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Jordan

Emile Cubeisy's tragic passing marks a loss for Jordan's entrepreneurship ecosystem

Jordan has lost entrepreneurship pioneer Emile Cubeisy founder and managing partner of Silicon Badia, who sadly passed...

Regional

Trends to expect in 2021

Last year we outlined several trends we expected would take place in 2020 – rise in foodtech, growth of e-commerce and the year that...

coronavirus Trends

Regional

The regional tussle for startups: Is Dubai at risk of being overtaken? [part two]

As outlined in the first part of this feature, startups have become a fundamental pillar of the economy, a means not only for innovation,...

Ecosystem Dubai abu dhabi

Regional

RiseUp Summit 2020 : RESET

RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurial gatherings in the Middle East. This year, the RiseUp Summit 2020 is going virtual,...

Global

How did a high school dropout become a billionaire?

The school dropout who becomes a successful entrepreneur seems like a typical Silicon Valley success story, but where the likes of Bill...

NikhilKamath Zerodha

Regional

A glimpse into the Careem Mafia

When Uber acquired Careem in March 2019 for $3.1 billion, the exit was significant not only for the size of the deal, but for its ripple...

Careeem Careem Mafia

Regional

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2020

The 4th Sharjah Entrepreneaurship Festival will be held on December 6-10 2020. The event will be virtually and...

Regional

The regional tussle for startups and entrepreneurs [part one]

To many, startups and those operating in the digital space have been the saviours of the Middle East economy during this pandemic. With...

Innovation Ecosystem

Bahrain

FinHub 973 launches to boost fintech sector in Mena

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) launched today FinHub 973, the first of its kind virtual fintech platform in the region, in collaboration...

Fintech digital transformation Regulations

Regional

Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion

Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for...

Regional

STEP Saudi 2020

Step Saudi 2020, Saudi's Most Happening Conference, taking place online this November 24-25, 2020. 2,000+ startup...

Regional

Just #askWamda: Our new online mentorship service

Today we are launching #askWamda our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the team. Over the past decade,...

#askWamda

Regional

How do you seize a market opportunity?

Disaster for many evokes a sense of fear and danger and a desire to seek out safety and stability. But there are those who manage to seek...

podcast

Regional

#askwamda

#askWamda is our virtual service for startups in need of mentorship or advice from the Wamda team. Please fill in this form, and...

Regional

14th edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition

MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006....

Global

You are going to fail and that's OK

Tarek Ghobar, founder of PointCheckout shares his experience of failing The startup world is like dancing around a huge minefield with...

Failure

Regional

Forty per cent of Arab youth plan to start own business

Frustration with struggling economies, government corruption and lack of job opportunities is pushing young Arabs towards entrepreneurship...

Arab youth entrepreneurship E-commerce

U.A.E

The state of subscription-based businesses in Mena [Survey]

Wamda's Research Lab and Microsoft for Startups have partnered with Subsbase, a subscribers lifecycle management and...

U.A.E

STEP Match

Step Match is a series of online networking events brought to you by Step, the organizers of Step Conference,...

Regional

I failed and this is my truth

Failure in the startup world can seem like an inevitable milestone, with nine out of 10 startups ending in failure. For many...

Failure

Regional

Roundup of Step Anywhere 2020

Step this week concluded its first ever online edition, Step Anywhere, only six months after the ninth edition of Step Conference, the...

STEP event

Regional

Future of mobility: The uncertainty of e-scooters

This is the second part in a series of features examining the impact of Covid-19 on the region's transport and mobility...

mobility Transportation circ

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi's Dh535 million Ventures Fund will be transferred to ADQ

Source: The National Abu Dhabi's state holding company ADQ is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio) to develop the...

abu dhabi ADIO

Regional

Accelerators 2.0: The post-pandemic version

Yousra Diab is the head of programmes at Dubai-based social impact accelerator C3 As the world came to a standstill with the outbreak of...

C3 Accelerators

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