Beyond Recycling: Going Green in Saudi Arabia Ask most people in Saudi Arabia what they know about going green and the first thing they say is “recycling." There seems to be a lot of b... Shaima Alhaj • 20 May, 2012 Environment
15 Tips For Pitching to Investors from Culture Shift in Cairo Karen McGregor, a social investor from the Scottish investment firm FirstPort, gave a workshop during the Culture Shift event about how to... Omar Aysha • 14 May, 2012 Angel Investment Investment Negotiation
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
Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Announces Winner Microsoft's Imagine Cup, a competition inviting software developers around the world to "imagine a world where technology helps solve the... Nina Curley • 30 April, 2012 Competitions Environment Mobile Apps
4 Reasons Why Smart Businesses Go Green So green is now a trend in the Middle East – even though it’s still to catch on in Saudi Arabia. It's also a term that's been going ar... Norah Magraby • 22 April, 2012 Green Energy
KarmSolar: A Solar Energy Solution for Pumping Water in Egypt [Wamda TV] Ahmed Zahran and Yumna Madi of KarmSolar, which won second place in an elevator pitching round at the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business... Nina Curley • 22 April, 2012 Green Energy MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition MIT
Lessons in Social Entrepreneurship from the Skoll World Forum Last week, I attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, a real celebration of change makers, of humanity, of... Reem Khouri • 06 April, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship
Pi Slice: Building a Culture of Transparent CSR While some corporate social responsibility programs create real change, others are functional in name only, ineffective, or simply lacking... Nina Curley • 09 April, 2012 CSR
Nominate a Social Entrepreneur for an Ashoka Fellowship Ashoka Arab World is looking for social entrepreneurs for its Fellowship program, who are social innovators with “System Changing Ideas” tha... Maya Rahal • 10 April, 2012 Innovation Social Entrepreneurship
Creating an Egyptian Economic Miracle at Startup Nation 2.0 “The vision is to get Egypt into the top 10 list of countries by GDP in 5 years time.” This vision brought together around 50 progressive Eg... Omar Aysha • 05 April, 2012 Angel Investment Innovation Investment
Want to Rent out That Spare Room? The Growing Popularity of 'Collaborative Consumption' The founders of Internet startup Airbnb were accustomed to rejection. Joe Gebbia, Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk peddled to venture... Knowledge @Wharton • 15 March, 2012 Coworking Spaces
Changing the World Isn't Easy: Advice for Social Entrepreneurs Inclusive capitalism, disruptive innovations, triple bottom line, scalability… My head is abuzz with catchy expressions after spending the p... Hala Hanna • 28 February, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship
Knowledge@Wharton and HCT Launch Innovation Tournament for Green Ideas in the Middle East Knowledge@Wharton and the Higher Colleges of Technology are getting serious about green entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Af... Wamda • 27 February, 2012 Competitions Wharton
CSR in Saudi Arabia: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly When I tell people that I make a living by helping companies in Saudi Arabia become more responsible towards their communities and the... Bushra Azhar • 22 February, 2012 CSR
Volunteer Platform Nakhweh Launches Campaign to Promote Social Change in Jordan Aspiring social entrepreneurs in Jordan now have another reason to push their ideas out the door. Nonprofit Nakhweh, which promotes... Nina Curley • 10 January, 2012
Social Startups See Surprise Wins at SME Advisors Awards In a domain where more established players typically take home the awards, two young socially-oriented startups received a boost at the SME... Nina Curley • 07 December, 2011
Mina-Tripoli Carfree Day Promotes Environmental Awareness Mina-Tripoli Carfree Day, a day promoting environmentally friendly culture in these two cities in Lebanon, kicks off this Sunday, November... Nina Curley • 10 November, 2011
Volunteer Portal Nakhweh Launches New Platform for Startups Today, it’s even easier to get free labor at your startup. Nakhweh, a Jordanian volunteer-matching portal, just launched a new service a... Nina Curley • 02 October, 2011
A Call to Social Entrepreneurship in Lebanon As the recent TEDxBeirut event aimed to bring us ‘From Limitation to Inspiration,’ it followed the TED mandate to spread ideas that would in... Fernande van Tets • 26 September, 2011
Luring Bill Payers to Go Green(dizer) For Moroccan e-billing platform Greendizer, sustainable development is simply business as usual. The startup pushes invoicing into the 21st... Nina Curley • 06 September, 2011
Innovative Solutions for Environmental Problems In the world of waste water treatment, there are chemicals...and usually more chemicals. But when one innovative Jordanian company saw an... Wamda • 01 June, 2010
How student entrepreneurs are transforming Morocco's economy The May, before Enactus Morocco hosted its 10th annual entrepreneurship competition for students, we caught up with Touria Benlafqih, the... Nina Curley • 16 July, 2013 Students Competitions Social Entrepreneurship
What are the biggest challenges faced by Bahraini entrepreneurs? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] During Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor event in Manama, we asked attendees to share their biggest challenges to building their startup. Equity fun... Wamda • 03 July, 2013 Bahrain Mix n Mentor Ecosystem
Translation Fest 1 at AltCity - Beirut, Lebanon The first T-Fest will take place at AltCity in Beirut on Wednesday, May 15 from 6 to 9pm with simultaneous events in Cairo and... Wamda • 13 May, 2013 Translation Arabic Content