Wamda

10 Questions to Assess if Your Career is on the Right Track

Every now and then it’s a good idea to sit back and take stock of your career to analyze if you are where you want and need to be. If y...

Tips Advice Team

Family Business Looks to the Next Generation: Tony Haddad of Technica in Lebanon [Wamda TV]

At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Tony Haddad, the Founder and General Manager of Technica in Lebanon, discusses how he initially ...

Expansion

New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF)

A yearly event, the New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF) has brought women together for workshops and panels since 2007, addressing leadership in re...

Conferences Women

What It Means to Stay Yalla [Pic of the Week]

At the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos, Switzerland last month, Wamda CEO Habib Haddad gave a talk on the importance of “Thinking A...

Ecosystem Pic of the Week

Dubai SME 100 Applications Roadshow

The Dubai SME 100 Applications Roadshow will take place on February 5, 2013 at the Dubai Knowledge Village Auditorium. The event is...

Conferences

Learning and Development Open Forum at Shelter Dubai

Organizational learning and development has become one of the most important topics in the field of management and leadership, to bring...

Conferences Education

Facebook Use by Companies in the Middle East and North Africa [Infographic]

Those looking to advertise on Facebook will be interested in this new infographic from SocialBakers that reveals Facebook trends for c...

Data Technology Social Networks

Regional

Fadi Ghandour Announces Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Movement

In a speech today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, Fadi Ghandour, CEO of Aramex and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,...

Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour Innovation

The Story of Kauffman Foundation's Support for Entrepreneurship: A Chat with Thom Ruhe

In the Middle East, we’ve all heard the arguments for entrepreneurship’s economic impact, especially its potential to alleviate rising une...

Angel Investment Ecosystem Education

TEDxHelwanU

On December 12, 2012, TEDxHelwanU is taking place in Helwan University. The event's theme is "Leave Your Legacy" and is open to the...

Egypt TEDx

Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Part 2

As I discussed in my last post, building an entrepreneurship ecosystem that consistently empowers small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

Failure, Timing, and Monetization: A Chat with Ihsan Jawad, Founder of Zawya [Wamda TV]

At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Ihsan Jawad of Honeybee Tech Ventures discusses how to move forward after failure, how to know ...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

Conflict Mapping Platform Ushahidi's Henry Addo at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut event last weeked, Henry Addo, co-founder of Ushahidi, discussed Ushahidi’s work to map incidents of violence and peace e...

Analytics Conferences Digital Media

Sami Ben Gharbia of Tunisian Collective Blog Nawaat at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At the SHARE Beirut gathering last weekend, Nawaat co-founder Sami Ben Gharbia discussed the influence of Tunisian independent collective...

Censorship Conferences Diaspora

Top 20 Most-Watched TED Talks Of All Time

Today we highlight the most popular TED Talks to date, announced by TED in late August. Whether you think watching TED Talks during the...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

10 Tasty Food & Beverage Startups In The Arab World

Today we look at some of MENA’s most delicious and inspired food startups. From falafel to cupcakes, watermelon to shawarma, these tasty n...

Food & Beverage

Pursuing the Extraordinary: Curiosity Key to Innovation and Bold Leadership

At first glance, the five men on the stage of the Al Ain Men's College auditorium had little in common: Former astronauts and soldiers,...

Wharton

An Old Soldier's Advice on Leadership and How to Conquer Your Challenges

British Army Rt. Major General Tim Toyne Sewell not so secretly known as Big Tim to his subordinates at the Royal Military Academy...

Wharton

Exclusive Executive Coaching with Ms. Bobbi Thomason

In town for Wamda’s CoE? Make your trip even more productive by working with Ms. Bobbi Thomason to get clear, get connected, and get f...

Negotiating for Results Workshop

In town for Wamda’s CoE? Make your trip even more productive by attending one of Tandem’s workshops! Want to up your game in high-stakes neg...

6 Leadership Lessons for Entrepreneurs from Paul Polman of Unilever

Will it be awfully clichéd if I start this post with a done-to-death movie dialogue? I guess it would be but I can’t think of a better st...

James Nakagawa of Mobile Healthcare: 'Entrepreneurship Is about Sacrifice'

James Nakagawa never studied medicine, and until 2003, he headed a company that helped financial firms deliver online trading services. But...

Health

8 Ways Jordan Created an Enabling Environment for Tech Entrepreneurs

So Arabnet is here. If you are a regular visitor to the Beirut conference you are going to see a very strong Jordanian presence. For a...

Fadi Ghandour

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...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Thought Leadership

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