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What's dangerous about the hype in the Middle East startup ecosystem [Wamda TV]

At the recent World Economic Forum Meeting on the Middle East and North Africa in Dead Sea, Jordan this May, we chatted with Usama Fayyad, E...

Hype World Economic Forum Incubator

What are the biggest challenges faced by Bahraini entrepreneurs? We ask the crowd [Wamda TV]

During Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor event in Manama, we asked attendees to share their biggest challenges to building their startup. Equity fun...

Bahrain Mix n Mentor Ecosystem

Egyptian Startup Seeks to Streamline Travel Booking in the Middle East [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, we chatted with Hussein Al-Sakkaf, Founder and CEO of Go Ejaza, a travel planning platform f...

Egypt Travel

How to Nurture Global Ambition: A Chat with John Bradford of Springboard [Wamda TV]

Springboard is an intensive 13-week mentor-led business accelerator program based in London and Cambridge that offers entrepreneurs office...

Accelerators Advice Scaling

HemenKiralik For Apartments Rental: Focusing on the Turkish Market [Wamda TV]

During the Webrazzi Summit, Remi Onur, Co-founder and CEO at HemenKiralik.com, speaks to us about the startup's interface and future plans....

Call Centers Investment Travel

How KAUST Entrepreneurship Center Works to Incubate Startups in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

Ahmed Abdulwahab, Manager of the the KAUST Entrepreneurship Center, explains what the newly-launched center and seed fund is doing to...

Accelerators Ecosystem MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

What Oasis500 Looks for in a Startup [Wamda TV]

Usama Fayyad of successful Jordanian accelerator and early stage investment vehicle Oasis500 chats with Wamda at the World Economic Forum...

Accelerators Investment Mentorship

Meet the New Accelerator in Town: Dubai’s SeedStartup

SeedStartup, a seed-stage investment vehicle launching in the UAE this September, is coming online as the latest in a series of new...

New Startup Seed Fund Tenmou Launches in Bahrain

Tenmou, a new seed stage investment vehicle, has launched in Bahrain this week. The fund, the country's first business angel company, is...

How FEMIP is Working to Empower MENA Startups

Learn how FEMIP can help finance and support your startup in the Middle East and North Africa. What is FEMIP?The Facility for...

How the Palestine Investment Fund is Helping SMEs

A report on the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) reveals its commitments to small and medium-sized businesses in Palestine.

N2V Announces Two New Investments

N2V have announced in these two articles a new investment with Qaym.com along with a joint venture with AqarMap.com. N2V Invests In ...

Jordan's Agents of Change

In the next few years, the work of a few Jordanian agents of change, investing millions of dollars in small companies, could matter more...

How much should you look for in your seed round?

The challenge of how much money to seek in early-stage funding remains one of the most complex an entrpreneur can face. Will Herman is an...

Just Capital: Seed Funding in Jordan

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues ...

Bassel Ojjeh on Building a Business

After spells at both Microsoft and Yahoo, Bassel Ojjeh is well placed to understand the potential of technology. In his last role, he was...

Why Execution is More Important than the Idea: Sarah Abu Alia of Art Medium [Wamda TV]

Sarah Abu Alia, the Founder and Project Director of Art Medium, an art management company, to market and broker art in Jordan. Abu Alia...

Gideon Simeloff of twofour54: What Investors are Looking For

Gideon Simeloff, the head of Ibtikar at Abu Dhabi-based investment vehicle TwoFour54, explains how TwoFour54 is creating a sustainable...

Leading Startups to Scalable Success

Rashid Al Ballaa, the CEO of N2V, discusses N2V's four unique platforms for supporting entrepreneurs at seed and early stages, even those...

Why Creating Revenue Streams Upfront is Important for Starting Up in Lebanon: Antoine Abou-Samra, the Managing Director of Bader Lebanon

Antoine Abou-Samra, the Managing Director of Bader Lebanon, describes how Bader trains Lebanese entrepreneurs, connects them to a network...

Cloud 9: Pitch Your Business to the Experts

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