Wamda

Regional

When looking for investment, you need the law on your side

At the dawn of a new year, and potentially a new era of investment in the Middle East, startups and entrepreneurs would do well to take...

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Maghreb

How 5 Maghrebi entrepreneurs met their business partners [Wamda TV]

One question often leads to another, especially when the answer is not what you expected. A couple of months ago, we asked Tunisian and...

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Egypt

The pros and cons of being a foreign founder in Egypt

UK citizen and former financial analyst Emily Renny is a cofounder of the gamified crowdfunding platform Tennra, and has lived in...

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Regional

10 things MENA entrepreneurs learned about managing cash flow in 2014

Image source: smartwealthplanner.com (link) At the end of each year, we like to take some time out to regroup and go over the year’s m...

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Maghreb

Industry focus key to a successful incubator, says Tunisian expert Leila Charfi

If there’s one person that knows the incubators/accelerators sector in Maghreb, it’s Leila Charfi. The Tunisian, who describes herself as “...

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U.A.E

Avoid UAE-specific startup challenges with these 4 tips

There is no doubt that establishing a company, especially a startup, isn’t an easy job, no matter where you are in the w...

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Regional

What do VCs look for? Skills, passion, and motivation

There’s still not much entrepreneurship activity in the MENA region, which makes it the focus of many investors and one of the best places ...

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Regional

5 predictions for ecommerce in the Arab World in 2015

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. At Payfort, we always gather our teams in January to discuss and plan for...

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Maghreb

VC, angels, or pre-sells: What’s the best funding option for Maghrebi startups? [WamdaTV]

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Global

Should entrepreneurs lie?

Cross-posted from Havard Business Review. An experienced VC fund manager I have known for years told me recently that if a person does...

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Maghreb

What makes a good team? 5 Maghrebi experts weigh in [WamdaTV]

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Regional

Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup?

Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b...

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U.A.E

What's next for Dubai's startup ecosystem? [Wamda TV]

By all accounts, the Dubai – and regional – startup ecosystems have made great strides in recent years. Alvaro Abella, Managing Partner at B...

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Regional

To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions

Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a...

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Regional

The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015

The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T...

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Regional

twofour54’s Issa Aghabi talks funding and failure [Wamda TV]

Last month, at our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai, we took the opportunity to talk to mentors about their particular areas of e...

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Global

How to make the first 30 seconds of your pitch really count

Editor's note: A few weeks ago, Rabih El Khodr from Standup Communication gave us his tips on how to pitch in under a minute. Now, he's...

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Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few?

The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic...

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Regional

Top 10 MENA entrepreneurship quotes of 2014

2014 was quite a year for Wamda. We celebrated notable investments and acquisitions, we witnessed the launch of four big VC funds, we...

Tips

Regional

Startup-corporate partnerships 1/3: the logic behind them

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Queen Rania at the opening of the MENA ICT FORUM in November. In the first of our three articles looking...

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Regional

LMTD's Will Hutson talks to Wamda about scaling service-based businesses [Wamda TV]

At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular...

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U.A.E

Dubai entrepreneurs pick VC brains with these 6 questions

Last Saturday, Wamda closed out yet another fruitful Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow. This year’s last event took place at the...

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Global

What an entrepreneurship ecosystem actually is

This article is a crosspost with Harvard Business Review Fostering entrepreneurship has become a core component of economic...

Ecosystem

Global

7 tips to get the most out of Europe and US-based events

As we said yesterday, going to a Europe or US-based tech event can be a game changer, but this is a costly investment, so once you’ve m...

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