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The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey]

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape...

Bahrain

Startups supporting Bahrain’s self-isolation

Pakiza Abdulrahman is the head of startups at the Bahrain Economic Development Board At a time when many businesses cannot serve...

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Regional

STEP Chat: Fadi Ghandour, Wamda and Rabea Ataya of Bayt

As part of a series of online events STEP Conference is organizing, on April 14th at 6:00 PM, STEP is bringing Fadi Ghandour,...

Regional

Is the world going into hibernation?

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic slowdown, one that risks a global recession. For many who have been sent to work from home, it...

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Regional

Remote working: How founders can maintain team productivity

Several governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have imposed self-quarantine and restriction of movement measures,...

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U.A.E

Global Grad Show: Open Call For University Students And Professors to mitigate COVID-19's collateral issues

Global Grad Show has launched an Open Call for solutions to the collateral issues of COVID-19. University students and professor, from...

Regional

Running Remote: 3 Habits of Highly Effective Remote Teams - Growth Velocity Academy

Growth Velocity Academy run a number of workshops & boot camps on the subjects of digital marketing and growth hacking, enabling...

Saudi Arabia

Quant secures pre-series A investment

Saudi Arabia-based Quant, a startup specialised in data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has secured $1.2 million in a pre-series...

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Regional

COVID-19 and startups: Is now the time to panic?

Following the global recession of 2008, globalisation and development expert Ian Goldin, author of The Butterfly Defect, predicted that the...

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Regional

The problem of women entrepreneurs

The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has made strides towards maturity and development of its startup ecosystem, however, gender...

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Regional

Arab Startup Competition 2020

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

U.A.E

Techstars Startup Weekend Ras Al Khaimah

Techstars Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical...

Egypt

Fintech Retreat 2020

Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more...

Egypt

Wamda invests in fintech startup Liwwa

Wamda has participated in Amman-based Liwwa's $6 million investment round. The investment was led by FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial...

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Regional

STEP 2020: Floating pitches, 400 startups and a new VC

More than 8000 people attended, 400 startups showcased their ideas and investors with some $1 billion in their pockets were in Dubai for...

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Regional

A look at the state of pre-seed startups in Mena

The UAE continues to be the leading hub for entrepreneurs according to a new report from Wamda Research Lab. More than 35 per cent of...

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U.A.E

Enabling innovation in the UAE

For the UAE government, innovation is indispensable to keep pace with technological advancements and to address the most pressing societal...

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Egypt

Cairo-based Homzmart raises $1.3 million seed

Sorurce: Menabytes Cairo-based furniture marketplace Homzmart has raised $1.3 million in a seed round, the startup...

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Syria

The challenges facing Syrian entrepreneurs

Since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, more than 5.7 million people have fled the country mainly to Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq while...

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Egypt

Crowd Analyzer acquires brand activation platform TaskSpotting

Wamda partner company Crowd Analyzer, a Dubai-based data intelligence provider and Arabic-focused social media monitoring platform has...

U.A.E

Venture creation, the new VC

Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)...

Bahrain

Bahrain: The challenge of staying competitive

As any startup will attest, agility and quick response to market demand is key to survival. The same can be applied to other stakeholders...

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U.A.E

TIP Summit 2020

Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP) is an initiative launched by The UAE Ministry of Economy and The Department of Economic...

U.A.E

Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups

Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its...

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