Jordan Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report] Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is... Raed Khalil • 17 June, 2015 Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth
Regional A closer look at Azza Fahmy’s transformation from local, Egyptian-born jewelry designer to international luxury brand [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Azza Fahmy an Egypt born luxury... Raed Khalil • 14 June, 2015 jewelry Azza Fahmy american university of cairo
Regional Digital Arabic Content: an industry brief [WRL report] In the past few years, the MENA region has witnessed a rapid growth of internet and smartphone penetration - and these trends are projected... Lucy Knight • 10 June, 2015 Taghreedat DAC Digital Arabic Content
Egypt Nahdet el Mahrousa, a focus on the supporter of social enterprises [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an... Raed Khalil • 10 June, 2015 Yahoo! Maktoob Nahdet el Mahrousa american university of cairo
Regional Mo'men Group's recipe for success [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo, on Mo’men, a fast food chain of r... Raed Khalil • 31 May, 2015 Mo'men aramex
Regional The challenges and changes that shaped Woopra’s growth [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Woopra, a real-time customer... Raed Khalil • 24 May, 2015 John Pozadzides Jad Younan Elie Khoury
Lebanon Souk el Tayeb, a social business and its growth in Lebanon [Report] A social project creating a healthy diet. (Image via Souk el Tayeb) Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with... Raed Khalil • 17 May, 2015 Souk el Tayeb aramex wamda
Regional How young Arabs are fueling the MENA media market [Report] Global consulting firm Strategy& has published a report on the potential of MENA’s youth and how they have shifted the local media i... Raed Khalil • 15 April, 2015 Noura al Kaabi Jayant Bhargava young arabs
Regional MENA online market to soon create billion dollar companies The iMENA Group has published, in partnership with Kauffman Fellows Press, a report outlining how the MENA region’s online sector will r... Raed Khalil • 13 April, 2015 Khaldoun Tabaza growth iMENA
Jordan Do tech entrepreneurs have the solution to a brighter future for Jordan? Jordan is facing a potential crisis. While GDP growth has been steady for the past few years and is projected to remain that way, the... Wamda • 02 December, 2014 scale-ups scale up Mentorship
Regional New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities 76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to ... Wamda • 01 December, 2014 Wamda Research Lab WRL
Regional The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1 Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East... Wamda • 26 November, 2014 Wamda Research Lab Funding Mentors
Regional Mobile dominates even offline shopping in MENA [Report] Shoppers and retailers in the MENA region have long known that consumers have been spending more and more money online. What is new,... Wamda • 21 October, 2014 smartphone penetration Mobile Report
Regional Lesson One: Mapping Education Technology Startups in the MENA Education is a powerful tool. Those of us privileged enough to get a good education often forget that for the majority of people around... Nafez Dakkak • 12 October, 2014 Wamda Research Lab EdTech Education
Global The definitive guide to developing an MVP UXPin recently released a guide for entrepreneurs, titled The Guide to Minimum Viable Products: A Master Collection of Frameworks, Expert O... Robert Carroll • 05 October, 2014 minimum viable product resources mvp
Regional investment future looks bright despite political distress The 8th edition of the ‘MENA Private Equity & Venture Capital’ Annual Report shows that investments in the region are holding strong de... Wamda • 22 July, 2014 private equity mena pea uae
Maghreb Moroccan social entrepreneurship struggling, MCISE study says Social entrepreneurship in Morocco is as trendy in certain circles as it is unknown to the vast majority of people. Despite this... Wamda • 22 April, 2014
New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco For many in Morocco, it seems that Facebook is the most popular destination on the internet. A healthy 73% of the total population visited... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 February, 2014 Data Facebook
World Bank and IFC's Doing Business 2014 report ranks Arab countries Entrepreneurs in the Arab World might not be the luckiest compared to their peers in more developed regions, but entrepreneurs from the... Ahmed Gabr • 26 January, 2014
Africa: an untapped opportunity for Middle Eastern startups Cellular penetration in Africa is growing at a rate of around 4.2 percent – a rate unequalled anywhere else in the world. In terms of m... Ahmed Gabr • 10 December, 2013 africa Mobile messaging Mobile Penetration
Jordan 9 common pitfalls of web startups and how to avoid them Within six years, Jordanian web and mobile development company Spring, which was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Razan Khatib and Ahmad... Maya Rahal • 04 December, 2013 Spring
A look at Islamic banking consumption in the UAE [Report] In the UAE, almost 60% of the population holds at least one Islamic Banking product, according to a recent survey of 5,300 UAE residents... Glen Dalakian II • 26 November, 2013 Banks Islamic products Financial systems
What role should social media play in classrooms in the Middle East? Facebook, Twitter, and Google have become indispensible tools in our professional as well as social lives; this is fast becoming as true in... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 November, 2013 dubai school of government Education
The story of Jordanian pharmaceutical giant Hikma: from bartering to IPO [Case Study] This is the fifth post in our case study series, in partnership with the El Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) at the A... Wamda • 20 October, 2013 case study Healthcare Health