Regional COVID-19 and startups: Is now the time to panic? Following the global recession of 2008, globalisation and development expert Ian Goldin, author of The Butterfly Defect, predicted that the... Shaimaa El Nazer • 17 March, 2020 coronavirus covid-19 entrepreneurship
Global Coronavirus: Not just a China problem This week Apple warned of a global iPhone shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak in China – where its smartphones are... Shaimaa El Nazer • 20 February, 2020 china
Global Adrian Cockcroft of Amazon Web Services on cloud tech and how corporate culture is key Last month, Wamda met with Adrian Cockcroft, VP of cloud architecture strategy at Amazon Web Services (AWS), to discuss the importance of... Rana Freifer • 22 April, 2018 AWS adrian cockcroft Cloud Computing
Global Startups, brace yourselves for these hurdles [Opinion] It’s common knowledge that startups fail at the whopping rate of 90 percent. For this reason, whatever their differences, startups... Pratik Dholakiya • 06 September, 2017 startups recruitment talents
Kuwait 4 Kuwaiti family businesses using innovation to stay ahead This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. As we enter the age of information, more businesses are now better able to understand and... Hind Al-Ghannam • 03 September, 2017 kuwait Innovation family businesses
Kuwait How do you price your product This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The price of a product can either make it popular or undesired. When pricing, there are a... Reine Farhat • 14 August, 2017 Pricing kuwait Product valuation
Kuwait How to manage and retain your best talent This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. The debate over the best practices to retain and motivate employees is a never-ending... Reine Farhat • 31 July, 2017 talents Retain talents online tools
Regional Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic] Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda... Teeb Assaf • 26 April, 2017 Wamda Research Lab WRL backoffice
Lebanon From Bitcoins to footwear, opportunity drives David El Achkar If you do a quick Google search of David El Achkar’s name, you’re likely to find the following article headlines:... Dana Ballout • 05 October, 2016 Maku Yellow bitcoins
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
Oasis500 Bootcamp Beirut Deadline to apply is August 18th. On August 25-29, 2013, Oasis500 will be hosting the Oasis500 Bootcamp in Beirut. The training bootcamp, ... Wamda • 15 July, 2013 Training Oasis500
Cairo's Startup Cup put on hold; what's next for its semifinalists? Where can you find a team of 20-year-old Space Studies graduates working on an organic waste processing plant to improve a... Jonathan Kalan • 10 July, 2013 Egypt Competitions
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
Why Saudi Arabia could be the next big e-commerce hub in the Arab world Saudi entrepreneurs have often cited the challenges to opening an e-commerce startup in the Kingdom. Many note a lack of public trust... Ahmed Gabr • 03 July, 2013 Saudi Arabia Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce
Hiring for your Startup, Lean Startup Event - Dubai, UAE One of the many challenges a startup faces is hiring the right human resources, especially those who can join locally. But today the... Wamda • 20 June, 2013 Team Programme
Startup Weekend Saida [Postponed: new date TBD.] Startup Weekend comes to Saida, Lebanon on June 28-30, 2013. SW Saida will follow the basic Startup Weekend mo... Wamda • 13 June, 2013 Startup Weekend
Angel network offers Dubai’s first speed funding event for new startups Originally inspired by the famous BBC TV show Dragons’ Den, where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas in front of famous British investors, g... Abdullah Alshalabi • 26 May, 2013 Angel Investment
The Mini Entrepreneur becomes a WamdaCard member Curious about how WamdaCard can help your startup? In this episode, the Mini Entrepreneur learns about WamdaCard's offers, applies for the... Wamda • 21 May, 2013 WamdaCard
International StartUps Meeting - Tunis, Tunisia The International Start-Ups Meeting (ISUM) is an international initiative by AIESEC Alumni to connect startup enthusiasts to allow them to ... Wamda • 21 February, 2013 Conferences
BiD Network launches ICT Challenge in Palestine The ICT market is Palestine is on the rise; in Gaza, some of the best emerging employment opportunities are in ICT, especially for... Wamda • 14 May, 2013 ict Business Development Competitions
How to Build Your Startup: Fly or Die, from the 6th StartupQ8 Building on the success of our last 5 monthly events in Kuwait, the 6th StartupQ8 took place on March 25th with the topic: “how t... Abdullah Alshalabi • 09 May, 2013 Startup Q8
The Young Entrepreneur Forum - Marrakech, Morocco You can now submit your ideas of activities for the next Young Entrepreneur Forum. Submissions should fit into the general theme: "Youth e... Wamda • 01 March, 2013 Agriculture
WamdaCard Out of Private Beta, Now Accepting Applications Fresh out of private beta, Wamda's newest program, WamdaCard, offers entrepreneurs discounts and benefits on a range of products and ... Wamda • 08 May, 2013 WamdaCard
Which Countries Have the Lowest Costs for Startups? [Infographic] Entrepreneurs in the Arab world who may be self-funding, are bootstrapping, or are just looking for an inexpensive place to start their... Ahmed Gabr • 07 May, 2013 Jordan Egypt Ecosystem