Wamda

U.A.E

The startup finding better jobs for blue-collar workers

Unscrupulous recruitment agencies often lure blue-collar staff to the Gulf with false promises about wages and working conditions, charging...

social enterprise ZoEasy

Regional

The Impact of Covid-19 on Mena's economy with a special focus on ecommerce

In light of COVID-19 outbreak emerging as the major disruptor to the regional economy, INSEAD National Alumni Association UAE is...

Regional

Wamda X Startup Reveal: Cohort II

Over the course of the last 4 months, and through the 3 stages of the programme: XStart, XSolve, and XScale, the second cohort of the...

Regional

Navigating COVID-19: Recessions, the runways for innovation?

Uncertainty is stressful in normal times. It’s hard enough to have the right business plan, create a clear strategy and message...

Regional

#AfricaVsVirus Challenge

The AfDB Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab is organising the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge as an opportunity to create tech and non-tech...

Regional

Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform

UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the...

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Regional

Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent

Wamda is hosting an online webinar, 'Navigating COVID-19: Managing people and talent' on Wednesday, April 15th, at 4:00 PM...

Jordan

In conversation with Hussam Hammo of Tamatem

The Middle East’s mobile gaming industry was already a booming one prior to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic that has seen...

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Regional

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...

Data Analytics Artificial intelligence

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...

coronavirus covid-19 entrepreneurship

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...

Women Women Entrepreneur Women empowerment

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...

Step Conference STEP entrepreneurship

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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