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Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab

Within the barren hills of oil-rich Dhahran in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, a unique structure is slowly reaching high into the...

Ecosystem Accelerators Innovation

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Announces Roundtable Series, Starting in Cairo

This month, Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4WE) is launching a roundtable series to bring women from all stages of the entrepreneurial...

Women W4Women

Show, Don't Tell: How Entrepreneurs Can Communicate More Powerfully

This piece was originally posted on LinkedIn on February 26,2013. “Show, Don’t Tell.” In my recent incantation as a temporary write...

Advice

Regional

10 Tips for Getting the Most out of Mix n’ Mentor

We're hitting Cairo next on February 21st with our first Mix N' Mentor of the year 2015! Apply here to secure your seat. Mix n’...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Could a New Model for Scaling Handicraft Artisans Transform Egypt’s Economy?

Year-old initiative Anamel Masriya hopes to transform modest Egyptian artisans into independent entrepreneurs, in a bid to boost their ...

Art Ecosystem Egypt

Family Business Looks to the Next Generation: Tony Haddad of Technica in Lebanon [Wamda TV]

At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Tony Haddad, the Founder and General Manager of Technica in Lebanon, discusses how he initially ...

Expansion

Wamda's Mix n' Mentor Launches Fresh Format Across the Arab World: Register Now

Forget sitting in plenary halls listening to the same sound bites from the same people. Wamda’s Mix n’ Mentor roadshow is bringing a com...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Make Friends, Not Contacts: 5 Tips for Networking

It’s usually difficult to talk about “networking” without seeming opportunistic. The irony of course is that everybody, at least those who a...

Advice Book Reviews

Amman Gets Its First Co-Working Space

After 25 years of his life in the corporate world, working for giants in Jordan like Nuqul Group, it’s fair to say that Nidal Eses has g...

Coworking Spaces

Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style

Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

A Look at Entrepreneurship in Oman: A Chat with Sharifa Albarami [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Sharifa Albarami, founder of Al Jazeera Technical Solutions & Training and the ...

Coworking Spaces Ecosystem

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...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Accelerating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Arab World [Workshop]

At Silatech's recent Arab Youth & Entrepreneurship conference, speakers worked to bring together the elements that constitute a...

Ecosystem Workshops

4 Tips for Pitching with Plan9, Pakistan's Newest Tech Incubator

Plan9 is a tech-focused incubator that has been generating a lot of buzz in Pakistan. Conducted with the support of the Punjab Information ...

Accelerators Competitions Investment

9 Workshops for You and Your Business

Startup ticklemybrain is hosting nine entrepreneurship and business workshops from March 4 until March 19 at AltCity. Each workshop will...

Workshops

How Gate2Play Supports E-Commerce Growth in the Middle East [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, founder and CEO of regional payment solution Gate2Play, Muhannad Ebwini, discusses ...

E-commerce Investment Payment Gateways

E-Commerce Site Taw9eel Acquires Kuwaiti Game Rental Startup Digumz

This week, Kuwaiti game rental company Digumz.com was acquired by Kuwaiti platform Taw9eel.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites...

Acquisitions E-commerce Ecosystem

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...

Conferences Food & Beverage

Can Anghami Fend Off Deezer's Entrance into the Arab Music Market?

Can recently launched Lebanese startup Anghami survive the arrival of international competitor Deezer? After announcing in early...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

7 Reasons Why You Should Not Be An Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is suddenly the coolest thing around. Even children who once wanted to grow up to be engineers, doctors, pilots and...

Advice

How PayPal Plans to Expand Across the Arab World in 2013 [Wamda TV]

Fresh off their partnership with Aramex announced late last year, PayPal’s General Manager for the Middle East and North Africa, Elias Gha...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Exclusive Sneak Peek: Ma2too3a! Pivots Towards Crowdsourced Traffic Updates

Last June, during Lebanon’s latest electricity crisis, AUB-trained computer engineer and software developer Mohammed Taha received a f...

Google Mobile Mobile Apps

5 Tips for Building a Successful Tech Startup, from Kuwait's Startup Q8

At the 4th StartupQ8 gathering a couple of weeks ago, entrepreneurs gathered in Kuwait City to discuss the secrets of building a...

Startup Q8 Conferences Gaming

Wamda's Mix n' Mentor Cairo

Wamda's "Mix n' Mentor" is coming to Cairo on March 16, 2013. The one day event, co-organized by Flat6Labs, will take place at the Swiss Cl...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship Conferences

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