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30k people were at MENA’s top 3 startup events in 2016 #Wamda2016

The startupper calendar gets busier every year. In 2016 there have been more than 200 events related to entrepreneurship, startups,...

Wamda2016 Roundup Ecosystem

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What's happening to innovation in the GCC? #Wamda2016

Stagnant oil prices mean the GCC’s economic situation today does not look rosy, and the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) shows the...

Wamda2016 MENA startups

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Social entrepreneurship in MENA: always the bridesmaid, never the bride [Opinion]

You go up to the stage to pitch a social enterprise with the hope that tomorrow is better than today. You hit all the right spots:...

Social Entrepreneurship social impact Build Palestine

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15+ MENA accelerators launched in 2016 #Wamda2016

Throughout 2016, the startup ecosystem for the Middle East and North Africa continued to grow as over 15 new accelerators opened their...

Wamda2016 MENA startups

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TechWadi Annual Forum 2017 [Exclusive Discount Code Inside!]

The TechWadi Annual Forum 2017, happening on January 27-28, is a celebration honoring the work TechWadi has done to...

silicon valley MENA startups

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Seedstars MENA 2016

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Bahrain on...

MENA Seedstars Global Bahrain

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PayExpo MENA 2016

Taking place in Dubai on December 5-7, PayExpo MENA will bring the entire payments ecosystem together to network and learn in one of the...

Dubai payment solutions conference

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Stevens Initiative Award Competition

The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to expand access to virtual exchange in order to build global competence for young...

competition MENA Education

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Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition

This year marks the 5th edition of the Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition. Organized by the Harvard Business School MENA...

Pitch Competition Harvard Arab Weekend startup

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Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator

Want to make your business idea a reality? The Mighty Labs Pre-Accelerator program in Berlin is accepting MENA applications for its...

Berlin MENA entrepreneurship

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20 MENA startups keeping your car on the road

This is the second part of our week-long look at smarter transport in MENA. Read the first here and the second here. Car sales...

how's my driving gershad rakna

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Could MENA see a unicorn soon?

Extinct in the wild in the 1970s and reintroduced in the 1980s, the Arabian Oryx may be the animal closest to a unicorn. (Image...

CB Insights unicorns oped

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Enpact Program 2016 applications now open

The non-profit organisation Enpact was founded in August 2013 with the aim of strengthening economic relations between young entrepreneurs...

Arab entrepreneurs Program applications Germany

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Startup spring: How tech can liberate MENA [Opinion]

Startups might be more than beautiful glimmers of hope. (Images via Jonas Feller) The Arab world is leaping ahead. Governance...

Arab entrepreneurs Opinion policies

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Social money: it's coming to a MENA platform near you

Fastacash is expanding into the Middle East, bringing with it social network payment options. (Image via Fastacash) Sending money to your...

mobile money social payments Fastacash

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MENA's year in investing [Infographic]

The money pool for startups in MENA is growing, but slowly. (Image via Near Shore Americas) Funding is the entrepreneur's...

VC investment Womena MENA

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8 MENA ecommerce predictions for 2016

This is an edited crosspost with LinkedIn. What a year it’s been for ecommerce in the Middle East. Launches of dozens of new startups; the ...

Uberization Mo Ali Yusuf Opinion

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PayFort releases two new tools for ecommerce startups

Omar Soudodi during Mix N'Mentor Dubai in December 2015. (Image via Wamda) PayFort announced December 15 the release of two new...

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Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week in full swing

GEW Lebanon's official launch at cohost ElementN drew many. (Images via GEW) Lebanon's Global Entrepreneurship Week is in full swing,...

MENA lebanon events

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Things to keep in mind when prepping for a VC round [Opinion]

Investors and industry-leading startups can do great work together. (Image via MetroMBA) Entrepreneurs are a gifted breed of individuals...

Walid Faza Wamda Capital VC investment

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Majority of UAE residents prefer to be entrepreneurs if given the choice [Report]

(Image via Startupist) More than half of the UAE’s residents say they would like to be entrepreneurs, according to a survey conducted b...

YouGov bayt.com MENA

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Is COD still the only way for ecommerce?

As the ecommerce market in MENA continues to grow by more than 40 percent annually, so does the urge to challenge the dominance of cash on...

JadoPado online payment MENA

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8 MENA startup founders under the age of 20

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa currently own a vast reserve of an invaluable resource, one that can spur innovation and help...

teenage founders startups MENA

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Middle East and Turkey startups raise the temperature in Stockholm [Opinion]

MENA meets Stockholm at #sthlmtech. (Images via Aurore Belfrage) When talking to investors, corporates and media in the west about...

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