GlamBox: Beauty Product E-Commerce for the Arab World To tackle the beauty e-commerce space, four young entrepreneurs based in the UAE have self-funded and launched GlamBox, a beauty hub... Maya Rahal • 21 October, 2012 E-commerce Women
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 30 - October 04 This week, we've highlighted a number of startups that keep on setting the bar higher for themselves. What drives you to go further? Pic of ... Wamda • 04 October, 2012 Acquisitions Animation Competitions
Qatar International Businesswomen Forum 2012 The Qatari Business Women Association in collaboration with Interactive Business Network (IBN) is organizing, for the third year in a row... Wamda • 17 July, 2012 Women
Women and Gaming in the Middle East In April 2012, 1600 women gathered in Saudi Arabia for the second annual all-female Gaming Convention. “There was huge demand and many said ... Fernande van Tets • 26 June, 2012 Gaming Women
The Way Forward for Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt The fundamental role of women in Egypt’s revolution and growing its economy was the focus of the event “Co-Creation: Women and Ent... Omar Aysha • 28 May, 2012 Ecosystem Education Women
ClinArt's Maha Al-Farhan Strikes a Balance Between Business Success and a Happy Home Maha Al-Farhan is a pioneer in bringing clinical research to the Middle East. Recently named Entrepreneur of the Year at the third annual... Knowledge @Wharton • 24 May, 2012 Women
Regional StartUp Maroc Championship StartUp Maroc Championship is a disruptive event designed to bring together new and experienced entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, ... Wamda • 16 October, 2015 championship startup maroc entrepreneurs
Regional 5 leadership lessons from the trenches When Lebanon's Hala Hanna graduated from the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leadership Fellows program in June, she was asked by her... Hala Hanna • 07 July, 2015 wef Leadership World Economic Forum
Regional New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities 76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to ... Wamda • 01 December, 2014 Wamda Research Lab WRL
How one Saudi woman entrepreneur found success through Instagram [Wamda TV] When 26 year old Sarah Al Dabbagh graduated with a degree in early childhood education from Simmons College in Boston she returned to... Zeina Tabbara • 31 October, 2013 Event Planning instagram
This Algerian woman needs your vote to win a Harvard competition today Algerian college student Meriem Chehih wasn’t taught how to code in high school. “Here in Algeria, we don’t study computers in high ... Nina Curley • 19 September, 2013 Healthcare Health Mobile
Women entrepreneurs in Gaza develop new app for the blind [Wamda TV] [Arabic] “This is the beginning of a shift to smartphones and tablets in Gaza,” says entrepreneur Nidaa Wishah. Taking advantage of the gro... Mariam Hamed • 30 July, 2013 Women
Upcycling Saudi women out of poverty: A look at Trochet [Wamda TV] [Arabic] During Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Diana Rayyan, the founder of Ateeq, a social entrepreneurship startup that ear... Maya Rahal • 28 July, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship
Advice for women looking to advance in the workplace [Wamda TV] At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, we caught up with Genny Ghanimeh, the founder of Pi Slice, a micro-credit p... Wamda • 28 July, 2013 World Economic Forum Women
Building a gamer community for women in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV] At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Tasneem Salim, the cofounder of GCON, a community and annual conference for female gamers a... Wamda • 23 July, 2013 Community Mix n Mentor Mobile Gaming
How women in Saudi Arabia are being integrated into the workforce [Wamda TV] At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Khalid AlKhudair the founder of Glowork.net, an online platform for job-seeking women in Sa... Wamda • 21 July, 2013 Mix n Mentor Team Programme
The Business Factory Inaugural Event The inaugural Business Factory event is being organized by global women entrepreneurs community Heels & Deals and will take place on ... Wamda • 06 March, 2013 Women
Entrepreneur of the Week: Delphine Edde Co-Founder of Diwanee [Wamda TV] Four years after being in the business of building online portals for women, Delphine Edde, co-founder of Diwanee, thinks that there is not ... Maya Rahal • 12 February, 2013 Arabic Content Digital Media Entrepreneur of the Week
Entrepreneur of the Week: Goktug Okan Oguz of Unnado [Wamda TV] Goktug Okan Oguz, co-founder of Turkish flash sales and e-commerce platform Unnado, which sells products for future moms and babies, is ... Maya Rahal • 05 February, 2013 Daily Deals E-commerce Endeavor
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
Tala Al-Ashek Designs Revolt Against Black Abayas in KSA [Wamda TV] While studying in Jeddah, Tala Al-Ahek was disappointed with the lack of fashion in traditional "abaya" designs, and how it limited the... Ahmed Al Majid • 11 November, 2012 E-commerce Women
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 28 - November 01 In all of our coverage of success stories, you will find that building and maintaining strong connections can quickly change the life of... Wamda • 01 November, 2012 CoE Cards Infographic Mix n Mentor
Regional The Rise of Women in the MENA Workforce: Chris O'Donoghue of Four Communications [Wamda TV] At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Chris O’Donoghue, Chairman of the Four Communications Group, discusses the rise of women in Middle East and N... Wamda • 03 November, 2012 Conferences Acquisitions Digital Media
Entrepreneur of the Week: Bedriye Hulya of b-fit in Turkey [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week is Bedriye Hülya, an Endeavor Turkey entrepreneur who built b-fit, a chain of gyms for women in Tur... Nina Curley • 30 October, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Sports Women