Wamda

The Emirates Foundation for Youth Development: A Local Model for Supporting Young Entrepreneurs

A major factor in the success of any country is investing in youth to ensure their economic, technological, scientific and...

Support Organizations Public-Private Partnerships Youth

The First Startup Weekend Ramallah Awards a Job Application Screening Platform

Note: this piece is adapted from the Arabic original.Startup Weekend Ramallah almost didn't happen. The organizers- Jaafar Houjair, ...

SWRamallah Startup Weekend

4 Mix N’ Mentors in 40 Days! Register Now for Doha, Manama, Amman, and Riyadh

In April and May, Wamda is taking the 2013 Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow to 4 new locations: Doha, Manama, Amman, and Riyadh to continue our tour ...

Mix n Mentor

Meet the Winners of Startup Weekend Jeddah

At the first Startup Weekend to grace Jeddah over a week ago, a wedding arrangement site won the day, led by two women. Hoping to serve...

Badir Saudi Arabia Startup Communities

Bahrain Builds Stronger Support Systems for Local Entrepreneurs

Compared to much of the Arab world, Bahrain's entrepreneurs are very well-supported. They have the advantages of Tenmou, Tamkeen, the...

Innovation

Why You're Scared of Public Speaking & How to Overcome It

Regardless of your profession, your success is determined a great deal by your ability to communicate effectively. Whether you’re running a...

Tips

8 Hackerspaces Changing the Arab World

Lately, it seems as though we often hear about a revolutionary new DIY idea like the Raspberry Pi Do-it-Yourself computer, or a...

Hacker Culture Social Change Crowdfunding

Wamda Announces Mix n' Mentor Doha

Building on the success of our first stop in Cairo on the 2013 Mix n’ Mentor Roadshow, Wamda next heads to Doha to continue our tour of 12 ...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Mix n’ Mentor Doha

Building on the success of our first stop in Cairo on the 2013 Mix n’ Mentor Roadshow, Wamda next heads to Doha to continue our tour of 12 c...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

8 Tips for Building a Successful Company, from the 5th Startup Q8

Our fifth monthly Startup Q8 (Kuwait) event may have been our very best. We had two sessions: Designing Customer Experience by Haider...

Customer Service Startup Q8 Advice

Flat6Labs Summer Cycle Deadline

Flat6Labs in Egypt is calling for applications to its next incubation cycle starting in June 2013. The cycle will last for 4 months...

Flat6Labs

TECOM SME Finance Essentials

The first session of the TECOM SME Builder Series will discuss SME Finance Essentials on April 4, 2013. The TECOM SME Builder Series offers...

Financial management

Tips for Incorporating Your Startup, A Cheat Sheet for Lebanon

This piece is coauthored by Adib Tohme, the founder of Citizen L, a law firm with offices in Lebanon, Riyadh, Dubai, Paris and New ...

Incorporation Legal

Bader Business Plan Competition in Egypt

The Bader Program recently launched a new business plan competition in Egypt, applications are due on April 15, 2013. The competition looks...

Business Development Ideas Egypt

Dubizzle Seeks to Change Culture of Ownership in Egypt

Global market research firm YouGov recently conducted a survey on the buying and selling behaviors of Egyptian internet users...

Social Change Egypt E-commerce

Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Local Finals

Imagine Cup is a leading student technology competition that has grown to become a top competition in the Gulf. The UAE local finals will...

Competitions Ecosystem

Startup Weekend North Lebanon

Startup Weekend comes to the Beirut Arab University in North Lebanon on April 26-28, 2013. SW North Lebanon will follow the basic Startup W...

Startup Weekend Competitions

New Business Consultancy Helps Startups Get On Their Feet in Egypt

New entrepreneurs in Egypt come up against a variety of challenges: registering a company, finding legal help, renting an office,...

Startup Services Consulting

15 Tweetable Tips from Mix n' Mentor Cairo

At Mix n' Mentor Cairo, entrepreneurs and mentors discussed 3 major issues faced by Egyptian entrepreneurs. We've compiled a few of the key...

Mix n Mentor Advice Mentorship

6 Tips on Developing Games for Mobile, from Richard Rabbat of Zynga

As Zynga looks to make a comeback by focusing on mobile, developers in the Middle East may want to take notes on its tips and tricks-...

Zynga Social Advice

Can Free Seed Money Build a $1 Billion Company? Welcome to Start-Up Chile

To me, Chile is not just a country located in South America; it’s also one of the biggest startups in the world. The Chilean government has ...

Government Ecosystem Startup Communities

Inside East Africa's Tech Hubs Part 2: Culture

Click here to see the original photos on Picasa Web. In Part Two of this three-part photo series “Inside East Africa’s Hubs”, we...

East Africa Technology Coworking Spaces

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

The Big Start Competition: The Big Talk

Come learn about The Big Start, a student entrepreneur competition which builds and empowers entrepreneurial community in the UAE. The...

Competitions

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