Regional Half of Arab youth visit Youtube every day [Report] According to the Arab Youth Survey 2017, published by ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller this week, 35 percent of young people in the Arab... Maya Rahal • 04 May, 2017 Arab youth Report YouTube
Regional New startups on the block: May Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 03 May, 2017 new startups Healthcare Travel
Regional ArabNet Digital Summit 2017 The fifth edition of the ArabNet Digital Summit will be back on May 16-17, at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Center in... Wamda • 02 May, 2017 Dubai Arabnet summit
Regional Cohort 4 Acceleration Program The U.S. hardware accelerator, "Make in LA", is recruiting International and MENA hardware startups for the Cohort 4 Program in... Wamda • 02 May, 2017 LA acceleration accelerator
Regional 5 steps to startup video stardom [Opinion] I see everyday how online video can be an efficient and effective way for entrepreneurs and small businesses to develop their brand and... Jad Abi-Esber • 27 April, 2017 YouTube Vidéo Online video
Regional Where does MENA really do business? [Infographic] Even as entrepreneurs look to the Gulf to expand their sales, they look to the Levant to expand their back office operations. Wamda... Teeb Assaf • 26 April, 2017 Wamda Research Lab WRL backoffice
Regional 5 AI advertising startups to watch This edited article was originally published on Centric. Using AI in marketing has been the new kid on the street for some time. With... Hamna Anwar • 26 April, 2017 Artificial intelligence Marketing Advertising
Regional 4 startups that are changing Maghreb healthcare A woman fainting at a railway station in Morocco, while waiting for the train that would take her three hours away for dialysis treatment,... Lilia Blaise • 25 April, 2017 tunisia morocco Medtrucks
Regional Online talent platforms: labor market connectors for the digital era in the GCC Youth unemployment is one of the Middle East’s biggest challenges. Even as unemployment remains high and people are unable to land... Ola Aboukhsaiwan • 24 April, 2017 recruitment Job Creation onegcc
Regional #Shabab2030 #Shabab2030 by MBC Hope is a global movement giving Arab youth a powerful platform to succeed as leaders and... Wamda • 24 April, 2017 MBC Shabab2030 Social Entrepreneurship
Regional Seamless Middle East 2017 Seamless Middle East 2017 will be bringing some of the most influential names from the region in the sectors of payments, ecommerce and... Rami Deeb • 10 April, 2017 payment solutions ecommerce Retail
Regional 10 steps corporations must take before investing in startups [Opinion] Corporations want to innovate, but issues such as tighter R&D budgets and organizational bureaucracy can make tapping outside sources -... Kamal Hassan • 09 April, 2017 corporate venture capital the cribb
Regional What we learned about the media industry at #STEP2017 The reader is king. After an era of praising content as the supreme power in media, the focus today is shifting towards the... Maya Rahal • 07 April, 2017 Step Conference Step 2017 Media
Regional New startups on the block: April Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 05 April, 2017 new startups IoT ecommerce
Regional Why Amazon acquired Souq.com This article is a crosspost with Centric.ae. Seeking global world domination in the ecommerce marketplace, Amazon acquired... Usman Khalid • 30 March, 2017 Souq.com acquisition Amazon
Regional Social entrepreneurship needs a culture change [Opinion] It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over... Sami Halabi • 30 March, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship Opinion
Regional Amazon acquires Souq.com for over $650 million Russ Grandinetti, Amazon Senior Vice President, International Consumer and Ronaldo Mouchawar, Souq.com CEO and cofounder (Image via... Maya Rahal • 28 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon Alabbar
Regional Fincluders Startup Challenge Amman The Fincluders Startup Challenge is looking for innovative fintech talents and entrepreneurs championing inclusive and fair finance for... Wamda • 24 March, 2017 amman Fintech Innovation
Regional Why CVC is the future of venture capital in the region [Opinion] This article is a crosspost with Linkedin. Venture capital funds capitalized and operated by major corporations are becoming more... Kamal Hassan • 22 March, 2017 corporate venture capital Venture Capital turn8
Regional Startup4IR by WEF and IFC Startups4IR is a unique partnership between the World Economic Forum and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aiming to bring... Wamda • 21 March, 2017 wef World Economic Forum ifc
Regional $100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report] Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups... Jonas Feller • 16 March, 2017 WRL State of Fintech Payfort
Regional Startup Watch: lateness isn’t greatness, the history of CVCs, and Uber for yachts The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 16 March, 2017 careem CharterClick social enterprise
Regional Late? You can kiss my money goodbye [Opinion] I’m sitting in my office and I can hear the central AC sigh quietly reflecting my disappointment. The clock on the wall shifts from... Hamed Fakhro • 16 March, 2017 Punctuality fundraising company culture
Regional MENA social enterprises grow in spite of deep-rooted challenges and little support [Report] Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in the Arab world stands on a paradox: It has every reason to thrive and yet every excuse to die. This is... Dana Ballout • 14 March, 2017 social enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Jordan