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How this French entrepreneur launched a telecom service in Tunisia

This piece is part of a new series on expat entrepreneurs.e Almost all entrepreneurs, at least for a time, share the same concern:...

Telecommunication Expatriate entrepreneurs

How to raise your kids to be entrepreneurs

Some children may not be born to be lawyers or doctors, or to get good grades in a traditional school, but they might have other skills...

Education

5 reasons you should accept a new job, even if it terrifies you

When I was applying for my last job, which was outside of my field of study or any previous experience, a colleague gave me a great piece...

Tips Advice

Dubai entrepreneur serves up affordable golfing equipment in the Gulf

“I’m an avid golfer, a scratch golfer,” says Dubai-based entrepreneur Dean Cheesley. "But I also have an entrepreneurial streak." To bring ...

Sports E-commerce

Meet the group of friends organizing a Startup Weekend roadshow in Morocco

In Morocco, Startup Weekends have been wildly popular. Eight weekends have been organized in a two year span, with over 142 ideas...

Startup Weekend

The challenges of launching a startup in Doha

Entrepreneurs are hard to come by in Qatar; small and medium-size enterprises make up only 15% of the economy and only about 2% of Qataris...

Consulting Training Ecosystem

10th Annual Conference on Innovation Based Regional Development in Riyadh

The Technopolicy Network will be hosting the 10th Annual Conference on Innovation Based Regional Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on N...

Saudi Arabia Conferences Innovation

Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code

Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first...

Coding EdTech Education

10 ways to be a lifelong learner and make it count at your job

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write; but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn,” said wri...

E-Learning Tips Mentorship

These three startups failed in Jordan and they're proud of it. Here are their 5 honest tips.

[Editor's note: "Building a culture around failure is the only way to build a healthy ecosystem," a seasoned startup veteran told me...

Failure

Lebanese entrepreneur named one of the five most powerful women in gaming

Last week, Lebanese entrepreneur Reine Abbas of Wixel Studios was named one of the five most powerful women in gaming by Inc.com. Abbas...

Mobile Gaming Gaming Women

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...

WamdaCard

The Arab Spring through the eyes of Zaid

Zaid Farekh is as Jordanian as Mansaf. Born, bred and schooled in Jordan, he's a hardworking man from a hard working family. Before he had...

Jordan Technology Fadi Ghandour

Dubai startups bond at Astrolabs' first Scaling Online Startups workshop

New platform Astrolabs isn’t just another mentorship network. Sprung from the minds of ex-Namshi founders Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, ...

Dubai Astrolabs Namshi

Startup Cup Round 2 in Egypt

Innoventures, in cooperation with MECSBE and the support of the Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP), is organizing the second Startup C...

Conferences Innovation Competitions

Saudi entrepreneur launches a microblogging platform to help users tackle their goals

The impatient bloggers of the world have tumblr and Twitter for their microblogging, but now, thanks to an entrepreneur in...

Saudi Arabia

7 French startups that are hot right now

For those entrepreneurs curious about what's going on in other ecosystems, the French startup scene has a lot to offer. Here are 7 French...

3D Sharing Economy Accelerators

A chat with HungerStation, an online delivery platform for Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

Fast food market sales in Saudi Arabia are expected to grow to $4.5 billion by 2015. Although Saudi youth are increasingly inclined to make...

Delivery Mobile

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs roundtables - Amman, Jordan

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4Women) is coming to Amman on May 24, 2013. W4Women is a series of two-hour roundtable d...

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs roundtables - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4Women) is coming to Riyadh on May 30, 2013. W4Women is a series of two-hour roundtable d...

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs roundtables - Doha, Qatar

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4Women) is coming to Doha on May, 20th. W4Women is a series of two-hour roundtable discussions organized by ...

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 ...

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...

ict Business Development Competitions

Mix N’ Mentor Amman Brings The Lean Startup Workshop, by Tech Pioneer Calvin Chin

Alongside Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Amman on May 24th, serial entrepreneur Calvin Chin will lead a Lean Startup Workshop for the event’s atten...

Training Mix n Mentor

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