U.A.E Things to consider when setting up a legal entity in the UAE Michael Kortbawi is a partner and Taronish Mistry is a paralegal at law firm BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP The early stages... Thought Leadership • 22 March, 2021 legal advice
Regional How Covid-19 unlocked the adoption of e-commerce in the Mena region Wamda, in partnership with MIT Legatum Entrepreneurship Center, will be hosting an online panel to launch a report on ‘How... Wamda • 11 March, 2021
Global The basics of IP: Patents and utility models Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2021 Patents
U.A.E How can we stay productive in a hybrid world? Mohammed Arif is the business group director of modern workplace and security at Microsoft UAE As the pandemic has spread around the... Thought Leadership • 25 January, 2021 Workflow microsoft
Qatar What impact will the restoration of relations with Qatar have on its startups? The almost four-year blockade of Qatar was lifted last week at the GCC Summit. Now that Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have... Thought Leadership • 12 January, 2021 qatar
Regional How will life change after the vaccine? When the pandemic first began to take hold, the development of a vaccination against the coronavirus wasn’t just a way to prevent its... Wamda • 24 December, 2020 Dubai Future Foundation
Global The importance of a mobile friendly website design Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena, Turkey, and South Africa at GoDaddy With more than182... Thought Leadership • 28 October, 2020 how to
Global How to communicate when crisis hits Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Covid-19 exposed a truth communications practitioners have long known: no... Thought Leadership • 20 October, 2020 PR PR strategy
Regional #askwamda #askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and... Wamda • 26 October, 2020
Regional Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020 digital transformation
Regional In a world of remote work, will control replace culture? Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company... Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020 company culture remote work
Regional Edtech and its roadmap to new realities Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to... Wamda • 25 June, 2020
Global What is the future of human resources? By Somaya El Sherbini, co-founder and managing partner at RightFoot With global economies facing challenges for the remainder of 2020,... Thought Leadership • 25 June, 2020 human resources HR recruitment
Regional [Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the... Wamda • 13 May, 2020
Regional Blitzscaling and the COVID-19 crisis Theory, a JV with MENA media giant StarzPlay, and its partner network Nat Geo and Discovery, and Harvard affiliates that... Wamda • 11 May, 2020
Global Managing Covid-19: Recessions, the runways for innovation? On 23 April, Wamda hosted its second webinar titled 'Navigating COVID-19: Recessions, the runways for innovation?,’ featuring... Wamda • 30 April, 2020 wamda webinar
Regional Facebook's advice for businesses in Ramadan The impact of social distancing as a result of the Covid-19 crisis has been felt across industries and sectors, with technology and social... Thought Leadership • 23 April, 2020 Ramadan Social Media Facebook
Regional Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent Wamda is hosting an online webinar, 'Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent' on Wednesday, April 15th, at 4:00 PM... Wamda • 12 April, 2020
Global Balancing short-term survival with long-term stability Scott Cairns is the managing director at Creation Business Consultants, a structuring and advisory services firm based in the... Thought Leadership • 12 April, 2020 coronavirus covid-19 Business planning
Regional Remote working: How founders can maintain team productivity Several governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have imposed self-quarantine and restriction of movement measures,... Wamda • 31 March, 2020 remote work remote working Motivation
Global Security: Is it time for startups to grow up? Alexander Moiseev is the chief business officer at security firm, Kaspersky Leading entrepreneurship magazines are filled with... Thought Leadership • 16 January, 2020 cyber security cybersecurity
Global Mental health and entrepreneurship - how much do entrepreneurs struggle? Reem Shaheen is the founder of BE Psychology Centre in Dubai and is a US-trained counseling psychologist Recent research... Thought Leadership • 04 November, 2019 mental health entrepreneurs entrepreneurship
Regional Just 7% of Middle East companies are tapping into $575 billion market By Xavier Anglada, managing director and Accenture Digital lead in the Middle East In today’s business landscape, innovation is... Thought Leadership • 14 October, 2019 Data Innovation
Regional How do you create a good company culture? Dawn Metcalfe is a workplace culture advisor and managing director at PDSi MEA. She is also the author of Managing the Matrix and The... Thought Leadership • 26 September, 2019 culture company culture Leadership