U.A.E C3 Social Impact Accelerator Program The C3 Social Impact Accelerator program addresses key milestones in the journey of a social entrepreneur and focuses... Wamda • 30 September, 2018
Egypt Techne Summit: The Mediterranean Prime Technology Conference The annual international entrepreneurship and technologyevent that creates a platform for global players in the tech industry will take... Wamda • 25 September, 2018
Regional Increasing competitiveness in the Arab World The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has the highest unemployment and youth unemployment rate in the world at 10 per... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018
Regional Preventing the wealth gap in innovation Silicon Valley has a problem according to Fiona Murray, associate dean of innovation at MIT Sloan School of Management. The world’s... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018 impact entrepreneurship
U.A.E Falling Walls Lab Dubai is among the 50 international destinations selected to play host to the 2018 edition of ‘Falling Walls Lab’, a global... Wamda • 20 September, 2018
Kuwait Arabnet Kuwait 2018 Over a 1000 of the the region’s government leaders, digital practitioners and entrepreneurs will gather for the third... Wamda • 18 September, 2018
U.A.E Kidpreneur Award BizWorld UAE, a social enterprise specializing in entrepreneurship education, and Entrepreneur Middle East announce the... Wamda • 18 September, 2018
Jordan Mix N’ Mentor is back with a new format The 2018 roadshow for Wamda's flagship event, Mix N' Mentor, is about to kickoff starting with Amman on August 16th. The... Reine Farhat • 31 July, 2018 Mix N' Mentor 2018 amman
Ivory Coast How Ivory Coast is attempting to lead Francophone-African entrepreneurial ecosystems A review by the World Economic Forum has identified three major trends expected to prompt Africa’s economic growth in the upcoming... Rana Freifer • 22 May, 2018 Ivory Coast startups africa
Global What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best... Reine Farhat • 17 April, 2018 Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa
Global Intrapreneurship to lead the tourism industry The hotel industry is facing more tech disruption now than it had at any other time in its long history. Thus, innovation is key for hotels... Rana Freifer • 31 January, 2018 hospitality intrapreneurship entrepreneurial goals
Lebanon Lebanese youth is entrepreneurship-driven, but needs more early-stage funding [Report] Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the insights of Jad Salame, managing partner of Phoenician Funds. The... Rana Freifer • 10 November, 2017 lebanon GEM UK Lebanon Tech Hub
Tunisia Entrepreneurs in south Tunisia are trying to make an impact When you leave the capital of Tunisia and its brand new cluster of coworking spaces, the rest of the country is like a new field to explore... Maya Rahal • 22 October, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Mentorship decentralization
Global Six winners, including 2 international startups at MAD Mentorpreneurs Ten startups competed for awards worth four million Emirati Dirhams (US$ 1 million) during MAD Mentorpreneurs pitching competition, which... Staff writer • 02 October, 2017 MAD Talks MAD Mentorpreneurs startups
Tunisia How this startup digitized the business of second-hand clothes in Tunisia Almost 30 percent of Tunisians buy second-hand clothes, according to the Trade Union Chamber of the Import, Export and Transformation of... Maya Rahal • 26 October, 2017 clothes online wardrobe epayment
U.A.E This after school activities marketplace is using bitcoins to go global Unlike loaded school days, which fall heavy and stressful on little ones’ shoulders, extracurricular activities, will help them... Rana Freifer • 03 October, 2017 Afterschool.ae Kids activities Bitcoin
Tunisia How this Tunisian startup is digitizing cash registers There are over 250,000 neighborhood grocery stores in Tunisia. Many of those can’t afford the usual cash registers which cost between... Maya Rahal • 05 September, 2017 cashing device cloud management service Scaling
Global Startups, brace yourselves for these hurdles [Opinion] It’s common knowledge that startups fail at the whopping rate of 90 percent. For this reason, whatever their differences, startups... Pratik Dholakiya • 06 September, 2017 startups recruitment talents
Regional Will MENA’s on-demand startups become sustainable businesses? On-demand startups, the so-called ‘Uber for X’ of startups, are those that provide immediate service by dispatching someone to... Dina Alnabulsi • 29 August, 2017 On-demand startups Technology entrepreneurship
Global How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast] Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined... Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace
Regional Battle of the finances: venture capital vs. private equity If a business is searching for a source of external funding, it can turn to various sources. Some of these sources may be vastly different,... Tala Salem • 13 August, 2017 Venture Capital private equity Funding models
Global When less is more: The 10% entrepreneur [Podcast] We’ve all met those entrepreneurs who brag about dropping everything just to follow their dream and start their own business. You... Tala El Issa • 13 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entrepreneurship job
Algeria How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to... Maya Rahal • 10 August, 2017 algeria waste trash
Global Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2] In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 09 August, 2017 Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal