U.A.E The Hub: The Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Environmentalism GEMS World Academy Dubai (GWA), one of the leading IB+ schools, has been selected as the Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship... Wamda • 09 January, 2020
Global The science of mentorship By Ziad Matar, president of TiE Dubai and founding partner of Meditari & Ivan Fernandes, director of mentorship at TiE Dubai The... Thought Leadership • 09 January, 2020 Mentorship Mentor
Global Mental health and entrepreneurship - how much do entrepreneurs struggle? Reem Shaheen is the founder of BE Psychology Centre in Dubai and is a US-trained counseling psychologist Recent research... Thought Leadership • 04 November, 2019 mental health entrepreneurs entrepreneurship
Regional C3 Social Impact Accelerator The C3 Social Impact Accelerator program addresses key milestones in the journey of a social entrepreneur and focuses... Wamda • 09 October, 2019
Regional Wamda X applications deadline extended to Oct 27 Wamda X, the grant-based fellowship programme for budding entrepreneurs and early-stage startups, is now accepting applications for its... Wamda • 15 September, 2019
Regional Afric'Up African Startups Summit 2019 Afric’Up – Africa Startup Summit in Tunis, will take place on 24th & 25th September, as 2019 marks the return... Wamda • 08 September, 2019
Regional FinTech Accelerator Monsha’at and NCB are collaborating to launch the first FinTech accelerator in KSA. The program supports the... Wamda • 04 August, 2019
Palestine Is the Palestinian diaspora key to enabling local startups? Diyala Abdlrasul and Ghassan Taha Amayra are the co-founders of MENACatalyst The Palestinian plight is not a foreign... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2019 Palestinian Diaspora palestine
Regional The Dreamers 2019 Summer Camp | Technology, Space, and Entrepreneurship Dreamers platform designed to build the workforce of the future and the next wave of entrepreneurs. STEP Group,... Wamda • 16 June, 2019
Lebanon Darwazah Startup Accelerate 2019 With a focus on achieving and sustaining globally recognized thought leadership in the areas of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship... Wamda • 07 April, 2019
Regional STEP Saudi STEP started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 7 years has grown to become one of the largest tech experiential... Wamda • 12 March, 2019
U.A.E 4th Global Mentoring Walk Organized by outstanding local leaders who are key members of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, the annual Mentoring Walks bring... Wamda • 17 February, 2019
U.A.E Innovations in Health Hackathon The “Innovations in Health” hackathon is an initiative that is part of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP)... Wamda • 05 February, 2019
U.A.E Step Conference 2019 For its seventh year in a row, the largest experiential tech festival in the Middle East, STEP Conference, is Coming Home to Dubai Internet... Wamda • 16 December, 2018
Regional Wamda launches new programme for budding entrepreneurs Wamda today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind fellowship programme, Wamda X. The grant-based offering aims to attract promising... Wamda • 13 December, 2018 wamda Wamda Capital Wamda News
Egypt Egypt is fast becoming a hub for entrepreneurship As the RiseUp Summit drew to a close in a packed Greek Campus, Egypt's interest in entrepreneurship was evident. The country is fast... Wamda • 12 December, 2018 Mix 'n Mentor mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor
U.A.E Mix N' Mentor Mix N’ Mentor brings together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors. The event includes mentorship... Wamda • 11 December, 2018
Bahrain Small business, big plans in Bahrain Marwa M. Hejairi, senior officer, tenant relations at Riyadat, discusses with Alicia Buller how the incubation centre creates successful... Middle East Exchange • 06 December, 2018 Bahrain Women empowerment women entrepreneurs
Global Africa, a missed opportunity for MENA investors? Every country has its own identity and challenges, let alone a continent. For most of the investors and stakeholders who are solely... Reine Farhat • 01 May, 2018 africa Afrikonnect Startup your Life
Egypt Cairo’s Startups without Borders brings 200 refugee entrepreneurs to learn, share, and give back Late March, Startups without Borders, a newly-established project that supports refugees in Egypt, gathered around 200 women... Menna Farouk • 18 April, 2018 Greek Campus cairo Startups Without Borders
Global What undeserved emerging markets achieved through tech: Success stories from Seedstars Global Summit Switzerland was named the fourth happiest place on earth by the United Nations. This European country is home to one of the best... Reine Farhat • 17 April, 2018 Emerging Markets Seedstars Global africa
Lebanon Four winning teams at Jusoor’s fourth Entrepreneurship Competition for Syrian startups Four teams were awarded at Jusoor’s fourth annual entrepreneurship competition and bootcamp for Syrian startups in Beirut. The... Staff writer • 07 March, 2018 lebanon Jusoor Entrepreneurship Competition Jusoor Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Lebanon What does Beirut Digital District’s 15-year plan look like? [Wamda TV] Hosting a good number of VCs, accelerators, incubators and startups, Beirut Digital District (BDD), which was launched in 2012, has rapidly... Staff writer • 10 December, 2017 Beirut Digital District bdd
Tunisia Entrepreneurs in south Tunisia are trying to make an impact When you leave the capital of Tunisia and its brand new cluster of coworking spaces, the rest of the country is like a new field to explore... Maya Rahal • 22 October, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Mentorship decentralization