Lebanon What does it take to make it in the Lebanese ecosystem? There was plenty to discuss at Energy Boost. (Images via Facebook) How do you make it big in a country like Lebanon? How do you... Maysaa Ajjan • 27 May, 2015 Energy Boost UK Lebanon Tech Hub Beirut Digital District
U.A.E Self-made: How Dubai’s Dumyé is in the running to win $1M in funding Dumyé's dolls were a big hit at a recent workshop for orphans in Lebanon (Images via Dumyé) Big money isn’t an essential requirement to lau... Rachel McArthur • 27 May, 2015 orphans crafts dolls
Bahrain How one Bahraini jeweler sparkles in a competitive market Making her mark with jewels. (Images via Curve Jewellery) If you want to find jewelry traders operating in the Arabian Gulf, a simple... Elsy Melkonian • 18 May, 2015 Curve Jewellery Vital Voices Bahrain
Maghreb Girls in Tech to launch in Morocco to support women entrepreneurs When I asked Fatim-Zahra Biaz to give me a name of a Moroccan woman tech entrepreneur, she struggles. “This is why we’re launching Girls ... Aline Mayard • 08 April, 2015 Girls in Tech women entrepreneurs New Work Lab
Regional From Beirut to the Gulf, Armenian cuisine expands its reach It is no longer a surprise to see successful female entrepreneurs. However, when one comes across them in the food and beverage sector... Abdulghani Kataya • 14 April, 2015 Mayrig food beirut
U.A.E From boardroom to baby room: how Mona Ataya is building the UAE's one-stop shop for mothers Mona Ataya is proving to be one of the UAE’s most prominent female entrepreneurs. The cofounder of Bayt.com, arguably the most successful o... Sushmitha Pidatala • 26 March, 2015 Mumzworld
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey
Regional Mother is the necessity of all innovations #MothersDay Have you wondered about the roots of your entrepreneurial spirit or how your childhood affected your career path? Take a minute, think... Maya Rahal • 19 March, 2015 YasmineElMehairy JihadKawas ElieHabib
Lebanon How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,... Reine Farhat • 18 March, 2015 women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice
U.A.E Designer Fatma Almulla merges Western fashion with Emirati culture Emirati entrepreneur Fatma Almulla has developed her own unique style in the world of design and creativity and crowned it by launching... Pamela Kesrouani • 06 April, 2015 uae Fashion
Lebanon Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 March, 2015 networks blessing foundation blessing
Egypt Egyptian news startup aims to change the media landscape Students from Deshna, Egypt, pull sugarcane from tractors on Egypt’s Aswan Agriculture Road, which usually puts students’ lives in danger (... Eman Mostafa • 08 March, 2015
U.A.E 'Never behave like an employee': Rasha Shehada's key to business success On the factory floor. (Image via Diamond Line) At not yet 29, Rasha Shehada is already the managing director of an international trading... Lucy Knight • 20 January, 2015 Oil uae Women
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
Egypt The pros and cons of being a foreign founder in Egypt UK citizen and former financial analyst Emily Renny is a cofounder of the gamified crowdfunding platform Tennra, and has lived in... Rachel Williamson • 14 January, 2015 Tennra law uk
Egypt Can this Egyptian entrepreneur follow her passion to success? This piece has been crossposted with Firnas. Entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to create a new product or come up with a new service to ... Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2015 deena fadel joud
Global 4 trends from LeWeb that could make waves in the Arab world in 2015 The end of the year is always an interesting time. Some like to go back on what happened in the year gone by, while others try to predict... Aline Mayard • 21 December, 2014 crowd economy Meditation Wearable devices
Jordan 4 lessons on scaling from 2014's MENA ICT Forum Last week, Amman’s King Hussein Business Park played host to the 2014 edition of the MENA ICT Forum, a two-day event that brought together ... Hayden Pirkle • 17 November, 2014 mena ict forum Jordan
Saudi Arabia A day in the life of a top Saudi businesswoman Speaking with Yasmin Altwaijri is a breath of fresh air. The vibe and the enthusiasm took me back to Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor... Reine Farhat • 16 November, 2014 Saudi Arabia Health Women
Maghreb Entrepreneurs learn a lesson in storytelling at #YMEstartup Tunis Walking through the doors of Tunisia’s Elgazala Technopark on Monday October 13th, there was one thing I couldn’t help but not... Courtney Joline • 21 October, 2014 events your middle east #YMEStartup
What can a Dubai fashion startup teach you about social entrepreneurship? “There’s a story behind the clothes we wear. Do you know what the story is about? More often than not, it’s about modern day slavery, child... Natasha D'Souza • 10 September, 2014 fashion supply chain just Fashion
Bahrain Bahrain women win innovation award at 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup [Wamda TV] Every year since 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has invited student teams from around the world to compete for gold and glory, while... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 10 September, 2014 microsoft imagine cup microsoft Bahrain
Desado founder blazing a trail for Muslim fashion The world is increasingly recognizing the tremendous potential of the global Islamic economy — one that encompasses diverse sectors i... Natasha D'Souza • 25 August, 2014 muslim Fashion
Young Lebanese innovators honored by MIT, confirms a growing trend Update: Wamda has just learned that a third Lebanese, entrepreneur Rand Hindi, was also included in the MIT list (editors were... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 25 August, 2014 littlebits MIT