CoE E-Commerce Unites MENA with Global Debut of Google Hangouts On Air During day 2 of CoE E-commerce, Wamda leaped over geographical borders, carrying interested crowds from Beirut, Cairo and Dubai, who could... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce COE
Debates and Mentorship at Day One of CoE E-Commerce Who says a conference has to be an endurance test that makes you crave a coffee break? At Day 1 of CoE E-Commerce, as the Mentors Lunch and... Nina Curley • 03 June, 2012 CoE E-Commerce E-commerce COE
TEDxTanta Delivers Energy and Passion As a Cairean I tend to think there’s little of interest in Egypt outside Cairo, and maybe Alexandria. So I was pleased to have my p... Omar Aysha • 24 May, 2012 Ecosystem Innovation Social Entrepreneurship
Tomorrow is about Innovation & Scale [Pic of the Week] Often when building a company, we're so heads down just trying to get day-to-day operations running properly that we forget to look up and... Wamda • 31 May, 2012 CoE Cards CoE E-Commerce Pic of the Week
The Final Showdown at AUC's Product Innovation TV Show The Hit Hundreds of rowdy AUC undergrads cheered on as the MC presented the teams. There was cheering, a buzzing atmosphere, and plenty of... Omar Aysha • 17 May, 2012 Education Startup Communities Competitions
Creating a Culture Shift in Cairo Fill a room with equal numbers of people from the arts, software developers, NGO volunteers, and business professionals. Now sprinkle some ... Omar Aysha • 13 May, 2012 Digital Media Ecosystem Innovation
Define What You Want in Life [Pic of the Week] Defining what you want in life and specifying your dreams might just make it easier for you to manifest them. Not because new age gurus say... Nina Curley • 14 May, 2012 CoE Cards
You Think Like An Entrepreneur If... [Pic of the Week] While entrepreneurship is the science of forming and growing a business, the mindset associated with it has come to signify much more, a... Wamda • 07 May, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Why Toolkits Are Essential for Innovation and Education So how do you fit a cube-shaped canister into a cylindrical hole using only Moon rock plastic bags, cardboard, suit hoses, and... Oubai Elkerdi • 02 May, 2012 Education Innovation
MAKE Ignition The MAKE business HUB space in Dubai is launching MAKE ignition, on monday may 7th, from 7pm to 9pm, a dynamic and engaging platform for... Wamda • 03 May, 2012 Ecosystem
Beware of Praise [Pic of the Week] Fadi Ghandour said it. Arif Naqvi said it. A previous entrepreneur turned VC and blogger told his story. And maybe Chuck D said it best:... Wamda • 24 April, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
How Did You Build Your Team? [Pic of the Week] You've heard it many times- a one-man show is not the most effective route in entrepreneurship. We've seen investors get wary of a team of... Wamda • 18 April, 2012 CoE Cards Team Pic of the Week
We Are Just Scratching the Surface of Our Opportunity In many ways, the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Middle East is very nascent. When it comes to existing models of what an ecosystem... Wamda • 09 April, 2012 CoE Cards
Last Chance to Submit to eClub's Photo Competition eClub, an nonprofit launched in connection with the American University of Beirut (AUB) to raise awareness about entrepreneurship, has... Nina Curley • 09 April, 2012 Competitions
Young People in the Middle East Are Ready to Innovate Lebanese entrepreneur Habib Haddad is one of the Middle East's biggest cheerleaders for the creation of a vibrant startup culture. As... Knowledge @Wharton • 05 April, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship Wharton
Interested in Tracking Your Daily Health? Quantified Self Comes to Beirut I woke up this morning at 7:30 AM after going to sleep at 1:20 AM. I woke up twice during the night. My heart rate was 56 BPM, my weight 65... Hind Hobeika • 06 March, 2012 Health
MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Announces Top 50 Teams The MIT Entreprise Forum announced the Top 50 Semifinalists in its Arab Business Plan Competition yesterday. In the competition, conducted ... Nina Curley • 15 February, 2012 Ranking MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
Jordan Marketing with Animation: Yebab.com and Kharabeesh Launch Emirati Wedding Cartoon Series Startups looking to launch a viral video campaign can now look to the example of Emirati weddings directory Yebab.com, which recently... Maya Rahal • 14 February, 2012 Wedding Industry
How a Self-Taught Young Iraqi Developer Hit #1 in Saudi Arabia When young Iraqi developer Ammar al Issa first started building iPhone applications for kids in his free time, he didn't expect... Maya Rahal • 30 January, 2012 Mobile Apps
Behind the Anti-Conference: A Case Study of the Celebration of Entrepreneurship 2010 Curious what went into creating one of the biggest, most unconventional entrepreneurship events the region has seen? Abraaj has released a ... Wamda • 22 January, 2012
Announcing the new Wamda: A 360 degree approach to supporting entrepreneurship in MENA In November 2010, the region witnessed the Celebration of Entrepreneurship (CoE), one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship events to... Wamda • 19 January, 2012
Announcing the Wamda Best MENA Startups of 2011 The results of the Wamda Best MENA Startups of 2011 are in! After we nominated several startups in 7 categories, startups nominated by our... Wamda • 09 January, 2012
How Can Conferences Help the Arab World? This past weekend I attended the Arab Development Initiative’s (ADI) Envision Arabia Summit in Montreal, Canada. The Envision Arabia Summit ... Nafez Dakkak • 17 October, 2011
Wamda Holiday Guide: Check Out the Top 35 Gadgets for 2011 The holiday season is coming in a few weeks, and as usual this means it's time to indulge yourself and your loved ones with gifts. Whether... Souhail Khoury • 08 December, 2011