Women's content publisher Diwanee raises $3.25 million in investment, facilitated by MedSecurities Arabic content for women is quickly becoming a very popular sector in the Middle East. Now, a large investment has validated the sector,... Maya Rahal • 05 June, 2013 Investment Women Arabic Content
Spelling mistakes on social media: who's making them? [Infographic] It's no secret that spelling mistakes can cost your company millions. But unfortunately, they are a common phenonmenom on social media, ... Maya Rahal • 05 June, 2013 Social Networks Social Media
10 ways to improve your performance at work Successful professionals create value by finding a need and meeting it. They are unique in being able to create new products, services,... Lama Ataya • 05 June, 2013 Tips Team
4 reasons why sustainability should matter to your startup Amidst a massive rethink of how we do business, global markets have begun embracing sustainability as an integral part of strategy and a... Leena AlOlaimy • 04 June, 2013 Sustainability Social Entrepreneurship
Why education reform won’t succeed without a cultural revolution What does it mean to be educated? Nowadays, anyone who goes to school and receives a degree after spending a few years in university is... Oubai Elkerdi • 04 June, 2013 Education
Saudi entrepreneur launches a microblogging platform to help users tackle their goals The impatient bloggers of the world have tumblr and Twitter for their microblogging, but now, thanks to an entrepreneur in... Ahmed Gabr • 04 June, 2013 Saudi Arabia
How a Palestinian band crowdfunded their coming album In the Middle East, indie musicians often struggle to find consistent income in a small and fragmented market. It can be difficult... Aline Mayard • 03 June, 2013 Artist Entrepreneurs Music Crowdfunding
European mobile voucher startup tests Dubai's market With daily deals potentially on the decline, the time might be ripe for a return to basic coupons; TWOFORONE GO is a new mobile... Glen Dalakian II • 03 June, 2013 Dubai Mobile
Meet Egypt's new entrepreneurship magazine: Ideaneurs Entrepreneurship is about failure just as much as it is about success. That's the idea behind Ideaneurs, a... Hanan Solayman • 03 June, 2013
5 things the Ethiopian government could do to boost entrepreneurship When it comes to entrepreneurship, Ethiopia is riddled with contradiction. A stunningly beautiful, tremendously friendly and fiercely... Jonathan Kalan • 02 June, 2013 Policy Government Ecosystem
Meet The Winners of the HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021 Early this May, three forward-thinking companies from the Middle East and North Africa took home the top prizes at the... Leena AlOlaimy • 02 June, 2013 Sustainability Wharton Competitions
Weekly Wrap-Up: May 26-30 A number of the stories on Wamda this week highlighted passion, and turning it into your daily bread. Find out what challenges the ... Wamda • 31 May, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
How to raise your kids to be entrepreneurs Some children may not be born to be lawyers or doctors, or to get good grades in a traditional school, but they might have other skills... Aline Mayard • 30 May, 2013 Education
Cairo’s PushBots introduces simple tweet-to-notify push notifications Cairo startup PushBots has just released a disarmingly simple way for app managers to send notifications to their app users... Omar Aysha • 30 May, 2013
How this French entrepreneur launched a telecom service in Tunisia This piece is part of a new series on expat entrepreneurs.e Almost all entrepreneurs, at least for a time, share the same concern:... Aline Mayard • 30 May, 2013 Telecommunication Expatriate entrepreneurs
Global Rethinking success: why entrepreneurship may not be for everybody I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur one day; I love innovation and creating new things. I used to read books and blogs... Abdullah Alshalabi • 30 May, 2013 Advice
Launching a fishing startup in the Gulf “I used to go fishing with my uncle, but once I graduated it was difficult without my own boat,” says Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdullah Als... Glen Dalakian II • 29 May, 2013 Dubai Incubator Sports
Government-backed investment in Egypt: Does it benefit entrepreneurs? For many entrepreneurs in the Arab world, funding is the main obstacle standing between them and their dreams. The majority of young... Hanan Solayman • 29 May, 2013 Egypt Investment
Meet the Egyptian entrepreneur trying to build a digital brain Coauthored with Mazen Aly, Egyptian Artificial Intelligence Ph.D. student at Max Planck Computer Research Institute in Germany. "In order... Ahmed Gabr • 29 May, 2013 Data Egypt Technology
Middle East Venture Partners invests $1.9 million in three scaling companies With a history of investing in tech and e-commerce ventures, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) is now diversifying a... Nina Curley • 28 May, 2013 Venture Capital MEVP Scaling
Meet the group of friends organizing a Startup Weekend roadshow in Morocco In Morocco, Startup Weekends have been wildly popular. Eight weekends have been organized in a two year span, with over 142 ideas... Aline Mayard • 28 May, 2013 Startup Weekend
5 reasons you should accept a new job, even if it terrifies you When I was applying for my last job, which was outside of my field of study or any previous experience, a colleague gave me a great piece... Glen Dalakian II • 28 May, 2013 Tips Advice
Saudi woman entrepreneur rethinks how we make Arabic coffee Making Arabic coffee is a complicated and delicate process. The coffee beans must be properly roasted, ground, brewed, then boiled before... Ahmed Gabr • 28 May, 2013 Coffeehouses Badir Saudi Arabia
YouTube and CairoDar Launch education portal for Egyptian high school students Students studying for tawjihi in Egypt now have a new online resource: YouTube and CairoDar's new education portal, which will provide... Nina Curley • 27 May, 2013 Students EdTech Education