Regional

Why healthcare in the Arab world needs to go mobile

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should take advantage of its...

Jamil Wyne • 01 September, 2013

Health Mobile Trends

How Supermama, Shahiya and Mumzworld are supporting moms this Ramadan

Ramadan can be overwhelming for moms, as they balance families with work and social obligations. To support moms, and women in general,...

Maya Rahal • 17 July, 2013

Ramadan Health E-commerce

2013 Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference - Dead Sea

Update: This event's date and location has changed from its original location in Alexandria, Egypt to the Dead Sea in...

Wamda • 02 May, 2013

Conferences Health Environment

Blood Donation Goes Online in Egypt

After struggling to find an acceptable blood donor to save the life of one of his relatives, Hisham Kharma took the problem upon himself...

Ahmed Gabr • 18 March, 2013

Crowdsourcing Egypt Health

Wellnesia to Indulge Dubai with New Spa and Beauty Hub

In the Arab world, the web has been buzzing lately with sites offering flash sales, low prices and online booking, often for restaurants,...

Maya Rahal • 09 January, 2013

Digital Marketing Ecosystem Health & Beauty

Health 2.0 Middle East - Dubai Conference

Health2.0 is a health innovation and technology conference focused on new technologies reshaping how healthcare is being delivered gl...

Wamda • 05 December, 2012

Conferences Health

Visionary Palestinian Startup Goes Global with Touch Technology

Palestinian startup Iris recently launched their “room of senses,” a new therapy medium for children and the disabled. The “room” is a spac...

jaafar abusair • 09 December, 2012

Health Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Saudi Arabia

Saudi 3eesho brings healthy living to the Arab world

Obesity rates in the Middle East, and especially in Saudi Arabia, are spiraling out of control.  Yet information about how to lead a...

Fernande van Tets • 12 September, 2012

Health Healthcare 3eesho

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 09-13

The season of entrepreneurship events is just around the corner, so make sure you catch up on the latest news, and check out what...

Wamda • 13 September, 2012

Crowdfunding Food & Beverage Health

Global

The future of everything: tech of 2016 [Infographic]

The technology you hear about everyday - artificially intelligent robots, self driving cars - are just the tip of science these...

Rachel Williamson • 30 June, 2016

Systems Metabolic Engineering open AI perovskite

How WebTeb is overcoming challenges to starting up in Palestine [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At the World Economic Forum Meeting in Jordan this May, Mahmoud Kaiyal, founder of Palestinian medical Arabic platform WebTeb, di...

Wamda • 25 July, 2013

Healthcare Health Medical

Two of Algeria's leading entrepreneurs find success despite lack of local support

Dialife, a diabetes tracking platform, is one of the few Algerian tech startups to gain recognition. Although its founders won third place ...

Nina Curley • 16 June, 2013

Diabetes Healthcare

Entrepreneur of the Week: Lara Tarakjian of Silkor [Wamda TV]

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Lara Tarakjian, the co-founder of Lebanese beauty chain and laser hair removal salon Silkor. Back...

Nina Curley • 27 November, 2012

Entrepreneur of the Week Health Scaling