CIPE 2012 International Youth Essay Competition The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is hosting the CIPE 2012 International Youth Essay Competition. CIPE invites... Wamda • 28 September, 2012 Competitions
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 23-27 This week has been all about inspiration, and what it takes to foster a work environment that encourages creativity. How do you do it? Pic ... Wamda • 27 September, 2012 Airlines E-commerce Egypt
Good Ideas Are Too Valuable To Waste [Pic of the Week] Creativity is perhaps the most valuable asset a startup can have. I’m not describing that one creative idea that launches a startup or i... Glen Dalakian II • 27 September, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Meet The Winners Of Fekrety Working On Compressed Dirt Bricks [WamdaTV] A team working on Toob Al-Torba Al-Madghoot (Compressed Dirt Bricks) are the winners of Fekrety, the national business idea competition... Omar Aysha • 27 September, 2012 Competitions
Taxis Apps Flourish in Egypt: A Look at El Ogra and 2Ogra Often similar startups crop up in different countries with similar ideas, but it’s not everyday that two are launched with almost the same n... Shaimaa El Nazer • 27 September, 2012 Transportation
Pentacle's Eddie Obeng: Creating Business Education That Keeps Pace with the Modern World Is the business school model outdated? British educator and entrepreneur Eddie Obeng thinks so, and dedicated himself to developing... Knowledge @Wharton • 27 September, 2012 Education Innovation
Wamdat Inspire Talk: Henri Asseily of Telnic [Wamda TV] Henri Asseily, Chief Strategist and CTO of Telnic, discusses a critical aspect of website development at our June CoE E-Commerce event. He e... Wamda • 27 September, 2012 Advice CoE E-Commerce Conferences
Egyptian National Competitiveness Council Disappoints: Where Were the Entrepreneurs? I like to challenge my prejudices every now and then, so I decided to accept an invitation to the eighth annual conference of The Egyptian... Omar Aysha • 26 September, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem Egypt
Ever Dreamt of a Private Jet Trip? Dubai's iFlyPrivate Capitalizes on Empty Seats For all of those travelers who have fantasized about flying on a private jet, iFlyPrivate is now making private travel more... Glen Dalakian II • 26 September, 2012 Airlines
Namshi Raises $20m Round from JP Morgan, Blakeney Management Christmas is coming early this year to several of Rocket Internet's clones. The latest in a slew of investments by J.P. Morgan, Namshi, the... Nina Curley • 26 September, 2012 Rocket Internet Investment E-commerce
Can Saving a Few Dollars Make Society More Stable? Cashy.me Launches UAE Saves Week Can saving a few dollars a day build a more stable society? Nima Abu Wardeh of Cashy.me thinks so. But when she first came up with the idea... Nina Curley • 25 September, 2012 Digital Media Investment
Entrepreneur Of the Week: Tarek and Alaa Sryo From SASCO [EOTW] Entrepreneurs of the Week on Wamda today are Tarek and Alaa Sryo co-CEOs at SASCO, a family business specialized in manufacturing office... Maya Rahal • 25 September, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Endeavor
Theradolls For Children Therapy Wins At Fekrety In Egypt [WamdaTV] Mohamed Ghoneim and Amat Allah Soliman discuss their project "Theradolls" (therapy through dolls) designing dolls to help children overcome... Hanan Solayman • 25 September, 2012 Competitions
EXPOTECH Technology Week 2012 To Highlight Palestinian ICT Innovation From October 6th to 11th, the Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA) will be hosting EXPOTECH 2012 in Ramallah, Palestine to ... Wamda • 25 September, 2012 Conferences Innovation
Can Coffeehouses Boost Creativity in the Arab World? Since their inception in Istanbul in the 16th century, coffeehouses have been centers of free-wheeling and off-hand discussions, venues... Oubai Elkerdi • 25 September, 2012 Food & Beverage
The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 1 [Wamda TV] At our June event, CoE E-Commerce, Abed Agha, Founder and CEO of Vinelab, moderated a panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical ... Wamda • 25 September, 2012 Entertainment Gaming Mobile Gaming