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
Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report] By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment... Ahmed Gabr • 02 June, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change
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
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013: how the region can build more effective economies [Report] Qatar is the most competitive economy in the Arab region according to the the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013, which was just... Wamda • 29 May, 2013 Report World Economic Forum
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