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Riding the Real Estate Cycle: Building Capabilities for a Sustainable Future [Report]

This report, published by Strategy&, explains the Arab world’s property market bust that exposed deep structural problems...

Real Estate

Qordoba translated its 5 millionth word. Here's how it manages a distributed team

Global translation platform Qordoba has just translated its 5 millionth word, hitting the mark last April on a Mandarin translation job,...

Dubai Translation Team management

Dubai startups bond at Astrolabs' first Scaling Online Startups workshop

New platform Astrolabs isn’t just another mentorship network. Sprung from the minds of ex-Namshi founders Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, ...

Dubai Astrolabs Namshi

Entertaining and educating Palestine's children: Anoud Games

After the First Intifada in Palestine, there weren't that many educational games for kids in Arabic. At least that's Palestinian...

Education Gaming

Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report]

By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment...

Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change

Startup Weekend Rabat

Startup Weekend makes its way to Rabat, Morocco on June 7-9, 2013, organized by a group of friends who are leading a roadshow across ...

Startup Weekend

International StartUps Meeting - Tunis, Tunisia

The International Start-Ups Meeting (ISUM) is an international initiative by AIESEC Alumni to connect startup enthusiasts to allow them to ...

Conferences

BiD Network launches ICT Challenge in Palestine

The ICT market is Palestine is on the rise; in Gaza, some of the best emerging employment opportunities are in ICT, especially for...

ict Business Development Competitions

Mix N’ Mentor Amman Brings The Lean Startup Workshop, by Tech Pioneer Calvin Chin

Alongside Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Amman on May 24th, serial entrepreneur Calvin Chin will lead a Lean Startup Workshop for the event’s atten...

Training Mix n Mentor

Startup Weekend Algiers

Startup Weekend comes to Algiers, Algeria on May 16-18, 2013. SW Alger will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can pitch their ...

Wamda for Women Launches Roundtable in Doha May 20th: Register Now!

Wamda for Women is now launching in Doha! Click here to register.Next Monday, May 20th, from 10am to 12pm at the Grand Hyatt Doha, we'll...

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs W4WE Women

Startup Weekend Giza

Startup Weekend comes to Giza, Egypt on May 16-18, 2013. SW Giza will follow the basic Startup Weekend model, anyone can pitch their idea, ...

How to Build Your Startup: Fly or Die, from the 6th StartupQ8

Building on the success of our last 5 monthly events in Kuwait, the 6th StartupQ8 took place on March 25th with the topic: “how t...

Startup Q8

Accelerator Flat6Labs Jeddah Launches in Saudi Arabia

Bringing the accelerator trend to Saudi Arabia, Flat6Labs Jeddah was just launched by Qotuf AlRiyadah, a company that supports small and...

Flat6Labs Accelerators

10 Tips from Mix n' Mentor Doha

At Mix n' Mentor Doha, we gathered over 100 mentors and entrepreneurs for a half-day event that fostered in-depth discussions about team ...

Mix n Mentor Tips Advice

The Young Entrepreneur Forum - Marrakech, Morocco

You can now submit your ideas of activities for the next Young Entrepreneur Forum. Submissions should fit into the general theme: "Youth e...

Agriculture

Think Science Fair Unites Technology Talents in the Emirates

The Sunday before last, Dubai witnessed the launch of the biggest national science innovation fair for youth in UAE. The "Think Science"...

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

Saudi Arabia's Untapped Tourism Opportunity

When we think of tourism in the Arab world, we usually first imagine the Egyptian pyramids, the lavish resorts of Dubai, the museums of...

Tourism Saudi Arabia

Wamda 4 Women hosts roundtables in Doha, Amman, and Riyadh

This May, Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs (W4Women) is coming to 4 cities! Manama, Amman, Doha, and Riyadh! Join us for two-hour roundtable di...

W4Women Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Mix n Mentor

5 Lessons from the Indian Entrepreneur Who Built a Multi-Million Dollar Company in Jordan

The fact that you haven’t heard of Aspire.jo isn’t an accident. “I’ve kept the company very low profile,” says founder and CEO Kaushal Shah,...

India Outsourcing

Are Employees in the Arab World Satisfied with their Jobs? [Infographic]

A wide majority (75%) of employees in the Arab world would leave their current job for a competitor if offered a higher salary, according...

Team management Team Programme

The Next, and Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East

This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review on April 17, 2013. Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all...

Ecosystem Angel Investment Investment

A Look at Entrepreneurship in Morocco: Where Can Startups Turn for Help?

Entrepreneurs in Morocco today face several challenges: meeting mentors and investors, finding a suitable office space, building...

Mentorship Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

A Look Inside Lebanon's Game Cooks as They Launch a New iOS Game

The development studio for Game Cooks is set on a hill in Mansourieh, Lebanon overlooking a sprawling Beirut. After its two...

Developers Mobile Gaming Gaming

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