to create value, change the world, and make profits. Pro or... Daniel Isenberg • 07 March, 2012 Innovation
10 Semifinalists Pitch at QITCOM's Innovation Theatre Today, in the Innovation Theatre at QITCOM, Qatar's IT-focused conference, 10 nervous entrepreneurs pitched ideas to a panel of judges,... Nina Curley • 06 March, 2012 Competitions Innovation