Wamda

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cloud technology Cloud Computing startups

Regional

This is why MENA corporates should invest more in agriculture [Opinion]

Recent reports providing data on investments in the food and beverage (F&B) sector indicate its increasing importance to the Middle...

Agriculture oped Corporate investment

Global

Startups, brace yourselves for these hurdles [Opinion]

It’s common knowledge that startups fail at the whopping rate of 90 percent. For this reason, whatever their differences, startups...

startups recruitment talents

Tunisia

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Wassel Berrayana

In 2000, Wassel Berrayana was an employee in HQ Sun Microsystems, one of Silicon Valley’s companies, when he decided to leave his job...

it decentralization entrepreneurship

Regional

What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg

It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this...

What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg

Turkey

What I know about building a living lab: Ersin Pamuksüzer

Aside from R&D centers and fablabs, open spaces to test, research, and apply new technological products or services are distressingly...

Living Labs What I Know

Tunisia

What I know about building a solid team: Khaled Helioui

Khaled Helioui left his job as CEO of the German video game company Bigpoint last May. He had joined the company at the age of 29 years...

management profitability growth

Regional

A key enabler of innovation is commitment to diversity

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower,” once said late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. During periods of...

Team Diversity Expert Advice

Global

Beyond classic marketing tools: how to contract with social media influencers

This article is an edited crosspost with SME Law. The classic advertising scheme is evolving, with classic advertising strategies ceding...

Social media influencers Marketing digital influencer marketing

Lebanon

4 lessons from a rising Lebanese VC

When it comes to VCs on the Lebanese scene, Phoenician Funds is the new kid on the block. One year old now, it was cofounded by Jad...

Phoenician Funds Circular 331 lebanon

Global

6 tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur

Being a true entrepreneur is not for everyone, as it is not a simple lifestyle mode. It is a very challenging task and requires a...

Expert Advice startups Success Stories

Regional

Talents get hired [Video]

This video is a crosspost with IFC. Figures and statistics released by the World Bank reveal that 28 percent of the Arab...

Nabbesh.com Expert's advice

Regional

How to make a good digital media strategy for your business [Wamda TV]

In a region where internet penetration is rapidly growing (60 percent in 2017), having a good digital strategy for your business is...

Jad Yammine content strategies content

Global

Speaking is winning [Wamda TV]

The American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel”. When...

public speaking

U.A.E

Ola Doudin on the potential of Bitcoin in the region [WamdaTV]

Bitoasis is a service that allows users in the Middle East to easily buy and sell Bitcoin. Launched in Dubai in 2014, Bitoasis is now...

BitOasis Bitcoin

Lebanon

How can data science and analytics improve education? [Wamda TV]

The Arab region still lags behind when it comes to mining big data for decision making, especially in the education sector. While...

data science Women in Data Science AUBWIDS

Lebanon

Lebanese entrepreneurs, move out of the city

Hellish rush hour is nothing new to those who live or work in Beirut. However, road traffic fatalities, which reached 1,088 in 2015,...

tripoli entrepreneurs club Shouf Entrepreneurs Neopreneur

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