Wamda

Regional

6 steps to regulate a VC fund [Opinion]

As an angel investor and venture capitalist, most of us actually transact in offshore jurisdictions when making investments due to better...

VC Regulations

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...

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...

startups recruitment talents

Global

Artificial Intelligence is making mobile apps even smarter

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to do much of what humans have traditionally done, and even to correct our mistakes. AI...

AI Mobile Apps Google

Regional

A more digital Middle East is in the making [Opinion]

Pundits predict that the Internet of Things, or IoT, is going to change the nature of interaction between governments and businesses all...

oped Internet of Things IoT

Regional

Investors, brace yourselves for the aftermath of unprofitable unicorn IPOs [Opinion]

The fundamental idea behind Initial Public Offerings, or IPOs, is that when companies need capital, they get themselves listed on public...

oped IPOs Funding

U.A.E

This is why Dubai’s homegrown app industry is booming [Opinion]

The global increase in the number of smartphone users is a phenomenon very much in evidence in the Middle East, especially in the United...

uae Dubai Homegrown apps

Global

For profit or nonprofit? What is the answer for social entrepreneurs [Opinion]

Word on the street – or in the district, based on the buzz at BDD – is that the hot topic today in social entrepreneurship is...

Opinion Social Entrepreneurship For Profit

Global

A smart, cost-effective way to build your ecommerce site [Opinion]

The broad expansion of internet and its related technologies is impacting people’s daily routines and changing the way they...

oped ecommerce Online shopping

Iraq

Where does entrepreneurship stand in Iraq? [opinion]

Many small things are currently shaping the future of the startups ecosystem in Iraq. Even if the digital shift took some time to occur, in...

fikra space baghdad talabatey

Global

Investing for dummies: how to start investing in startups [Opinion]

Investing into startup companies is becoming more and more of a interest for a growing number of the wealthy. The reasons for this...

investement startups Funding

Global

How to manage a business operation on opposite sides of the globe [Opinion]

We are lucky enough to live in a technologically-advanced time allowing us to expand and manage teams all over the world. In fact, the...

Advice Tips how to

Regional

What's your share of the company? [Opinion]

The Souq.com deal was great for the news media cycle, but was it so great for the investors? In tech, these types of events are fraught...

Souq.com investments VCs

U.A.E

Why telehealth is so attractive to investors [Opinion]

In his book ‘Healthcare Disrupted’, Jeff Elton comments that ‘until recently, the world changed and healthcare –...

Opinion Healthcare telehealth

Regional

5 steps to startup video stardom [Opinion]

I see everyday how online video can be an efficient and effective way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to develop their brand and...

YouTube Vidéo Online video

Libya

Libyan entrepreneurship in the time of war [Opinion]

Recently, I was shyly approached by two young ICT engineers, Faisal and Omar, with an innovative startup idea: a pair of motion...

Tatweer Research BYTE HEXA

Regional

10 steps corporations must take before investing in startups [Opinion]

Corporations want to innovate, but issues such as tighter R&D budgets and organizational bureaucracy can make tapping outside sources -...

corporate venture capital the cribb

U.A.E

The Souq sale is a game changer for MENA ecommerce [Opinion]

We all heard the news: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by sales and market capitalization, founded 23 years ago in...

Amazon Souq.com acquisition

U.A.E

Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion]

For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has...

Souq.com Amazon acquisition

Regional

Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion]

It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over...

Social Entrepreneurship Opinion

Saudi Arabia

GEM report reveals Saudi’s startup status [Opinion]

Click the 'download' button to the right to access this report. Saudi Arabia has embarked on a long-promised strategy to...

GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Regional

Late? You can kiss my money goodbye [Opinion]

I’m sitting in my office and I can hear the central AC sigh quietly reflecting my disappointment. The clock on the wall shifts from...

Punctuality fundraising company culture

Regional

How the UAE surprised Linkedin’s cofounder [Opinion]

When Linkedin’s first office in the Middle East opened it already had over six million users in the Arab world. Now it has over 100...

Startup Rising LinkedIn World Government Summit

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...

Centre for Iraqi Entrepreneurship Opinion Science Camp

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