Tunisia New York startup vibe in Tunisian competition Houda Ghozzi, the woman behind Tunisia’s Open Startup competition, was tired of programs that taught students how to pitch but then... Lilia Blaise • 22 January, 2017 Open Startup Tunisia Columbia University BIAT
Egypt WeMENA Resilient Future [call for applications] Women Entrepreneurs for a Resilient Future in the Middle East and North Africa (WeMENA) is a business model challenge launched to... Wamda • 07 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs MENA Innovation
Regional Wamda’s best stories of 2016 2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup... Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016 Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus
Tunisia Left out: Tunisian startups demand attention Tunisian entrepreneurs think the government should pay more attention to them rather than focusing on megaprojects, after a major... Lilia Blaise • 21 December, 2016 Tunisia2020 economy startup
Tunisia Spark Tunisia student geekout bridges social divides Two members of the winning team at Spark Tunisia came from a high school in Aïn Draham, one of the poorest areas in the country. A... Lilia Blaise • 07 December, 2016 Innovation Technologie Start-up
Tunisia The business of art: Tunisian artists-turned-entrepreneurs Even as the city of Tunis buzzed with excitement over a 50 year old annual film festival, the state of the arts in the country is dire,... Lilia Blaise • 23 November, 2016 tunisia Art
Tunisia Follow The Leaders Tunis Tunis has been witnessing a tidal wave of transformations and changes, with the growth of a new generation of leaders who are pioneering... Wamda • 21 November, 2016 tunisia follow the leaders Thinkers and Doers
Tunisia Feeling Fabulous: Tunisian app helps healthy ‘rituals’ Remember the last time you had a productive stress-free day? Did something you committed to doing a long time ago? I bet you felt fabulous.... Emna Ghariani • 17 November, 2016 Mobile Apps Diaspora Fabulous
Tunisia Turning pro: Tunisian game makers eye the big time From the local playrooms to a Tunisian start-up dedicated to the making of video games, the gaming community in Tunisia is growing step by... Lilia Blaise • 19 October, 2016 Gaming tunisia Polysmart
Tunisia Favizone, the Tunisian big data company that's launching in France What do you do after you’ve found success and sold your startup? Mehdi Khemiri’s answer was to pick a high potential... Aline Mayard • 02 October, 2016 France Business France big data
Tunisia What I know about social entrepreneurship: Camille Courtaud Social entrepreneurship, high impact entrepreneurship, social business, impact investing, so many mysterious words. What do they mean? Do... Aline Mayard • 26 September, 2016 Social Entrepreneurship Social Business Yunus Social Business
Tunisia Can Yallaread make peer-to-peer work in Tunisia? The peer-to-peer sharing economy never really took off in MENA but some entrepreneurs, like Tunisian Ahmed Hadhri, still believe it’s... Aline Mayard • 24 August, 2016 culture yallaread collaborative consumption
Tunisia Surviving the Ben Ali regime: a Tunisian entrepreneur success story Badreddine Ouali is a model for the new generation of Tunisian entrepreneurs, but he never planned his career. Today, after blazing a... Jazem Halioui • 16 August, 2016 Corruption Europe Vermeg