Wamda

Jordan

Tarjama bridges language gap

Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and...

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Tunisia

Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger

For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable...

Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias

Lebanon

Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups

In the mountains of Broummana above Beirut, an entrepreneur is growing vegetables through his hydroponics invention that he hopes will...

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Iran

Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C

On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company...

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Bahrain

From adversity to opportunity: Bahrain’s entrepreneurship as economic resilience

For some countries, political and economic disruptions have stalled development. But over the past few decades, Bahrain has boasted a proud...

Bahrain C5 Accelerate Amazon Web Services

U.A.E

Holidaying with Holiday ME

“Whenever you're booking a holiday…there’s a lot of discussion happening for the family or solo traveler,”...

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Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

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Lebanon

Beirut Digital District expanding into work, live, play neighborhood [Wamda TV]

Lebanon’s Beirut Digital District is the epicenter of the country’s ecosystem. Launched in 2012, it hosts dozens of startups,...

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Regional

Investing in MENA’s emerging market [WamdaTV]

Foreigners looking to establish businesses in MENA’s emerging market not only need to cope with local business regulations and...

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Lebanon

Smart scaling: how these MENA companies got it right

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the most difficult parts of the world to grow a business, but it’s even harder to scale...

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U.A.E

Melltoo’s secondhand story

Growing up in France as one of 13 children meant Morrad Irsane’s clothes, shoes, and books, were hand-me-downs. Irsane has since...

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Regional

Where are entrepreneurs finding talent? [Wamda TV]

More than three in five entrepreneurs in MENA cited finding talent as a key barrier to building their team. Hiring and...

Wamda Research Lab talent Hiring platforms

Regional

Scaling up? Show me the money

Scaling up from scrappy startup to SME is a whole new game. Cash is oxygen and managers are critical. “There is research that...

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U.A.E

China calls for Dubai 100 health tech backer

With its fast growing healthcare market and rapidly ageing population, China is proving to be a match for Dubai-based Dubai 100. The...

Dubai 100 china Healthcare

Turkey

Turkish wedding marketplace Dugun sets its sights on KSA with Zafaf.net

Turkish wedding marketplace Dugun sets its sights on KSA with Zafaf.net It was the bras that ruffled some feathers. CEO Emek...

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Regional

Cleantech startups in MENA face many challenges but remain resilient [Report]

MENA is experiencing some of the most daunting environmental challenges on earth. Energy and water scarcity coupled with an...

Cleantech MEMakersGE Report

Morocco

Converting code quicksmart, scalable?

Hunched over his laptop in a hotel lobby, empty coffee cups and water bottles piled up on the table beside him, Jaoued Ahmed’s energy...

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U.A.E

Refining the search for higher education, Schoolapply

To better help those looking for university and college courses around the world Schoolapply, a Switzerland-born ed-tech startup, is...

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Global

How to professionalize a startup without stifling it

This is an edited crosspost from Harvard Business Review. Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve...

HBR Scaling growth

Global

Startup Watch: Saudi cash, zombie startups, and your how-to-fire guide

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

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A tale of two cities: how a Lebanese startup moved to San Francisco

Elie Khoury knew he wanted to be in California ever since he was a child tinkering with computers in Byblos. “I didn’t have...

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Egypt

Karmsolar gives solar power to the people

In Karmsolar’s office on the posh Cairene island of Zamalek the company’s mission statement, to become the most innovative...

KarmSolar solar energy Juhayna

Regional

Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report]

While the majority of the surveyed workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) perceive working at a startup as a good career...

WRL Access to Talent

Iraq

Home or away? The best market may not be under your nose

Starting in your home market is not necessarily the best way to success, a lesson Iraqi-founded Apps Lab learned the hard way. Apps Lab...

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