Regional Challenges facing entrepreneurial leaders Areej Khataybih is the founder of The Spark Back and co-author of A Woman's Work. In the Middle East and North Africa (Mena),... Thought Leadership • 29 August, 2019 entrepreneurship Leadership
Saudi Arabia Who is spearheading digitisation in Saudi Arabia? Sofana Dahlan is one of the first ten female lawyers authorised to practice law in Saudi Arabia. She is also the president and founder... Thought Leadership • 22 August, 2019 E-government digital adoption
U.A.E The bakery that finds clients on Instagram The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well.... Triska Hamid • 18 August, 2019 Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media
Jordan The key to sustainable growth lies in Jordan's SMEs Yara Asad is the project manager at Building Markets in Jordan where she focuses on assessing businesses and their investment... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2019 sme amman Report
Global How blockchain can enable economic inclusion of refugees Jessica Camus is Head of Partnerships and Impact at Diginex. Chris Hambarsoomian is Senior Associate, Government Solutions at... Thought Leadership • 20 June, 2019 Refugee Refugee Camps syria
U.A.E Ureed Freelance Linguists Network If you're looking for writers and translators for your content or blog, we've partnered with Ureed to offer... Wamda • 08 May, 2019
Regional Governments across the Arab region must work together to foster digital growth Dr. Simon Galpin is the managing director of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) where he leads in foreign direct investment... Thought Leadership • 25 April, 2019 Bahrain Economic Development Board Bahrain wef
Regional MYKI Startup program Entrepreneurship is all about taking risks, but when it comes to keeping your startup safe and protecting your internal data, some risks... Wamda • 08 April, 2019
Regional The rise of the micro influencer Social media influencers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region command some of the highest fees in the world, but their... Thought Leadership • 14 March, 2019 Branding Social Media influencer marketing
Regional Is your education limiting your career options? Hisham Elaraby Regional Director at Udacity Mena There is an enormous gap between the size of the opportunity and the... Thought Leadership • 01 November, 2018 Education Learning upskill
Bahrain The expert’s view: How to attract seed funding in Bahrain Areije Al Shakar, senior vice president and head of development services division at Bahrain Development Bank, reveals what Venture Capital... Alicia Buller • 07 February, 2019 Investment Venture Capital VC funding
Regional Trends to expect in 2019 Entrepreneurship across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has now become a viable and more sustainable career path for those... Wamda • 31 December, 2018 entreprenership MENA E-commerce
Egypt From Transport to Fintech: RiseUp Concludes its Sixth Edition The sixth edition of the RiseUp Summit in Cairo closed with several announcements, engaging discussions and the inevitable bustle of the... Wamda • 10 December, 2018 #entrepreneurship #RiseUp #AimHigh
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
Regional When investors regret saying ‘no’ to startups When faced with rejection, entrepreneurs often believe potential investors turned them down due to concerns their ideas were insufficiently... Reine Farhat • 21 August, 2018 investors Investment
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
Global How to measure loyalty without alienating your customers Research suggests a 5 percent increase in customer retention will boost profits by 20-100 percent across a wide range of industries, which... Julia Samodurova • 09 July, 2018 Marketing growth users
Bahrain Bahrain’s e-government is ready for full migration to the cloud Not only is technology causing an impact on economic sectors' performance and activities, but also affecting the manner through which... Rana Freifer • 20 June, 2018 E-government Bahrain
Global The rise of the Arab MOOCs. Will education in the Arab world ever be the same? In the past 10 years alone, tech invaded classrooms and played a crucial role in disrupting the way knowledge is consumed worldwide.... Reine Farhat • 11 December, 2017 EdTech MOOC AI
Global 5 things you should know to be blockchain-ready Blockchain is an invaluable tool that will be a growth and productivity driver for governments and industries in the MENA region. The... Rana Freifer • 09 November, 2017 Blockchain Bitcoin Grant Niven
Regional How hotels can help startups scale [Video] “Customers want a seamless experience across all of their touch points,” said Omar Christidis, founder and CEO of ArabNet... Staff writer • 12 October, 2017 Hotels hospitality
Regional This is why hotels need to start working with startups [Video] Technology is disrupting all sectors and hotels are not an exception to that global trend. According to Deloitte’s 2017 travel and... Staff writer • 05 October, 2017 Travel hospitality Tourism
Regional Tech startups are disrupting the service sector [Video] Press CC for Arabic subtitles. Entrepreneurs are closer to the trends, and are even setting some. They are also able to cater more... Staff writer • 28 September, 2017 Tourism Hotels Mobile
Global Five reasons why you should adopt cloud computing We all know that cloud computing has revolutionized the way business is done at Google, Amazon, Apple, and other IT giants. It... Hamad Almuraikhi • 02 October, 2017 Cloud technology Cloud Computing startups