Lebanon Seedstars MENA Summit The Seedstars MENA Regional Summit, hosted under the Patronage of the Prime Minister's Office and taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, on... Wamda • 26 November, 2018
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia: A nascent ecosystem with huge potential Saudi Arabia’s tech startup ecosystem is small and nascent compared to its vast oil sector. The contribution of its knowledge economy... Wamda • 22 November, 2018 Wamda Research Lab Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia What we learned at Misk Global Forum Few anticipated the turnout at this year’s Misk Global Forum (MGF) in Riyadh. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pulled its... Triska Hamid • 16 November, 2018 MiSK Misk Global Forum Youth
Egypt Egypt is building the region's first GEN hub Egypt will host the region’s first Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) hub, a physical space designed for the exchange of knowledge... News • 16 November, 2018 Innovation Coworking Spaces
Saudi Arabia 500 Startups launches accelerator with Misk US-based venture capital (VC) firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Misk Innovation to launch an early-stage... News • 14 November, 2018 accelerator
Egypt Africa 2018 Forum Africa 2018 is a unique business-to-business and government-to-business platform, bringing together policymakers, financiers, leading... Wamda • 14 November, 2018
Palestine Entrepreneurship in Palestine: More than just a job For many startups in Palestine, entrepreneurship is not only a choice of employment, but a form of resistance. With restrictions faced by... Wamda • 13 November, 2018 Palestinian Diaspora Ecosystem
Saudi Arabia Misk Global Forum Misk Global Forum brings young leaders, creators, and thinkers together with established global innovators to explore, experience and... Wamda • 08 November, 2018
Yemen War and Growth: how one entrepreneur defied the odds in Yemen Starting a business is never easy, starting one in a warzone is even more difficult and raising investment for such a company seems... Wamda • 31 October, 2018 Yemen Entrepreneur
Pakistan 021 Disrupt The two-day conference aims to strengthen the startup ecosystem of Pakistan by bringingtogether investors, entrepreneurs, mentors,... Wamda • 30 October, 2018
Regional What happens when startups fail? Nearly a century ago, Henry Ford said that failure was simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Many... Matt Smith • 04 November, 2018 startup Failure
Egypt The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN) The purpose of MAIN is to foster the cooperation among new, aspiring and experienced business angels from across the MENA region to... Wamda • 18 October, 2018
Saudi Arabia Google Policy Fellowship Programme Call for applications - Google Policy Fellowship Programme Wamda has partnered with Google to host two candidates for... Wamda • 08 November, 2018
United States 7 th Annual Arab Startup Competition at Harvard Business School Nominations are now open for the 7 th Annual Arab Startup Competition at Harvard Business School.The deadline for nominations is... Wamda • 09 October, 2018
Morocco Demo Africa 2018 DEMO Africa is the launch pad for African technology and trends, attracting a global audience of over 2,000 people to experience the... Wamda • 07 October, 2018
Egypt The Next 100 African Start-ups initiative The Next 100 African Start-ups initiative, organized jointly by IFC and MIIC, will select up to 100 promising entrepreneurs based in... Wamda • 04 October, 2018
U.A.E C3 Social Impact Accelerator Program The C3 Social Impact Accelerator program addresses key milestones in the journey of a social entrepreneur and focuses... Wamda • 30 September, 2018
Egypt Techne Summit: The Mediterranean Prime Technology Conference The annual international entrepreneurship and technologyevent that creates a platform for global players in the tech industry will take... Wamda • 25 September, 2018
Regional Increasing competitiveness in the Arab World The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has the highest unemployment and youth unemployment rate in the world at 10 per... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018
Regional Preventing the wealth gap in innovation Silicon Valley has a problem according to Fiona Murray, associate dean of innovation at MIT Sloan School of Management. The world’s... Triska Hamid • 24 September, 2018 impact entrepreneurship
U.A.E Falling Walls Lab Dubai is among the 50 international destinations selected to play host to the 2018 edition of ‘Falling Walls Lab’, a global... Wamda • 20 September, 2018
Kuwait Arabnet Kuwait 2018 Over a 1000 of the the region’s government leaders, digital practitioners and entrepreneurs will gather for the third... Wamda • 18 September, 2018
U.A.E Kidpreneur Award BizWorld UAE, a social enterprise specializing in entrepreneurship education, and Entrepreneur Middle East announce the... Wamda • 18 September, 2018
Jordan Mix N’ Mentor is back with a new format The 2018 roadshow for Wamda's flagship event, Mix N' Mentor, is about to kickoff starting with Amman on August 16th. The... Reine Farhat • 31 July, 2018 Mix N' Mentor 2018 amman