Cartier Looks to Fund Exceptional Women Entrepreneurs: Apply Before March 8th Women entrepreneurs looking for a boost with their businesses in the Middle East can apply to the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards before... Nina Curley • 20 February, 2013 Competitions Investment
Bedriye Hulya of Turkey Named Social Entrepreneur of the Year Entrepreneurship in Turkey is being celebrated on the global stage once again, as the World Economic Forum’s Schwab F... Gulay Ozkan • 20 February, 2013 Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise Week Kicks Off in Dubai Sunday - Register Now! Social entrepreneurship is one of the most exciting spaces to watch in the Middle East today, as several local pioneers are launching... Nina Curley • 20 February, 2013 Green Energy Social Change Social Entrepreneurship
Payment Gateways in the Arab World: 2013 [Infographic] If you're looking to startup an e-commerce company in the Middle East, here's our cheat sheet showing the availability and cost structure... Wamda • 20 February, 2013 PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce
Inside 7 of East Africa’s Hottest Tech Hubs Part 1 of this three-part series offers a look at 7 of East Africa's most popular coworking spaces for tech startups, investors, and... Jonathan Kalan • 20 February, 2013 Accelerators Coworking Spaces Developers
How Three Women Founded Bahrain's First Self-Storage Company These three friends never imagined that they would open A2D, Bahrain’s first self-storage facility, as all-female partners. Yet with t... Leena AlOlaimy • 20 February, 2013 Warehousing
Entrepreneur of the Week: Fadi Daou of MultiLane [Wamda TV] Entrepreneur of the Week Fadi Daou, the founder and CEO of MultiLane SAL, discusses how he built his high-tech company in Lebanon after a... Glen Dalakian II • 19 February, 2013 Entrepreneur of the Week Technology
Saudi Billionaire Alwaleed Invests in Chinese E-Commerce Site 360buy As e-commerce is skyrocketing in China, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), an investment firm chaired by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed... Maya Rahal • 19 February, 2013 E-commerce Investment
A Plan for Action at Silatech's Arab Youth and Entrepreneurship Conference As the Arab world assesses the factors that led to the Arab uprisings and looks to a future with accelerating unemployment, it’s clear that ... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2013 Conferences
Innovations Against Poverty Launch Event The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will be hosting a launch event for Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) in... Wamda • 19 February, 2013 Business Development CSR Social Entrepreneurship
Mobile App Wasalny Tackles Cairo's Traffic, Now in Arabic Amidst a wave of transportation apps being developed across Cairo, startup Wasalny has worked hard to differentiate itself through some... Glen Dalakian II • 19 February, 2013 Transportation Egypt Mobile
Need a Coupon for a Sportscar? Fursaty Offers Daily Deals, Saudi Style Daily deals in Saudi Arabia aren’t like daily deals elsewhere. Where else would you buy a Bentley online at 32% off? “Months later after th... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2013 Daily Deals
Expanding Salad Boutiques from Kuwait to the GCC [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Doa’a Abdul Wahab, co-founder of A2D storage in Bahrain, and managing director of Sa... Wamda • 18 February, 2013 Conferences Food & Beverage
First Startup Weekend Kuwait Unites Local Entrepreneurship Community Finally, Startup Weekend has made it to Kuwait's small but growing entrepreneurship scene. Startup Weekend Kuwait kicked off a... Abdullah Alshalabi • 18 February, 2013 Ecosystem Startup Communities Startup Weekend
Food-zilla Launches Customers Online Food Ordering Service for Dubai The latest of several sites focused on food ordering and discovery in Dubai, Food-zilla launches today to focus on offering a personal... Nina Curley • 18 February, 2013 Food & Beverage
How to Craft an Effective Pitch: Bill Morrow of Angels Den [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Bill Morrow, Founder of Angels Den, a leading angel and entrepreneur network in E... Wamda • 17 February, 2013 Angel Investment Pitching