Lebanon How this Lebanese startup is innovating refugee humanitarian assistance Innovation in the humanitarian sector is a growing and important source of support for at-risk groups of people around the world. It served... Nina Angeles • 14 September, 2017 KwikSense UNH Humanitarian Aid
Lebanon Syrian entrepreneurs raise their voices at Jusoor “War is always louder, but we want to raise the voices of youth and entrepreneurship”. This is how Ahmad Bayram, managing... Abdulghani Kataya • 13 April, 2017 jusoor syria Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Morocco Cooking oil can run engines as well [Wamda TV] Thousand of tons of waste cooking oil is produced around the world every year, with large amounts dumped in rivers and... Abdulghani Kataya • 04 April, 2017 Kilimanjaro Environnment youssef Chaqor Cooking Oil
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... Sami Halabi • 30 March, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Opinion
Europe Berlin refugee incubator launches crowdfunding campaign Berlin refugee-entrepreneur business incubator Ideas in Motion has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help make the program a permanent... Wamda • 23 March, 2017 Ideas in Motion Refugee
Morocco Biodome fights gas with gas in Morocco Fatima Zahra Beraich works in agriculture, a sector that’s dominated by men, in rural Moroccan areas rarely accustomed to seeing... Yassine Bakir • 29 March, 2017 biodome compost morocco
Jordan Harvard event highlights startups and civics Civics, that old idea of citizenship education, was a core feature of the 12th Annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) in Jordan on... Tala El Issa • 14 March, 2017 Harvard Arab World Conference Jaleesa Mumm
Syria Off-the-grid communication reassures loved ones during war [Q&A] In Syria, after a bomb goes off, phone lines go down for at least 30 minutes leaving panicked families without a means to check... Tala El Issa • 08 March, 2017 syria Freecom Abdul Rahman Alashraf
Global In MENA’s booming tech scene, where do humanitarian startups stand? The MENA region, frequently characterized by uncertainty, political polarization and slow socioeconomic progress is seeing a stunning... Lina Hijazi • 15 January, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship
Egypt Fixing Egypt’s waste crisis one handbag at a time An Egyptian startup in Aswan is turning palm tree waste into handmade products, and is not only providing jobs but helping to revive... Nayrouz Talaat • 27 December, 2016 Napata palm waste waste management
Egypt Real-time translation for Europe bound refugees and migrants [Wamda TV] Refugees and migrants from eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been making their way to European Union countries for many years,... Lucy Knight • 13 December, 2016 ET Call refugees Egypt
Saudi Arabia What I know about social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Bakri Entrepreneurship is now a top destination for youth and governments. It can provide jobs, diversify the economy and encourage its... Abdulghani Kataya • 21 November, 2016 YIG Saudi Arabia Social Entrepreneurship
Lebanon Despite lack of funding, social entrepreneurship endures [Wamda TV] “Young people today are not aware of society’s real problems.” This is what motivated Mona Itani, a lecturer at the... Maya Rahal • 01 November, 2016 Mona Itani Social Entrepreneurship social impact
Egypt Reclaiming Egypt’s rooftops: Al Bustani reaps urban farm profits In 2014, Housam Abul-Fotouh was in the Sinai desert building 72,000 square metres of greenhouses. He and cofounder Mohamed Ibrahim had... Rachel Williamson • 31 October, 2016 Al Bustani Egypt agritech
Egypt Egypt startup trades clicks for cash To try to defuse an education crisis, ‘clickfunding’ startup Bassita is joining forces with the Misr El Kheir Foundation to... Eman El-Sherbiny • 25 October, 2016 Bassita Clickfunding Egypt
Regional Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV] Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating... Kamel Al-Asmar • 11 October, 2016 Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media
Regional You need more than a website to save the world [Opinion] Aspiring social entrepreneurs need to understand that the tech component of solving a social problem is only a very small part of... Kamel Al-Asmar • 13 October, 2016 Opinion Social Entrepreneurship Pepsico
Defining social entrepreneurship: Alashanek ya Balady in Egypt [Case Study] Continuing our new case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the American U... Wamda • 23 June, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship
Tech companies support women entrepreneurs in the Arab world With 74% of women confident that they can achieve a balanced professional and personal life and reach the upper echelons of business... Ahmed Gabr • 01 July, 2013 Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
4 reasons why sustainability should matter to your startup Amidst a massive rethink of how we do business, global markets have begun embracing sustainability as an integral part of strategy and a... Leena AlOlaimy • 04 June, 2013 Sustainability Social Entrepreneurship
Meet The Winners of the HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021 Early this May, three forward-thinking companies from the Middle East and North Africa took home the top prizes at the... Leena AlOlaimy • 02 June, 2013 Sustainability Wharton Competitions
How two companies innovated to resuscitate tourism in Tunisia and Morocco Over the past few decades, tourism has been an increasingly important source of revenue for both Morocco and Tunisia. Both countries are... Aline Mayard • 12 May, 2013 Tourism
Cairo University Tech Transfer Competition The Cairo University Technology Transfer Office is organizing a competition for existing and new startup concepts with the potential for a... Ahmed Gabr • 21 May, 2013 Competitions
EuroAsia Social Business Forum - Istanbul, Turkey The EuroAsia Social Business Forum is a social business on May 23, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, attended by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Pr... Wamda • 13 May, 2013 Social Change Conferences Social Entrepreneurship