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,... Annelies Docx • 25 November, 2020
Regional Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2020 The 4th Sharjah Entrepreneaurship Festival will be held on December 6-10 2020. The event will be virtually and... Annelies Docx • 18 November, 2020
Regional Techne Summit Alexandria 2020 Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
Regional The future of Agritech in Mena Wamda is hosting an online panel discussion on Wednesday, November 4th at 3:00 PM (GMT+4), ''The future of Agritech in... Annelies Docx • 26 October, 2020
Iraq More investment, better regulations needed in Iraq Iraq’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is gradually shaping up and evolving into a welcome landscape for innovation. While the... Dunya Hassanein • 20 October, 2020 Five One Labs Iraqi ecosystem Miswag.net
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... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
Regional STEP Saudi 2020 Step Saudi 2020, Saudi's Most Happening Conference, taking place online this November 24-25, 2020. 2,000+ startup... Annelies Docx • 19 October, 2020
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.... Wamda • 08 October, 2020
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... Annelies Docx • 04 October, 2020
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... Shaimaa El Nazer • 27 August, 2020 STEP event
Egypt RiseUp concludes its first virtual edition RiseUp is one of the region's biggest startup events, attracting thousands of participants, giving visitors a glimpse into the Egyptian... Dunya Hassanein • 16 August, 2020 RiseUp Summit Rise Up from Home
Regional What is the future of events? Last week, after four long months of coronavirus lockdowns, Dubai hosted its first “in-person” event. AI Everything, held at... Shaimaa El Nazer • 21 July, 2020 STEP Step Conference eventtus
Regional Edtech and its roadmap to new realities Wamda, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers, is hosting an online panel discussion, ‘Edtech and its roadmap to... Wamda • 25 June, 2020
Egypt Seedstars: It's Easier Online Hackathon Digital & Financial inclusion have transformative power on the economy, community and employment. Digital transformation... Lara Fakih • 08 June, 2020
Regional [Report Launch] The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem Wamda and Arabnet have joined efforts to conduct research for a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the startup ecosystem across the... Wamda • 13 May, 2020
Regional Blitzscaling and the COVID-19 crisis Theory, a JV with MENA media giant StarzPlay, and its partner network Nat Geo and Discovery, and Harvard affiliates that... Wamda • 11 May, 2020
Regional A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA region during uncertain times Wamda and Microsoft for Startups are hosting 'A conversation on mental health and the power of harnessing communities in the MENA... Wamda • 10 May, 2020
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... Wamda • 26 April, 2020
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... Wamda • 09 June, 2020
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... Wamda • 19 April, 2020
Regional #AfricaVsVirus Challenge The AfDB Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab is organising the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge as an opportunity to create tech and non-tech... Wamda • 15 April, 2020
Global Roundup of STEP’s first virtual conference Dubai-based STEP launched its first online event as part of its series on the impact of COVID-19 on businesses. The two-hour event... Dunya Hassanein • 15 April, 2020 STEP Conferences covid-19 startups
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... Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 April, 2020 events Investment coronavirus
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... Wamda • 12 April, 2020