Wamda

From Bankruptcy to Topping the Arabia500: German Imaging Technologies [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Sassan Khatib-Shahidi, co-founder and CEO of Dubai-based printer cartridge ...

Failure

MedESS 2013 Conference

This year, spring will be about involvement in solidarity! That’s at least what MedESS 2013 is proposing. During 3 days, participants will b...

Conferences Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Why Startups Should Support Sustainability: MixnMentor Dubai Panel Part 7 [Wamda TV]

Following the 6th segment of Wamda's MixnMentor Dubai Event, in which Muhammed Mekki discussed Namshi's approach to analytics, angel...

Advice Fadi Ghandour Mix n Mentor

How Startups in Emerging Markets Can Lead a Sustainability Movement: Simran Sethi [Wamda TV]

In a conversation with Wamda contributor and founder of GEDS Business consultancy Gulay Ozkan, journalist Simran Sethi explains how ...

Environment

Launching a Communal Incubator in Amman: Gel Together [Wamda TV]

Founder Farah Ghniem and brand strategist Ayah Younis of Gel Together brought a dose of fun to the Amman Tech Tuesday anniversary event ...

Ecosystem Investment Startup Communities

Creating a Culture of Hacking for Social Good in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Sana Odeh of Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science at New York University and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Abu Dhabi,...

Education Social Entrepreneurship

Google Zeitgeist Young Minds Competition Calls on Changemakers in MENA

Young entrepreneurs with an idea for changing the world may want to apply to Zeitgeist Young Minds, a competition to find 10 pioneers and ...

Competitions

Pakistani Students Pioneer Affordable Neural Prosthetics for Victims of Conflict [Wamda TV]

Pakistani entrepreneurs Bilal and Fahed pitched their idea for affordable neurally-controlled prosthetics at the Global Innovation through...

Launching the First Regional Network for Creative Talent at TasmeemME [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] "Whoever believed in his idea and worked on implementing it is an entrepreneur," says founder Tamam Mango...

Endeavor

Lebanese Entrepreneurs Prevent Heart Attacks with Innovative Vest [Wamda TV]

[English] During the Global Innovation for Science and Technology competition this past month at the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit...

Empowering Youth to Find Local Solutions [Wamda TV]

Afif Tabsh, the founder of Lebanese NGO Aie Serve, discusses how he works to empower youth to make change and find solutions for local...

Building the Wikipedia of Volunteerism in Arabia at Nakhweh [Wamda TV]

Kamel al Asmar, founder of non-profit venture Nakhweh, discusses how the startup works to connect youth in Jordan to volunteer...

Social Entrepreneurship Jordan

Can a Syrian Internship Initiative Solve Youth Unemployment?

The issue dominating every conversation on the table in the Middle East today is omnipresent enough to have a band named after it: Job...

NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World 2011

The NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World 2011 is launching this fall, from October 27 – Sunday, October 30, 2...

Blazing a Trail for Green Travel in Arabia: Egypt’s Wild Guanabana

As the tourism industry takes a huge hit in post-revolution Egypt, now losing an estimated $1 billion a month, according to the Egyptian...

Social Venture Meetup

AltCity is hosting an event focused on social entrepreneurship and GEW next Monday in Beirut. When: October 3, 2011, 7-9pmWhere: AltCity...

Water Hackathon Egypt

Water is essential to sustain life and economic development. Yet the number of people without access remains immense: 2.5 billion with no...

Building a Social Venture: Hamzet Wasel

Jordan faces an increasing divide between its capital, Amman, and its outlying cities, and, within Amman, fragmentation between its...

How to Make Your Business Green: Toolkits from Heroes of the UAE

Heroes of the UAE offers several downloadable toolkits that enable you to create a more environmentally friendly business, from information...

The Girl Effect Fact Sheet

The Girl Effect is the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world. Adolescent girls are...

The Carbon Footprint Calculator

Understand how to cut down your business's carbon footprint by calculating it, at www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx Who is The ...

Accelerating the Move to a Low Water Economy

A report by WSP Environment and Energy on the future of water and scarcity issues, and the importance of water footrprinting. Find more at...

How Businesses Can Control Their Energy Use

An excellent step-by-step guide by WSP Environment and Energy offers advice on how a business can cut costs by conserving energy. Find more...

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

The Brookings Institute's Report on Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Toward Sustainable Development for the Next...

Thought Leadership

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