Wamda

Emirates Avenue: Turning a Steady Profit Without Ambition to Scale

Unlike many of the interviews I've done lately with entrepreneurs who are very aware of their own spin, chatting with Julien...

E-commerce

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 11-15

If you were part of Mix N' Mentor Amman or Beirut last week, you know that the events hosted a number of enriching conversations between...

Advice Animation CoE Cards

Wamda Face Off: MarkaVIP vs. Souq on Challenges in E-Commerce in the Arab World [Wamda TV]

We hosted the first installment of our new Face Off video series last Thursday, hosting Ahmed Khatib, Founder and CEO of MarkaVIP, the...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Face Off

Social Media Opens New Frontiers For Arab Youth [Report]

The Dubai School of Government recently released “Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Emp...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship Social Media

3rd C3 Consulting Program - Workshop 2 - Quick Start Your Social Enterprise

Shelter Dubai is hosting the second workshop in the 3rd C3 Consulting Program, entitled: “Quick Start Your Social Enterprise”. When: Mo...

Social Entrepreneurship Workshops

The Future of Green Technology: What Innovations are on the Horizon?

So you've heard of green buildings, green businesses, green products, and green living, but have you ever heard of green technology? If you...

Green Energy

Ex-Sukar CEO to Launch Fab.com Clone for the Middle East

UPDATE: Desado went live today, Monday, December 10th. Their press release states that Desado is now the "largest platform...

Design E-commerce

Wild Peeta Goes Lean, Launching Crowdfunded Franchises and a New TV Show

Dubai is not known for being lean. “Because the Gulf is such a new region, everything is geared towards big imported brands,” says Mohamed P...

Scaling Entertainment Food & Beverage

The Rise of Insane!, Morocco's First Co-Working Space

Among the locations known for hosting tech and non-tech events, you’ll find one like none other in Morocco. This place is, literally, i...

Coworking Spaces

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 04-08

This week, we set off with the first of our three Mix N' Mentor events. We're really excited as ALL events have completely sold out - and...

Aureos CoE Cards Conferences

10 Education Technology Resources for the Arab World

In my previous article, I talked about the accumulating research on the importance on early childhood education, and the rising importance...

Education

Wamda TV Face-Off, Souq. com and MarkaVIP [Wamda TV]

Watch an unedited version of our first "Face Off!" that just aired on Wamda TV! We are hosting two of the biggest names in MENA e-commerce...

E-commerce Ecosystem Face Off

Reviving a Dying Brand: Indonesia's Yupi Indo Jelly Gum [Case Study]

This is the third installment of a new series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. Founded in Indonesia in...

Aureos Expansion Food & Beverage

Is the Philanthropy Model Broken? Changemakers Discuss Social Entrepreneurship in Dubai

In Dubai, a city that is sometimes referred to as ‘soul-less’, over 150 social changemakers from across the Gulf gathered at the Capital Clu...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Wamda Chats with Gilt's Founder on the Future of Flash Sales [Wamda TV]

Alexis Maybank, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the Gilt Groupe, discusses expansion into emerging markets such as the Arab World...

Advice Conferences E-commerce

Watch Souq and MarkaVIP Face Off on Wamda This Thursday! Live Google Hangout

Wamda TV is launching a new video series called "Face Off!", hosting two of the biggest names in e-commerce, Souq.com and MarkaVIP, for our...

E-commerce Face Off

Fatooosh Offers Mobile and SmartTV Video Streaming Tailored for the Arab World

Amidst a rise in available Arabic content online, a new cross-platform SmartTV app has launched to offer seamless video viewing and...

Arabic Content Digital Media Entertainment

Planting the Seed of Social Business in Bahrain

For social ventures in Bahrain, a community is growing. The Family Bank has planted the seeds of Bahrain’s social business movement b...

Social Entrepreneurship

Bringing a Turkish High Heel Brand to the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Harun Güner and Berk Alevi of Butigo, a Turkish women’s high heel company, discuss the creation of their own unique brand of high heel sh...

Conferences E-commerce Fashion

How to Use a Cow Creatively: Social Entrepreneurship Gets Innovative in Egypt

Ever wondered how to start a social enterprise and change the world? JCI Cairo recently brought in Moroccon expert Adnane Adioui, founder...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Cycling: The Sustainable Solution to Egypt's Congestion Epidemic

Ever thought about using a bike for your routine travel in Egypt? This distinctly lo-tech solution to the country’s traffic problems w...

Education Egypt Environment

3rd MYCONTENT Show in Dubai

On November 27-28th, the 3rd MYCONTENT Show will bring together players from across the content and media industry in the Middle East and N...

Animation Conferences Developers

VIP-Only.ma Aims to Own Flash Sales in North Africa

If you thought MarkaVIP and Sukar were the only major flash sales site in the region, think again- others are cropping up to carve out...

E-commerce Ecosystem Expansion

Two Simple Ways to Boost Education in the Arab World

By and large, we all agree that education and learning are integral to development on a personal and societal level. In the aftermath of...

Education

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