Wamda

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),...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

#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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Thought Leadership

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