Where there's waste, there's money to be made This article has been cross posted with Knowledge@Wharton. Food scraps. Refrigerators. Stoves. Dead animals. Fishermen’s nets. The in... Knowledge @Wharton • 19 August, 2014 waste tunisia
Fun startup events are possible, just ask this #YMEstartup organizer Your Middle East is one of a new generation of media sites focusing on the Arab region, seeking to shift how news here is covered. Similar... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 August, 2014 your middle east startup events
Women-led startups in Google's #40Forward network have raised $20M USD this year In March, Google for Entrepreneurs launched a campaign called #40Forward, to provide program assistance and $1 million USD in aggregate... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 August, 2014 #40Forward google for entrepreneurs Google
Here's how Mounia Rkha walks the line between the entrepreneurship and VC worlds Mounia Rkha is not your average investor or entrepreneur. The former analyst at Ventech, the famous French venture capital fund, has... Aline Mayard • 11 August, 2014 Mydeal.ma France VC
Fatim-Zahra Biaz is the winner of the 2nd edition of the Karim Jazouani Prize For the second year in a row, we have asked you, our readers, to nominate people who have done the most for the Moroccan startups. We... Wamda • 10 August, 2014 Karim Jazouani new work labs morocco
The Arab Women in Leadership and Business Summit in Dubai Engaging women to take leadership roles and to support and empower women entrepreneurs is one of the keys to help maintain and accelerate... Wamda • 06 August, 2014 events Women
Improving early education in Saudi: two women's stories This article has been crossposted with Knowledge@Wharton. Education today clearly ranks as a top priority for Saudi Arabia. The annual... Knowledge @Wharton • 29 July, 2014 early education ambassadors schools arabian child
Women employees reshape Saudi Arabia's labor market This article has been cross-posted with Knowledge@Wharton. Over the past five years, many dramatic shifts have taken place within Saudi... Knowledge @Wharton • 20 July, 2014 workforce labor force labor
Angel investor Hala Fadel's 3 most common entrepreneurial mistakes This article is part of our expert content series, in which we will highlight valuable advice from key experts in the regional... Maya Rahal • 30 April, 2014 hala Fadel Angel Investment Investment
How this Bahraini woman uprooted her successful London creative agency and moved home I first met Wafa Obaidat at a TEDxYouth event in Bahrain. I was floored by how — at 23 years old — Obaidat was running operations for her S... Leena AlOlaimy • 23 April, 2014 Fashion
What it will take to maximize business success in the Middle East How can business choices yield high profits and high social impact in a rapidly changing consumer culture? What are the... Blair Winter • 17 April, 2014 Wharton
How can the Arab world’s startup ecosystem work against gender discrimination? If the global financial system had had more women in decision-making positions, would history have taken a different course? Women at the... Kia Davis • 06 April, 2014 discrimination equality gender
Can Emirati wedding directory site Yebab successfully pivot to photo sharing? Since its launch in 2008, Yebab.com, an Emirati platform offering wedding services for Arab women, has been slowly but... Maya Rahal • 30 March, 2014 photo sharing photo album uae
Wamda pledges to support women in partnership with Google #40Forward In 2013, Wamda reached out to fill a critical gap in the entrepreneurship ecosystem: one for hands-on mentorship that startup founders... Nina Curley • 21 March, 2014 #40women
Women's entrepreneurship addressed at recent TechForum conference in Dubai A panel called ‘How to be a successful woman entrepreneur’ was a highlight of the most recent TechForum event, org... Pamela Kesrouani • 19 March, 2014 Women
Equal opportunity a priority for CEO Middle East's 100 Most Powerful Arab Women It doesn’t come as a surprise that for the fourth year in a row UAE’s first ever female minister, HE Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, tops the CE... Maya Rahal • 06 March, 2014 Technology
Join the #40Forward Hangout tonight to hear more about Google's new program to support women entrepreneurs Google for Entrepreneurs isn’t leaning back when it comes to promoting the inclusion of women entrepreneurs in tech. This winter, the... Nina Curley • 04 March, 2014 W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Women
4 tips from a woman founder in Saudi on how to build a great creative agency How does one build a successful full-service creative agency in Saudi Arabia? The answer is simple, if not necessarily easy to execute,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 26 February, 2014 saudi Team building Programme
Vital Voices calls women entrepreneurs to apply to a skill-building fellowship by March 15th Vital Voices, the international NGO that works to empower women, has launched the VV GROW Fellowship Program, to help growth-oriented women... Nina Curley • 25 February, 2014 Fellowship Women
Abjjad exceeded its goal on Eureeca by 30%; what's next for the Arabic reading social network? A few days ago, Abjjad became the first Arab cultural website to exceed its crowdinvestment target amount on Eureeca, the first ... Eman Mostafa • 26 February, 2014 Jordan books reading
5 ways you can participate in our MIT Media Lab workshop next week Next week, Wamda is bringing the MIT Media Lab to the Middle East for the very first time, hosted by twofour54 and Mubadala. The MIT... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 MIT Media Lab Workshops MIT
Can this Bahraini couple's startup help fight childhood obesity in the Gulf? Yoga, Team Awesome, Muay Thai, Zumba, and Parkour all sound like classes you can take at a gym that combines fun with fitness. This is... Leena AlOlaimy • 13 February, 2014 child obesity obesity children
Baraka Bits uses 'good news from the Middle East' to power positive change in the region “It’s OK if we don’t see thousands of views on our articles,” says Rama Chakaki, founder and CEO of news site Baraka Bits. “We’re willing t... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 February, 2014 baraka bits palestine Media
TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2014 usa legacy international techgirls