Regional

The startups tackling food waste in Mena

A third of all the food produced for human consumption is wasted every year around the world. That is roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of food...

Nagham Al Eithan • 20 April, 2021

food waste Sustainability

Regional

Veolia launches accelerator for social startups and SMEs

France-based Veolia has launched an acceleration and mentoring programme, aimed at supporting social startups and SMEs across the Middle...

Wamda • 03 November, 2020

Veolia acceleration smes

Global

Can footsteps power our world?

Sustainability has dominated economic and political agendas across the world this past year. Governments have recognised the need for clean...

Wamda • 23 December, 2019

Sustainability Climate change Green Energy

U.A.E

In conversation with Maya Talih Khatoun of RIOT

The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry after oil and gas. The total greenhouse gas emissions from textile production...

Triska Hamid • 28 May, 2019

Fashion Sustainability RIOT

Lebanon

cewas Startup Program - Lebanon [Call for Applications]

Here is your chance to build your water, sanitation or waste idea into a business, with expert trainings, access to cash financing and...

Wamda • 13 February, 2018

lebanon WATER Sustainability

Lebanon

Two winners at AUB’s Hult Prize competition

The second edition in a row of the Hult Prize competition was held on campus at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Hult Prize...

Rami Deeb • 25 January, 2018

lebanon aub hult prize

Lebanon

Startup Weekend Bekaa - Ag | Food | Water Innovation

Techstars Startup Weekend Bekaa is the place to look for a team, prototype and validate a business idea, and receive feedback from...

Wamda • 30 November, 2017

lebanon Agriculture Innovation

Regional

Middle Eastern environmental startups get on the right side of the green line

In recent years, the tech sector around the world has come to recognize the importance, the urgent necessity even, of going green. The...

Lily Catherine Jabbour • 09 August, 2017

Sustainability Cleantech green

Jordan

cewas Startup Program 2017

cewas Middle East will be launching their startup program in sustainable water, sanitation and resource management for Jordanian...

Wamda • 27 June, 2017

entrepreneurs startup Jordan

Egypt

Egypt launches new startup waste management program

The Leeha 2eema waste management entrepreneurship program launched last month, to support 45 startups with local manufacturing and value...

Wamda • 07 April, 2017

waste management cleantech Arabia Leeha 2eema

Jordan

Harnessing the power of Jordan's wind [Q&A]

Solar panel units, satellite dishes and water tanks are no longer the only trademarks of residential rooftops. Two-meter high wind turbines...

Tala El Issa • 25 December, 2016

Taqetna solar Wind

Regional

Egyptian startup wins PepsiCo Social Impact Competition

Napata from Egypt was announced the winner of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition, receiving $10,000 in Amman on Tuesday. Napata,...

Tala El Issa • 30 November, 2016

PepsiCo Social Impact Competition social impact Sustainability

Sustainability in an increasingly energy-hungry region

The recent refugee crisis and the rising pace of urbanization processes has placed an immense load on already-strained infrastructures...

Stefania D'Ignoti • 01 December, 2016

Harvard Arab Weekend Sustainability energy efficiency

U.A.E

World Future Energy Summit 2017

The ‘World Future Energy Summit 2017’ (WFES) will be taking place from 16-19 January, 2017 at Abu Dhabi National...

Wamda • 09 September, 2016

Sustainability uae energy

Regional

AMWAJ 2016

What is good for the environment is good for society and can be good for business. Are you interested in advancing this triple bottom line...

Wamda • 30 August, 2016

Jordan Sustainability Environment

Egypt

Alex Agenda aims to develop Egypt’s media [Q&A]

Egypt’s media has dramatically shifted since the January 25 revolution four years ago. Citizen journalists spread through the streets and l...

Eman Mostafa • 06 August, 2015

Media training Alex Agenda alexandria

U.A.E

Green is the new black, bringing bamboo sportswear to the UAE

A Baembu t-shirt. The camels approve. (Image via Plhong Flores) Most startup conferences will tell you that perfectionism is an enemy of...

Rachel McArthur • 05 July, 2015

Market OTB PechaKucha Clothing

Lebanon

CycleHack gets the wheels turning for a more bike-friendly Beirut

Public Interest Design cofounder Ibrahim Zahreddine discusses the challenges of cycling in Beirut at Beirut CycleHack. (Image via Maysaa...

Maysaa Ajjan • 02 July, 2015

cycling cyclehack Sustainability

Arab Entrepreneurs Spread the 'Power of Yalla'

This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review Blog on June 25, 2013. In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe...

Habib Haddad • 01 July, 2013

Lean Methodology ShopGo Sustainability

CSR: a tool for sustainable development in the Middle East [report]

The need for sustainable development in the Arab world is twofold: to increase job opportunities and to protect natural resources. With...

Wamda • 18 June, 2013

Job Creation Sustainability Environment

4 reasons why sustainability should matter to your startup

Amidst a massive rethink of how we do business, global markets have begun embracing sustainability as an integral part of strategy and a...

Leena AlOlaimy • 04 June, 2013

Sustainability Social Entrepreneurship

Meet The Winners of the HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

Early this May, three forward-thinking companies from the Middle East and North Africa took home the top prizes at the...

Leena AlOlaimy • 02 June, 2013

Sustainability Wharton Competitions

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"...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 02 May, 2013

Science Emirates Foundation Sustainability

Egyptian Brothers Innovate Recycling Technology in the Emirates

Many residents in the UAE simply don’t understand recycling, several recycling companies have said over the past few years. In Abu Dhabi, w...

Nina Curley • 01 May, 2013

Recycling Sustainability Environment