Regional Why should fresh graduates choose to work for a startup? Most of the region’s fresh graduates start their careers chasing jobs with big corporations, because they believe that will allow them to b... Kamel Al-Asmar • 08 January, 2015 startups vs corporates corporates Nakhweh
Regional To be an entrepreneur rid yourself of illusions Ali Elouafiq has cofounded, with Ali Lakrakbi, iMote, a connected device that help localize one’s cellphone and keys. Now, about to start a... Ali Elouafiq • 06 January, 2015 illusions
Regional The biggest opportunities for would-be founders in 2015 The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. T... Ahmed Moor • 06 January, 2015 2015 startups new year
Regional Careem acquires Saudi-based home delivery service Enwani For the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem the year is starting on an inspiring note. After the recent acquisition of Shahiya by Japanese... Stephanie Nour Prince • 05 January, 2015 enwani acquisition careem
Regional TOP Talks ME Conference The Online Project announced the #TOPtalksME conference that will discuss all matters related to the Ice Bucket Challenge and learn how to... Wamda • 05 January, 2015 conference Dubai
Regional BuBleik's Book Club: Rich Dad, Poor Dad BuBleik is a platform that provides the basic business services to quickly and easily start doing business in Lebanon. It recently started... Wamda • 05 January, 2015 beirut books
Regional twofour54’s Issa Aghabi talks funding and failure [Wamda TV] Last month, at our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai, we took the opportunity to talk to mentors about their particular areas of e... Wamda • 05 January, 2015 Issa Aghabi mix n mentor dubai TwoFour54
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 3/3: 6 success stories Announcing the ShopGo deal In our series on startup-corporate partnerships we've looked at the logic behind the relationships, and why... Ahmed Mohammed • 04 January, 2015 corporations startups CER
Regional Investor and entrepreneur Noor Sweid talks to Wamda about angel investing [Wamda TV] At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular areas o... Wamda • 31 December, 2014 Noor Sweid mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 2/3: why are there so few? The second in our series of three articles looking at the intricacies of the startup-corporate relationship, we follow on from the logic... Ahmed Mohammed • 30 December, 2014 corporations startups partnerships
Regional Traxn launches with Zain, call for applications now open for Jordanian startups In the past few years, MENA startups and corporations kept their distance, holding on to the assumption that corporates are too... Wamda • 28 December, 2014 Traxn zinc incubator ZINC
Regional Top 10 MENA entrepreneurship quotes of 2014 2014 was quite a year for Wamda. We celebrated notable investments and acquisitions, we witnessed the launch of four big VC funds, we... Reine Farhat • 28 December, 2014 Tips
Regional LMTD's Will Hutson talks to Wamda about scaling service-based businesses [Wamda TV] At our final Mix N’ Mentor of the year in Dubai earlier this month we took some time to talk to the mentors about their particular... Wamda • 25 December, 2014 will hutson LMTD mix n mentor dubai
Regional Startup-corporate partnerships 1/3: the logic behind them King Abdullah II of Jordan with Queen Rania at the opening of the MENA ICT FORUM in November. In the first of our three articles looking... Ahmed Mohammed • 24 December, 2014 corporations startups partnerships
Regional Wamda launches Traxn: a program to help startups scale through large corporates Before we take a deep plunge into 2015, Wamda is wrapping up its 2014 efforts by launching Traxn (pronounced traction), a new program,... Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2014 program Traxn corporations
Regional 4 big MENA VC funds announced in 2014 2014 was a very good year when it came to new funds entering the tech scene in the Arab region. Rather than just seed and early stage, we... Maya Rahal • 23 December, 2014 Wamda Fund Badia Impact fund capital
Regional Still fighting for the funding, hot topic at Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor in Dubai On December 13 Wamda hosted it’s final Mix N’ Mentor of 2014 at the in5 Innovation Hub in Dubai. Hosting some of the city’s most active ent... Wamda • 23 December, 2014 mix n mentor dubai investement Dubai
Regional 7 notable investments and acquisitions of 2014 There’s nothing quite like a satisfying investment or acquisition to get the entrepreneurial juices flowing. Throughout 2014, Wamda r... Lucy Knight • 22 December, 2014 Roundup Acquisitions Investment
Regional Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for Entrepreneurship His Royal Highness of Saudi Arabia Prince AbdulAziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has launched the Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for ... Wamda • 18 December, 2014 Prizes Saudi Arabia
Regional Turn8 Investors' Demo Day TURN8 Startup Accelerator, program initiated by DP World, announced its investors’ Demo Day which will be held on January 17th, 2015 in D... Wamda • 17 December, 2014 turn8 Dubai
Regional 4 promising pivots by MENA startups in 2014 Loay Malahmeh of 3Dmena presents his company to King Hussein and Queen Rania of Jordan. In 1892, William Wrigley Jr., who had recently... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 December, 2014 Pivot Lean Methodology
Regional 5 ways to build your brand strategy on social networks Launched earlier this year, Brand US Social (BUS) has already made quite an impact on the social and digital media scene. A London... Pamela Kesrouani • 16 December, 2014 strategy Branding Social Media
Regional Women in STEM 2015 Women in STEM, an initiative by Meera Kaul Foundation, will recognize and reward women entrepreneurs and executives at the Women in STEM... Wamda • 16 December, 2014 Dubai Women
Regional What makes a successful wedding site in the MENA? There is no doubt that planning a wedding requires a lot of time: from setting the wedding date, to inviting guests, and picking the... Pamela Kesrouani • 15 December, 2014 Roundup regional Wedding Industry