Regional Data Science: a field in demand [Wamda TV] From casual office discussions to blogs and coffee tables around the world, the future of jobs is a topic heavily discussed amongst all... Berthe El Aya • 07 March, 2017 data science Future of Work Women in Data Science
Lebanon Big deals announced at Arabnet Beirut At Arabnet Beirut this week Flat6labs, a regional incubator, announced that it was accepting applications for a $20 million local... Abdulghani Kataya • 24 February, 2017 Arabnet ArabNet Beirut ArabNet Beirut 2017
Tunisia Teaching tech in Tunisia On a Saturday afternoon, rather than playing video games or going out with some friends, 70 teenagers came to the Cogite coworking space to... Lilia Blaise • 26 February, 2017 GoMyCode Yahya Bouhlel Wala Kasmi
Global The secret to startup success in Africa This is an excerpt of an article crossposted from Harvard Business Review. A tale of two strategies Why do so many... Harvard Business Review • 16 February, 2017 Ghana Nigeria M-Kopa
Morocco Moroccan 'search engine for sales' Vendo raises seed round Two-year-old Moroccan ecommerce search engine Vendo.ma has raised 2.7 million dirhams (US$267,000) from a business angel based in... Lilia Blaise • 24 January, 2017 Vendo Jumia ecommerce
Saudi Arabia Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV] Mashail Balkouka, an electrical and computer engineering student at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, talks about the importance of making... Maya Rahal • 10 January, 2017 Saudi Arabia Women women in tech
Tunisia Left out: Tunisian startups demand attention Tunisian entrepreneurs think the government should pay more attention to them rather than focusing on megaprojects, after a major... Lilia Blaise • 21 December, 2016 Tunisia2020 economy startup
Regional Founders depression: The dark side of the startup hype in MENA Sitting at a startup accelerator program aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs in Jordan, Ala’a Suleiman, cofounder and CEO of... Maisa Khudair • 11 December, 2016 Founders depression mental health Jordan
U.A.E Dubai food tech startup Lunch:on raises $500K seed Lunch:on today announced the closing of a seed round of $500,000 led by Wamda Capital, with participation from Arzan VC, Dubai Angel... Natasha D'Souza • 03 November, 2016 Lunch:On Wamda Capital arzan
Global Tekuma: turning your boring walls into beautiful art galleries While art has proven to reduce stress, increase creativity and encourage expression of opinion, too often homes and offices are surrounded... Dana Ballout • 24 October, 2016 Tekuma Art Real Estate
Regional Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV] Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating... Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 October, 2016 Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media
Lebanon The secret toll of entrepreneurship Ali Chehade-Farhat’s Facebook page reads like the textbook success story every entrepreneur wants to have as their own. On one... Brooke Anderson • 14 September, 2016 depression dark side lebanon
Regional Sparks fly when girls meet tech [WamdaTV] It’s not up to young women to be interested in technology, but up to their teachers to find ways to make the subject appealing to... Rachel Williamson • 13 September, 2016 STEM junkbot Eureka Tech Academy
Palestine Summer startups: entrepreneurs nurture Gaza's next generation With school summer vacations coming to an end, August witnessed a peak in the number of events targeting children in the Gaza... Rafat Abushaban • 07 September, 2016 Gaza palestine Gaza Kidpreneur
Regional A Google for Arabic e-books To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe.... Veroniqua Khachan • 27 July, 2016 Open araby Cubic connect Arabic digital content
Kuwait Noor Al Qatami: one 2016's most powerful Arab women This is an edited crosspost from Nuwait. Kuwaiti Noor Al-Qatami was chosen as one of the 100 most powerful Arab women in... Ana Tadic • 07 July, 2016 Noor Al Qatami Saveco kuwait
Lebanon Lebanese teens invent urine-powered generator As Lebanon's environmental woes continue to escalate, with mountains of garbage rotting in the street and power cuts lasting... Maysaa Ajjan • 30 September, 2015 urinegenerator lebanon aub
Lebanon 5 ways to address Lebanon's trash crisis Lebanon's trash piles up in the streets. (Image via Al Arabiya) Trash is piling up in the streets of Beirut and across Lebanon,... Maysaa Ajjan • 28 August, 2015 waste lebanon GGRI
Lebanon Lebanese entrepreneurs work to grow new talent in Tripoli Recently, while walking up and down the stairways of heaven in one of the holiest places in Lebanon - The Qadisha Valley - I had the chance... Reine Farhat • 21 December, 2014 Tripoli lebanon Training
Moroccan student entrepreneurs face off at Enactus competition, winner heads to World Cup Young social entrepreneurs in Morocco are set to compete on the world stage this fall as the Enactus Morocco competition winner is... Aline Mayard • 23 July, 2013 Entrepreneuriat social Students Competitions
Why we need better arts education in the Arab world “If the Arab world continues to under-value arts education, it risks falling even further behind developed countries in preparing students ... Oubai Elkerdi • 09 July, 2013 Art Design Education
BiD Women in Business Challenge Award Ceremony in Amsterdam On September 12, the five finalists of the Women in Business Challenge flying from emerging markets will stand before a community of... Wamda • 10 July, 2013 Competitions Women
Startup Weekend Sulaimani Startup Weekend comes to Sulaimani, Iraq on August 29, 2013. SW Suly will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can pitch their i... Wamda • 08 July, 2013 Startup Weekend
10 tips for adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset I genuinely believe that entrepreneurship is both a science and an art. The science will fast track your success but won’t get you there. T... Bassem Fayek • 02 July, 2013 EdTech Tips Education