Regional This is why MENA corporates should invest more in agriculture [Opinion] Recent reports providing data on investments in the food and beverage (F&B) sector indicate its increasing importance to the Middle... Rena Zuabi • 10 September, 2017 Agriculture oped Corporate investment
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
Tunisia What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job... Maya Rahal • 21 August, 2017 it decentralization entrepreneurship
Regional What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this... Reine Farhat • 07 August, 2017 What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg
Turkey What I know about building a living lab: Ersin Pamuksüzer Aside from R&D centers and fablabs, open spaces to test, research, and apply new technological products or services are distressingly... Maya Rahal • 01 August, 2017 Living Labs What I Know
Tunisia What I know about building a solid team: Khaled Helioui Khaled Helioui left his job as CEO of the German video game company Bigpoint last May. He had joined the company at the age of 29 years... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2017 management profitability growth
Regional A key enabler of innovation is commitment to diversity “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower,” once said late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. During periods of... Rania Abdalla • 22 June, 2017 Team Diversity Expert Advice
Global Beyond classic marketing tools: how to contract with social media influencers This article is an edited crosspost with SME Law. The classic advertising scheme is evolving, with classic advertising strategies ceding... Suhaib Hammad • 07 June, 2017 Social media influencers Marketing digital influencer marketing
Lebanon 4 lessons from a rising Lebanese VC When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad... Rida Mawla • 13 June, 2017 Phoenician Funds Circular 331 lebanon
Global 6 tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur Being a true entrepreneur is not for everyone, as it is not a simple lifestyle mode. It is a very challenging task and requires a... Mohammed Almokhem • 28 May, 2017 Expert Advice startups Success Stories
Regional Talents get hired [Video] This video is a crosspost with IFC. Figures and statistics released by the World Bank reveal that 28 percent of the Arab... Rana Freifer • 23 May, 2017 Nabbesh.com Expert's advice
Regional How to make a good digital media strategy for your business [Wamda TV] In a region where internet penetration is rapidly growing (60 percent in 2017), having a good digital strategy for your business is... Maya Rahal • 09 May, 2017 Jad Yammine content strategies content
Global Speaking is winning [Wamda TV] The American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel”. When... Lucy Knight • 25 April, 2017 public speaking
U.A.E Ola Doudin on the potential of Bitcoin in the region [WamdaTV] Bitoasis is a service that allows users in the Middle East to easily buy and sell Bitcoin. Launched in Dubai in 2014, Bitoasis is now... Maya Rahal • 18 April, 2017 BitOasis Bitcoin
Lebanon How can data science and analytics improve education? [Wamda TV] The Arab region still lags behind when it comes to mining big data for decision making, especially in the education sector. While... Maya Rahal • 11 April, 2017 data science Women in Data Science AUBWIDS
Lebanon Lebanese entrepreneurs, move out of the city Hellish rush hour is nothing new to those who live or work in Beirut. However, road traffic fatalities, which reached 1,088 in 2015,... Reine Farhat • 13 March, 2017 tripoli entrepreneurs club Shouf Entrepreneurs Neopreneur
Regional MENA social enterprises grow in spite of deep-rooted challenges and little support [Report] Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Arab world stands on a paradox: It has every reason to thrive and yet every excuse to die. This is... Dana Ballout • 14 March, 2017 social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Jordan
Global You created a store within a marketplace. Now what? [Opinion] A very common approach for brands and retailers that want to start selling online is to set up a ‘shop-in-shop’, or a branded... Yorgos Kleivokiotis • 23 February, 2017 ecommerce marketplace Souq.com
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
U.A.E What I know about approaching corporations: Jean-Michel Gauthier When Jean-Michel Gauthier talks about unemployment, he does not point to job matching technology as the only solution his company is trying... Tala El Issa • 06 February, 2017 What I Know internsME corporations
Bahrain Bahrain’s shift from oil to silicon [Opinion] Of the businesses registered in Bahrain, 80 percent are SMEs and they are basically what drive our economy. We have other large... Hamed Fakhro • 17 January, 2017 Hamed Fakhro Bahrain Advice
Global Artificial Intelligence will make our kids better learners [WamdaTV] Looking at traditional education, the system is focused on ‘teaching’ rather than ‘learning’. This is what Philipp... Maya Rahal • 18 January, 2017 Artificial intelligence MIT Media Lab Philip Schmidt
Regional How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion] Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017 talabat strategic acquirer Exit
Global What I know about pitching: Bianca Praetorius You’re on stage. It’s not your favorite place; as an engineer you’re more used to hiding in a lab or behind a computer... Rachel Williamson • 16 January, 2017 What I Know Pitching how to pitch