Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia? Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often... Aline Mayard • 03 December, 2013 tunisia VC Incubator
Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming back to Dubai! Coming up right after our stop in Jeddah, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 will next head back to Dubai to close out Wamda’s 2013 MnM tour a... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor
Mix N' Mentor Jeddah Entrepreneur Guidelines Session Format: 3 mentorship sessions, 3 different topics. 1 hour each session. 6 entrepreneurs and 1-2 mentors per breakout group. Going... Wamda • 27 November, 2013
8 leading startups get connected with Silicon Valley at MENA Innovation DemoDay Despite the instabilities at home, Egyptian startups are gaining global recognition for their innovations lately; it’s not just that I... Akram Dweikat • 25 November, 2013 techwadi palinno disrupt
Experienced entrepreneurs battle at Startup Weekend Ramallah The startup ecosystem in Palestine is maturing, and nowhere was that more evident than at the second Startup Weekend in Ramallah this... Iliana Montauk • 26 November, 2013 Mentorship Startup Weekend
StartupYourLife, the community that’s shaking up the Moroccan startup scene “Countries from all around the world look up to Silicon Valley as if it were the heart of innovation; they’re all getting the... Aline Mayard • 24 November, 2013 startupyourlife morocco events
GIST Startup Boot Camp Amman In partnership with Oasis500, the GIST Boot Camp will be held on December 16-17, 2013 and is open to Jordanian entrepreneurs with a tech... Wamda • 21 November, 2013 GIST Seed stage
How Lebanon's fashion industry can create the next Elie Saab Krikor Jabotian thinks it started with Halle Berry. Before the beauty won her Best Actress Oscar in 2002, the Lebanese fashion industry... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 November, 2013 zuhair murad reem acra rabih kayrouz
Join us on the Wamda Plane for a free trip to our Saudi blogger meetup! On December 5th, Wamda will be flying Saudi tech bloggers, journalists, and entrepreneurs to Mix N’ Mentor Jeddah for free! (Apply below) T... Wamda • 19 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor
Your guide to Global Entrepreneurship Week in the Middle East Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) takes place each November and is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurs who are launching st... Glen Dalakian II • 18 November, 2013 GEW Startup Weekend
10 lessons for building a startup from the Google for Entrepreneurs Partners Summit Two weeks ago, Muhammed Mekki and I participated – as AstroLabs – in the first Google for Entrepreneurs Partners summit, a two da... Louis Lebbos • 13 November, 2013 silicon valley Advice Google
What collaboration tools does your startup use? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV] At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, we chatted with attending entrepreneurs and mentors about the tools they use to collaborate with team memb... Wamda • 10 November, 2013 Tools Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Geeks on a Plane coming to Dubai Tech Nights On November 14, 2013, ‘Geeks On A Plane to Dubai’ will meet with local entrepreneurs to chat about building their startups. Geeks on a Plan... Wamda • 08 November, 2013 Mentorship
Wamda’s new Pitch N’ Mentor heads to Cairo Alongside the Rise Up Egypt event coming to Cairo on November 24th, Wamda's Pitch N' Mentor will take place as the region's first of its k... Wamda • 10 November, 2013 Pitching
4 reasons to join a hackathon A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the... Aline Mayard • 07 November, 2013 hackathon Startupbus accelerator
The Growth & Culture Hacking Mastermind in Kuala Lumpur On January 18-20, 2014, 50 select entrepreneurs, executives and adventurers from across the Middle East and the world will gather in Kuala ... Wamda • 08 November, 2013 Training Conferences
5 tips for building the perfect startup pitch, at Google Zurich A week ago, I ventured off on a special roadtrip: StartupBus Europe, a trans-European 3 day-long hackathon on wheels. In the... Aline Mayard • 06 November, 2013 hackathon Startupbus Pitching
Wamda's Mix N' Mentor Jeddah The next stop on Wamda's 2013 Mix N' Mentor Roadshow, Mix N’ Mentor Jeddah will take place on December 5, 2013. Based on the success of Mix... Wamda • 06 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Mowgli Mentoring Experience in Egypt The Mowgli Foundation and Lafarge will be hosting a mentorship program in Egypt on November 20-21, 2013. Following the workshop, during... Wamda • 05 November, 2013 Mentorship
Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming to Jeddah! Fresh off the heels of a successful event in Beirut, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 next heads to Jeddah to continue our tour across the M... Wamda • 05 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
AMIDEAST Arab Women's Entrepreneurship Project in Lebanon and Morocco Launched in 2011, the Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Project (AWEP) is helping women to overcome barriers to their participation in the r... Wamda • 04 November, 2013 Training Mentorship Women
Not an incubator, not an accelerator, but a startup academy: Bedaya launches in Egypt Bedaya Startup Academy is one of the few entrepreneurship training program existing outside the academic sphere in... Hanan Solayman • 11 November, 2013 Training
Is building hardware in China the secret to crowdfunding a huge seed round? Devices are having a moment, and so is HAXLR8R. The hardware-focused startup accelerator, based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 October, 2013 accelerator haxlr8r china
6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut Our latest Mix n' Mentor wasn't just cool because it was hosted in an old silk factory in the suburbs of Beirut; it was also a more... Nina Curley • 22 October, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship