What can the Bank of Palestine do to better support startups? [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in the Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we tried to... Nina Curley • 11 July, 2013 Banks Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Ecosystem
Entrepreneur of the Week: Fadi Daou of MultiLane [Wamda TV] Entrepreneur of the Week Fadi Daou, the founder and CEO of MultiLane SAL, discusses how he built his high-tech company in Lebanon after a... Glen Dalakian II • 19 February, 2013 Entrepreneur of the Week Technology
Why Gamers Make Great Managers & Tips on Startup Culture: MixnMentor Dubai Panel Part 5 [Wamda TV] In the 5th segment of our final panel at the Mix n' Mentor event in Dubai this November, investor Joi Ito discssues the parallels between l... Wamda • 27 December, 2012 Advice Mix n Mentor
Open Borders, Private Sector Investment, and Women Entrepreneurs Can Tackle Unemployment in the Arab World On November 13th, leaders at the World Economic Forum in Dubai came together to discuss what can be done in the Arab world to increase... Nina Curley • 29 November, 2012 Advice E-commerce Ecosystem
Acumen Global Fellows Program Is Accepting Applications The Acumen Fund is collecting applications for their Global Fellows Program until November 16, 2012 for the Program Class of... Wamda • 02 October, 2012 Mentorship Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
AMENDS 2012 Conference Report If you get inspired by changemakers in the Arab World, check out AMENDS. When the Arab Spring broke out in 2011, two Stanford University ... Wamda • 11 October, 2012 Social Change
Does “Class” Matter in Entrepreneurial Success? A Call to Eric Ries In a recent article on racism and meritocracy, Eric Ries calls for Silicon Valley investors to pay more attention to diversity... Gulay Ozkan • 20 September, 2012 Trends
Global Thinkers Forum 2012 Discusses Women Leaders in MENA The Global Thinkers Forum 2012 (GTF) is partnering with the Columbia Global Centers | Middle East and Oasis500 for a landmark event... Wamda • 24 September, 2012 Conferences
EXPOTECH Technology Week 2012 To Highlight Palestinian ICT Innovation From October 6th to 11th, the Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA) will be hosting EXPOTECH 2012 in Ramallah, Palestine to ... Wamda • 25 September, 2012 Conferences Innovation
MIT TR35 Awards Top 5 Arab Innovators Under 35 Last night in Beirut, amid an excited crowd of peers, family, and friends, five young Arab innovators were announced as winners of TR35 Pan... Glen Dalakian II • 07 September, 2012 MIT Technology Woopra
What the Samurai Can Teach the Startup What can the Samurai teach us about successful business? Over a dozen enterprising people attended The District recently to find out,... Omar Aysha • 21 August, 2012 Education Gaming Programme
Testing Ideas and Building an Ecosystem in Palestine: Yousef Ghandour of Anabasalli [Wamda TV] At the Amman Tech Tuesday anniversary event a couple of months ago, Yousef Ghandour of online Islam-based online community Anabasalli chats... Nina Curley • 16 July, 2012 Ecosystem
What it Takes to Mold a Successful Chocolate Company in Jordan [Wamda TV] Jordanian entrepreneur Lena Hundaileh believes that self-confidence, perseverance, insightful vision, optimism and having an action... Wamda • 02 January, 2012 Women
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. as reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier today. Jobs anounced his r... Wamda • 06 September, 2011
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Egypt's Development: Roundtable Event Summary The Brookings Institute has released a report detailing the events of a recent roundtable in March 2011 designed to provide a clear... Wamda • 12 May, 2011
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Egypt's Development: Key Recommendations The Brookings Institute has released a report detailing the events of a recent roundtable in March 2011 designed to provide a clear... Wamda • 12 May, 2011
Abraaj Capital Debuts on The PEI 300 List Abraaj Capital has made its debut appearance at #50 on The PEI 300, a list of the 300 largest private equity firms in the world as ranked... Wamda • 18 January, 2011
The Arab World Needs (Entrepreneurial) Heroes Saad Khan has written a timely article illuminating exactly what the Arab World needs right now in order to accelerate business growth and... Wamda • 20 January, 2011
The 5 M's of Mentoring View a presentation from the Mowgli Foundation onthe 5 M’s of Mentoring; Motivation, Meaning, Model, Meme and Mind Set. 5m's ... Wamda • 07 September, 2010
What Will Improve Jordan's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem? Venture magazine spoke to ten industry gurus about the most pressing issues facing start-ups, and their recommendations for an... Wamda • 19 September, 2010
Anne Jafery: Preparing the Right Mindset for Starting a Business Anne Jafery, the Managing Partner of Channels in the United Arab Emirates, talks about her journey as an entrepreneur and the power of... Wamda • 28 March, 2011
Naguib Sawiris interviewed by Fadi Ghandour "Change to me means everyone sitting here overthrowing the governments that we have." -Naguib Sawiris Watch as Fadi Ghandour, the CEO of... Wamda • 24 January, 2011