Wamda

Global

3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets

When the corporate world isn’t a source of suspicion for the startup it’s often one of mockery. After all, how many sectors were disrupted b...

General Electric Coca-Cola Nigeria

Lebanon

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Shhhhhhhhhh. It seems that the determination of youth in the Lebanese city of Tripoli is steadfast in the face of political and security...

Tripoli books Youth

Regional

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

Over the past few years, Wamda has covered a lot of medical startups that provide patients with information on different health topics,...

webteb Health Medical

MENA startup launches to make sense of complex geopolitical big data

Built-in geospatial information on infrastructure to bring maximum context to events on the ground Over the past few years, we’ve s...

infographics visualisation Eqlim

Online obituary service born in Egypt

Given the extent to which the digital world has become an essential part of our everyday lives, many of the region’s industries have been f...

obituary Egypt elwafeyat

Use your Monopoly and Risk skills to learn entrepreneurship

“Where do I start? I have a business idea but have no clue what to do next.” If you’ve ever said this sentence, then you’re the audience fo...

Startup County Egypt

6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model

If you have never heard the word ‘gamification’, the reason is not because it is not a proven concept, but because companies might not tak...

Gamification Customer Acquisition

Lebanon

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

Mobile phones in emerging markets are still widely used for texting, making phone calls, taking pictures, reading news, and using...

m-pesa pinpay Beirut Digital District

ZaiGood, the startup incubator where employees give clients just 20% of their time

Zak el Fassi is an unusual entrepreneur. He’s never sent me a press release, nor pitched me his project during startup events. But I keep h...

recruitment ZaiGood

Indian social entrepreneurs facilitate funding for MENA non-profits

Earlier this year, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner posted a blog post on the site calling for an app that could generate random acts of...

karmasnap turn8 the cribb

Global

How Lebanese 3D-mapping pioneer Louay Eldada shares his success with the MENA

Leaving behind his Beirut childhood, Louay Eldada went off to New York City to attend Columbia University. The PhD he earned there is in...

3d-mapping quanergy systems louay eldada

Beirut coworking space AltCity is finding its path

In a quiet moment, AltCity's work friendly cafe. (Image via Facebook) Stepping into the spacious offices of AltCity on Beirut’s b...

Altcity lebanon Accelerators

6 tips from failed accelerators

It’s been four years since the first accelerator was launched in the Arab world. Now, almost every country in the MENA region has one, and ...

Tahrir2 Meydan Seeqnce

Improving early education in Saudi: two women's stories

This article has been crossposted with Knowledge@Wharton. Education today clearly ranks as a top priority for Saudi Arabia. The annual...

early education ambassadors schools arabian child

Istikana vying against fierce competition to be the Netflix for the region

Televisions have been in widespread use in many countries for over fifty years; surprisingly, though, TV viewing habits largely haven’t c...

istikana netflix uae

10 defining moments of launching your product

If you've ever felt as though you were this close to losing your mind right after your first product launch, know that you're not alone....

Global GIFs

How to gain customer trust: 6 lessons from top Moroccan and Tunisian daily deals sites

In Morocco and Tunisia, daily deals websites have changed the way people use the internet. There was a before, when online purchases were...

Superdeal.ma Hmizate Bigdeal.tn

Turning Quran memorization into a social experience

Pakistan

Thought Leadership

3 examples of corporates and startups collaborating in emerging markets

Lebanese youth benefit from Zoomaal funding

Not another social network: Doxunity wants to help doctors do their jobs better

MENA startup launches to make sense of complex geopolitical big data

Online obituary service born in Egypt

Use your Monopoly and Risk skills to learn entrepreneurship

6 ways to gamify your customer acquisition model

PinPay leads mobile payments trend in Lebanon

ZaiGood, the startup incubator where employees give clients just 20% of their time

Indian social entrepreneurs facilitate funding for MENA non-profits

How Lebanese 3D-mapping pioneer Louay Eldada shares his success with the MENA

Beirut coworking space AltCity is finding its path

6 tips from failed accelerators

Improving early education in Saudi: two women's stories

Istikana vying against fierce competition to be the Netflix for the region

10 defining moments of launching your product

How to gain customer trust: 6 lessons from top Moroccan and Tunisian daily deals sites

Turning Quran memorization into a social experience

How this startup is taking on the region's $15 billion cosmetics market

Whatever happened to Morocco’s ecommerce pioneer MyDeal.ma?

Can recommendations from friends help you land your dream job?

Lebanese game developer fights uphill battle despite international recognition

Second Arabic quiz game in two months: beginning of a new trend?

Fighting infrastructure and politics, this entrepreneur built Beirut's first coworking space

Thought Leadership

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