Global How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast] Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined... Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace
Global When less is more: The 10% entrepreneur [Podcast] We’ve all met those entrepreneurs who brag about dropping everything just to follow their dream and start their own business. You... Tala El Issa • 13 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entrepreneurship job
Morocco Dare Inc. a social incubator on the rise in Morocco According to a study by the British Council and the Moroccan CISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship), the... Yassine Bakir • 30 July, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship startups incubation
Regional Hiro Tamura of European fund Atomico analyzes tech ecosystems [Podcast] During an event for Wamda Capital’s investors and partners earlier this year, Hiro Tamura gave a presentation on global emerging... Maya Rahal • 24 July, 2017 Hiro Tamura Wamda Capital podcast
Tunisia How Tunisia could be the next hub for justice entrepreneurs What if Tunisia was a better place to live in with more justice startups? The question was asked by Hiil, a Netherlands-based nonprofit... Maya Rahal • 02 July, 2017 justice Innovation droit
Regional Alfanar brings venture philanthropy to the Middle East Alfanar is an Arab venture philanthropy that seeks to empower social entrepreneurs that are making a difference in the region. This... Staff writer • 28 June, 2017 philanthropy Social Entrepreneurship VC
Regional How mobile and digital transform the shared Ramadan experience Technology and digital communication are impacting people’s interactions and activities during Ramadan. Freemium mobile apps like... Elias Jabbe • 21 June, 2017 Ramadan YouTube snapchat
Lebanon Is 3D printing the future of prototyping? [Wamda TV] Doumit Raidy, of the Raidy Printing Group, and Guillame Credoz, of Ghouyoum, are two innovators building their businesses on new 3D... Maya Rahal • 20 June, 2017 3d printing ArabNet Beirut 2017 Innovation
Morocco Reinventing Whatsapp for sailors in Morocco For Soremar Group, the Moroccan company specialized in maritime radio since the 1980s, improving communications and expanding their... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2017 boats seafarers Technology
Tunisia How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,... Aline Mayard • 17 May, 2017 startup Mode Fashion
Tunisia Two thirds of women-led startups fail in Tunisia, report Only a third of startups founded by women in Tunisia will survive compared to over two-thirds of those by men, a new study shows. The... Lilia Blaise • 26 March, 2017 Tunisie régions entrepreneurs
Iraq Building a startup launchpad in Iraq [Opinion] Iraq’s entrepreneurship scene has a number of players helping startups, such as Fikra Space which was launched in 2014, but they... Aziz Alnassiri • 09 March, 2017 Centre for Iraqi Entrepreneurship Opinion Science Camp
United States 3D printed hope: new limbs for Syrian refugees When Ibrahim Mohammad started selling juice in the streets of Lebanon at the age 12 to support his family, he made $0.5 a day. Back then,... Mai Ali • 26 February, 2017 hult prize Ibrahim Mohammad Omar Soufan
Tunisia Teaching tech in Tunisia On a Saturday afternoon, rather than playing video games or going out with some friends, 70 teenagers came to the Cogite coworking space to... Lilia Blaise • 26 February, 2017 GoMyCode Yahya Bouhlel Wala Kasmi
Tunisia Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable... Lilia Blaise • 15 February, 2017 Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias
Regional More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion] A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new... Faaris Naqvi • 01 February, 2017 Opinion Growth cities jobs
Iraq To dream the impossible dream: an Erbil incubator When Mashal Sadiq arrived in Erbil after completing her undergraduate studies in the UK she was just looking for a little break from the... Lucy Knight • 14 December, 2016 Incubator myedream iraq
Global 8 things successful entrepreneurs do to cope with stress During our recent Mix N’ Mentor in Beirut, Wamda’s CEO Habib Haddad asked mentors and entrepreneurs how they relieve the... Reine Farhat • 13 October, 2014 Tips
Global Do you really need to write a business plan? [poll results] “‘He who fails to plan is planning to fail,’” said Omar Sati, the Managing Director at DASH... Reine Farhat • 15 August, 2013 Poll Results business plan Venture Capital
Why we need better arts education in the Arab world “If the Arab world continues to under-value arts education, it risks falling even further behind developed countries in preparing students ... Oubai Elkerdi • 09 July, 2013 Art Design Education
Wamda launches in French! Wamda has been bilingual, in Arabic and English, from the very beginning, but this weekend we crossed a threshold that we’ve been... Wamda • 08 July, 2013 Wamda News
Arab Entrepreneurs Spread the 'Power of Yalla' This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog on June 25, 2013. In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe... Habib Haddad • 01 July, 2013 Lean Methodology ShopGo Sustainability
AIGA Middle East launch event in Beirut On June 25, 2013, AIGA Middle East will be launching their second international chapter in Beirut, hosting a mixer during Beirut Design... Wamda • 11 June, 2013 Networking Design
Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 Finals in Abu Dhabi The Intel Business Challenge Middle East and North Africa 2013 is the gateway to the Intel Global Challenge, bringing together the best e... Wamda • 11 June, 2013 Competitions