Regional When Facebook means business for MENA women If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you... Archana Menon • 20 August, 2017 SheMeansBusiness Facebook instagram
Saudi Arabia This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile
Algeria How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to... Maya Rahal • 10 August, 2017 algeria waste trash
Regional What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this... Reine Farhat • 07 August, 2017 What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg
Regional Talents get hired [Video] This video is a crosspost with IFC. Figures and statistics released by the World Bank reveal that 28 percent of the Arab... Rana Freifer • 23 May, 2017 Nabbesh.com Expert's advice
Tunisia How this Tunisian channeled fashion into a startup When Arbia Smiti founded Carnet de Mode (Fashion Diary) in 2011, the crowdfunding platform captured the attention of the French media,... Aline Mayard • 17 May, 2017 startup Mode Fashion
Saudi Arabia Gorfah and the seven business models What do you do when you don’t know which business model suits you? This is what Gorfah faced, a Saudi startup working in an $8... Abdulghani Kataya • 01 May, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Gorfah
Lebanon Arab women designers: not just fashion The recent boom in Muslim modest fashion has brought Arab women designers onto the spotlight. The fashion field, however, is only the... Stefania D'Ignoti • 19 April, 2017 Design designers women founders
Egypt Fustany's secret Egyptian fashion sauce The power of a female-led community is highly under-estimated, says Fustany founder Amira Azzouz. “Women have a power of... Radwa Rashad • 19 April, 2017 fustany Fashion Media
Morocco Lamia Bazir is rethinking social entrepreneurship in Morocco Lamia Bazir could have made a career outside Morocco, advocating for women’s empowerment and gender equality all over the world.... Lilia Blaise • 12 April, 2017 Atlas Leadership empowerment
Tunisia Two thirds of women-led startups fail in Tunisia, report Only a third of startups founded by women in Tunisia will survive compared to over two-thirds of those by men, a new study shows. The... Lilia Blaise • 26 March, 2017 Tunisie régions entrepreneurs
Qatar Qatar startup gives activewear a modesty makeover Nike has won plaudits for its high-performance sports hijab, but for women wanting ‘modest’ sportswear, that’s as good as... Rachel Williamson • 19 March, 2017 sportswear Oola modest fashion
Jordan Tarjama bridges language gap Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and... Abdulghani Kataya • 19 February, 2017 Joran uae Tarjama
Tunisia Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable... Lilia Blaise • 15 February, 2017 Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias
Saudi Arabia The Saudi women taking on the kingdom’s education sector As Saudi Arabia wants to diversify its economy away from oil, education is essential for the upbringing of a generation endowed with the... Abdulghani Kataya • 07 February, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Emkan Education
Regional Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic] This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and... Wamda • 29 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta
Egypt Stronger together: uniting Egypt’s women entrepreneurs Egyptian women are entrepreneurial powerhouses, and Rasha Abu AlSaud has been working for the last three years to link them all. In... Eman Mostafa • 11 January, 2017 GEW Women Entrepreneurs of Egypt Cairo Startup Cup
Saudi Arabia Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV] Mashail Balkouka, an electrical and computer engineering student at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, talks about the importance of making... Maya Rahal • 10 January, 2017 Saudi Arabia Women women in tech
Saudi Arabia Arabnet Riyadh shows regions' rising interest in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is rising fast as an entrepreneurship ecosystem and events like Arabnet Riyadh are providing a platform for those in the... Abdulghani Kataya • 19 December, 2016 Arabnet Arabnet Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Global What I know about the future of work: Claire Haidar “People spend 90 percent of their time at work and yet so many people are unhappy at their jobs. There is still this reality that... Dana Ballout • 19 December, 2016 Future of Work Artificial intelligence STEM
Jordan Jordan’s Ekeif is becoming the Arab world’s Instagram for how-to videos How do you make ketchup at home? What are some self defense moves to use in case of an attack? Many of these questions will yield... Tala El Issa • 14 December, 2016 Ekeif Jordan Sima Najjar
Palestine Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’ With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for... Rafat Abushaban • 07 December, 2016 Lady Problems Hackathon palestine gaza sky geeks
Palestine Crowdfunding as a business model? Taita Leila in Palestine says yes The idea of crowdfunding a fashion line is a familiar concept to Western fashion brands but few use the technique as the only sales method... Christina Ganim • 13 December, 2016 Taita Leila palestine Fashion
Lebanon Not seen, not heard: Lebanon’s woman problem When Mohamad Najem wrote a public post about refusing to be part of an all-male panel for a tech conference in Beirut, it was shared more... Brooke Anderson • 11 December, 2016 women on panels lebanon manel