Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first... Nafez Dakkak • 21 May, 2013 Coding EdTech Education
These three startups failed in Jordan and they're proud of it. Here are their 5 honest tips. [Editor's note: "Building a culture around failure is the only way to build a healthy ecosystem," a seasoned startup veteran told me... Ola Doudin • 22 May, 2013 Failure
Entertaining and educating Palestine's children: Anoud Games After the First Intifada in Palestine, there weren't that many educational games for kids in Arabic. At least that's Palestinian... Glen Dalakian II • 13 May, 2013 Education Gaming
Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report] By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment... Ahmed Gabr • 02 June, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change
Are Employees in the Arab World Satisfied with their Jobs? [Infographic] A wide majority (75%) of employees in the Arab world would leave their current job for a competitor if offered a higher salary, according... Rana Qubain • 01 May, 2013 Team management Team Programme
Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship Cross-posted and adapted from the original version published on the Harvard Business Review on April 10, 2013. I met Slovenian... Daniel Isenberg • 16 April, 2013 Public-Private Partnerships Government Legal
Why Entrepreneurs Ignore Networking Events, and How to Spark Their Interest At eClub’s Weekly Entrepreneurs Brunch last week, the discussion focused on networking, asking entrepreneurs what they get out of n... Abdallah Absi • 17 April, 2013 Networking Advice
New Q&A Platform Ejaba Offers Entrepreneurs Access to Expert Advice Entrepreneurs across the Middle East now have a new affordable means of getting advice: Ejaba.me, a Q&A platform that offers... Ahmed Gabr • 05 May, 2013 Advice Mentorship
Wamda Announces Mix n' Mentor Doha Building on the success of our first stop in Cairo on the 2013 Mix n’ Mentor Roadshow, Wamda next heads to Doha to continue our tour of 12 ... Wamda • 03 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in... Fares Ghandour • 24 March, 2013 Music Mobile
Bader Business Plan Competition in Egypt The Bader Program recently launched a new business plan competition in Egypt, applications are due on April 15, 2013. The competition looks... Wamda • 25 March, 2013 Business Development Ideas Egypt
Dubizzle Seeks to Change Culture of Ownership in Egypt Global market research firm YouGov recently conducted a survey on the buying and selling behaviors of Egyptian internet users... Ahmed Gabr • 10 April, 2013 Social Change Egypt E-commerce
Family Business Looks to the Next Generation: Tony Haddad of Technica in Lebanon [Wamda TV] At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Tony Haddad, the Founder and General Manager of Technica in Lebanon, discusses how he initially ... Wamda • 06 March, 2013 Expansion
9 Workshops for You and Your Business Startup ticklemybrain is hosting nine entrepreneurship and business workshops from March 4 until March 19 at AltCity. Each workshop will... Wamda • 19 February, 2013 Workshops
How Gate2Play Supports E-Commerce Growth in the Middle East [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, founder and CEO of regional payment solution Gate2Play, Muhannad Ebwini, discusses ... Wamda • 20 February, 2013 E-commerce Investment Payment Gateways
How PayPal Plans to Expand Across the Arab World in 2013 [Wamda TV] Fresh off their partnership with Aramex announced late last year, PayPal’s General Manager for the Middle East and North Africa, Elias Gha... Wamda • 13 February, 2013 E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal
Wamda's Mix n' Mentor Cairo Wamda's "Mix n' Mentor" is coming to Cairo on March 16, 2013. The one day event, co-organized by Flat6Labs, will take place at the Swiss Cl... Wamda • 07 February, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship Conferences
i360PlayCamps May Innovation 360 is hosting i360PlayCamps on the last Wednesday of every month in partnership with Dubai Internet City. The i360PlayCamp is a ... Wamda • 04 February, 2013 Gamification Workshops Innovation
Regional Resource Scarcity and the Future of Business, Interactive Webinar Aramex, ArcelorMittal, the London Business School and CSM will join a live webinar debate on resource scarcity, organized by the Ethical... Wamda • 05 February, 2013 CSR Environment
Yala Music Announces Ad-Based Downloads: Pushing Back Against Anghami Mobile application Anghami has received a lot of buzz since it launched its music streaming service this November, leaping to the top... Glen Dalakian II • 26 January, 2013 Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps
Protecting the Community and Environment: Kenya’s Athi River Steel [Case Study] This is the sixth installment of a series on Wamda featuring companies in emerging markets around the world. As the Kenyan economy has e... Wamda • 19 December, 2012 Aureos Aureos Case Studies
ICT Use and Social Network Adoption in the Arab World [Report] The Madar Research and Development Center, based in Dubai, recently released this report on Arab ICT Use and Social Network Adoption, s... Ahmed Gabr • 20 December, 2012 Digital Media Mobile Technology
Facebook's 25 Most Popular Games: Lessons for Arab Developers Facebook just announced the 25 most popular social games in 2012. Music trivia game SongPop by US developer FreshPlanet tops the chart,... Glen Dalakian II • 06 December, 2012 Facebook Gaming Mobile Gaming
PACE Civic Engagement Grant Application Deadline The PACE (Promoting Active Citizen Engagement) program is soliciting grant applications from Lebanese NGOs to design and implement... Wamda • 06 December, 2012 Government Social Change