Share the love with a stock option pool [Opinion]

Building a startup is a team effort, so it’s only fair that the team you share your entrepreneurial journey with also shares in some...

Tamer Azer • 23 June, 2016

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How can startups build successful collaborations with corporations?

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. Collaborative entrepreneurship initiatives are trending and an...

Jana Kassem • 21 June, 2016

Coentrepreneurship Expo 2020 Dubai CE

What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres

To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in...

Archana Menon • 20 June, 2016

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How to prepare for post-oil MENA [Wamda TV]

This video was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. “We need to figure out what are the things here [in the MENA...

Berthe El Aya • 19 June, 2016

Keynote Joichi Ito CE Summit

Community Jameel and Wamda host MIT Media Lab Dubai Workshop #MLDubai

Cities are rising at a fast pace. The MENA region has seen this with Dubai, and shortly after, Masdar City. In the meantime,...

Wamda • 18 June, 2016

Workshop MIT Media Lab Dubai

Applications open for Start IT with Etisalat

  Start IT with Etisalat are on the lookout for this year’s batch of aspiring Egyptian entrepreneurs. The initiative,...

Wamda • 16 June, 2016

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HiiL Innovating Justice: call for applications

Justice through technology is their alma mater. HiiL is an initiative constantly seeking ways to implement new innovations and technologies...

Wamda • 16 June, 2016

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Don’t ask for change, create change [Opinion]

I was asked to give a commencement speech at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Doha on May 1. Below is an edited version of what I said. I...

Habib Haddad • 16 June, 2016

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MENAT accelerators invest $3.5M, lag global averages

Accelerators have become a “rite of passage” for entrepreneurs around the world, and a report on the state of global programs...

Rachel Williamson • 15 June, 2016

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Visualizing corporate-startup engagement in MENA [Infographic]

This article was first posted on the Coentrepreneurship platform. During the Collaborative Entrepreneurship (CE) Summit held last month,...

Teeb Assaf • 14 June, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

Corporate-startup partnerships, where are we at in MENA? [Report]

89 percent of large corporations and 94 percent of startups see value in partnering together. [Tweet this] This is one of many findings...

Teeb Assaf • 12 June, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL

A marriage of opportunity: why I believe in collaborative entrepreneurship [Opinion]

I begin with a confession: I didn’t believe in collaborative entrepreneurship. Don’t get me wrong,...

Christopher Schroeder • 09 June, 2016

Startup Rising CE Collaborative Entrepreneurship

18 Iftar feasts from your phone

Typically during Ramadan there is a spike in the region’s food industry. Early mornings and late nights boost take-away food sales...

Maysaa Ajjan • 06 June, 2016

Bilbayt Lebanese Food Kitchen 24h.ae

Uber’s getting cuddly with KSA - but it’s not what you think [Opinion]

  My initial reaction to Uber’s $3.5 billion round was: great! It is easy to frown upon the deal and question why the...

Laith Zraikat • 06 June, 2016

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Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations

In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first...

Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016

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Arab girls defy stereotypes at Microsoft Imagine Cup

Two teams from Tunisia alongside one from Bahrain will represent MENA at the global final in Seattle. (Images via Eduard Cousin) Malak...

Eduard Cousin • 31 May, 2016

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MENA’s startup health movement: a MEMakers report

In a new report from Wamda Research Lab (WRL) in partnership with GE, we interviewed over 120 entrepreneurs, investors,...

Willam Altman • 29 May, 2016

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Exploring the frontiers of Arabic natural language processing

Humans and machines, such a beautiful pairing. (Image via Sdtimes.com) A monetized mobile app that crowdsources the digitization of Arabic...

Samuel Wendel • 25 May, 2016

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Changing MENA with the 'sharing economy'

HBR Creative Platform puts collaboration at the center. (Imave via HBR Creative Platform) This article is an edited crosspost from...

Asmaa Guedira • 24 May, 2016

What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali

The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014...

Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016

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Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA

Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be...

Daria Solovieva • 19 May, 2016

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From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model

Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform...

Aline Mayard • 18 May, 2016

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Ecommerce driving Middle East digital economy: Payfort

Ecommerce is the furnace driving growth in the Middle East’s online economy but local online airline bookings are by far the highest...

Rachel Williamson • 15 May, 2016

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TechWadi's 4th webinar: How to Raise Funds for the Causes You Care About

Whether it’s an innovative new app or a children’s book, most great ideas need funding to get started! TechWadi are holding their fourth we...

Wamda • 03 May, 2016

LaunchGood.com Amani Khalidi webinar