U.A.E Talpods: Mentoring a new generation of software engineers Ask any entrepreneur what the most important element is to their survival and success and the answer almost always will be... Triska Hamid • 29 August, 2022 Talpods software engineering
Regional How the gig economy is disrupting the region’s startup ecosystem With 70 million platform workers registered globally, economists predict that by 2025, talent platforms will mediate one third of all... Nagham Al Eithan • 29 July, 2021 gig economy
Saudi Arabia Sabbar raises $4 million in pre-Series A Saudi Arabia-based gig-economy marketplace platform has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round led by STV with participation from... News • 13 July, 2021 Sabbar gig economy
Global What is the future of human resources? By Somaya El Sherbini, co-founder and managing partner at RightFoot With global economies facing challenges for the remainder of 2020,... Thought Leadership • 25 June, 2020 human resources HR recruitment
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... Wamda • 06 April, 2020
Regional To gig or not to gig that is the question for the MENA It was Jazz performers who originally coined the term ‘gig’ in 1920’s America, as an abbreviation for the word... Dina Alnabulsi • 16 July, 2017 Gigs Freelancers jobs
Regional How talented is the MENA? [Report] INSEAD Business School, Google and the Center for Economic Growth recently released this year’s edition of the Middle East and North... Tala El Issa • 19 June, 2017 Employment talents Skills
Regional Online talent platforms: labor market connectors for the digital era in the GCC Youth unemployment is one of the Middle East’s biggest challenges. Even as unemployment remains high and people are unable to land... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 24 April, 2017 recruitment Job Creation onegcc
Global Putting values at the heart of a company [Q&A] This is the second of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first was on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and... Rachel Williamson • 07 March, 2017 Sanergy recruitment company culture
Regional What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and... Rachel Williamson • 06 March, 2017 recruitment Programme human resources
Regional Middle East youth unemployment: can startups help? This is an edited crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. A new study finds that perceptions of salaries and career prospects at startups are... Knowledge @Wharton • 03 January, 2017 WRL #Wamda2016 Access to Talent
Global Behind Gradberry’s rebirth: it's all about timing “I don’t look like any other founder in the [Silicon] Valley. I wasn’t born and raised here,” Gradberry founder Iba... Vanessa Khalil • 02 November, 2016 Gradberry TARA uae
Egypt Cairo Angels lead angel deal in Egypt's Hire Hunt Business angels network Cairo Angels has sealed an investment with the Egyptian startup Hire Hunt in September. Cairo Angels... Eduard Cousin • 06 October, 2016 cairo angels HireHunt Egypt
Egypt Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search... Eman Mostafa • 24 May, 2016 youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search
Regional Who's hiring in MENA? [Infographic] Access to talent is a key difficulty for employers large and small in MENA. In an upcoming Wamda Research Lab report the findings... Rachel Williamson • 17 April, 2016 Access to Talent recruitment Payfort
Maghreb Programmers for hire: Scorify links talent with jobs The hunt of developers. (Image via Mashable) Every industry has its own myths, and one often-heard claim in the tech sector is that... Federico Guerrini • 02 December, 2015 startup hiring tech talent programmer
Regional How to attract and retain talent [Opinion] People are arguably the single most important component of any venture. With the proliferation of technology startups in the region,... Johnny Matta • 07 September, 2015 johnny matta human resources talent
Lebanon What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s... Lucy Knight • 10 September, 2015 Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners
Regional From Egypt to the Gulf: conquering the HR market Attracting good staff is the MENA-based entrepreneur’s constant lament, yet Egyptian Rania Abdallah says there are ways to solve this d... Eman Mostafa • 02 July, 2015 talent AHRC AspireHRConsultants
Regional 12 lessons learned in helping your talent thrive Photo credits. Looking back at 2014, it was quite a fruitful year in terms of funds announced and investment deals closed. But one... Maya Rahal • 26 January, 2015 lessons Q&A Team building
LinkedIn of Arabia? Egypt’s answer to the recruitment question It is often the case that entrepreneur experts advise those in their field not to think of regional expansion before their project has... Eman Mostafa • 20 August, 2014 Jobzella uae jobs
ZaiGood, the startup incubator where employees give clients just 20% of their time Zak el Fassi is an unusual entrepreneur. He’s never sent me a press release, nor pitched me his project during startup events. But I keep h... Aline Mayard • 14 August, 2014 recruitment ZaiGood
Can recommendations from friends help you land your dream job? A month ago, Saudi entrepreneur Fady Yahya launched the new, pivoted version of Resury. The recruitment app has come a long way since... Aline Mayard • 14 July, 2014
Intel Egypt denies rumors blaming partial shutdown on political woes In the midst of a not-so-pleasant economic situation in Egypt, Intel made headlines last week. A number of online news sources reported... Ahmed Gabr • 16 April, 2014 Intel Egypt