Regional How the UAE surprised Linkedin’s cofounder [Opinion] When Linkedin’s first office in the Middle East opened it already had over six million users in the Arab world. Now it has over 100... Christopher Schroeder • 12 March, 2017 Startup Rising LinkedIn World Government Summit
Regional Instagram is the next big thing in MENA social media Video took over social media in 2016 and brands started creating, rather than just sharing. Crowd Analyzer’s State of Social Media... Berthe El Aya • 08 March, 2017 Crowd Analyzer Payfort hootsuite
Regional Data Science: a field in demand [Wamda TV] From casual office discussions to blogs and coffee tables around the world, the future of jobs is a topic heavily discussed amongst all... Berthe El Aya • 07 March, 2017 data science Future of Work Women in Data Science
Regional What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and... Rachel Williamson • 06 March, 2017 recruitment Programme human resources
Regional New startups on the block: March Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 05 March, 2017 new startups blinkapp instacar
Regional 360Vuz secures an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority 360Vuz, the virtual reality startup in the Middle East, announced that it had raised an undisclosed round of venture capital led by Dubai... Wamda • 01 March, 2017 360vuz virtual reality Augmented Reality
Regional Harvard Arab World Conference 2017 The Harvard Arab Alumni Association is organizing their 12th annual Harvard Arab World Conference (HAWC) 2017, which will be held... Wamda • 01 March, 2017 Jordan Harvard conference
Regional Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] Startup Investments: The evolution of the MENA ecosystem in 2016 [Report] from Wamda Research Lab 2016 was a booming year for i... Tarek Faycal • 01 March, 2017 investement Report WRL
Regional Is regional innovation standing in the way of investments? [Know your VC] Samih Toukan, chairman of Jabbar Internet Group says that the MENA region doesn’t lack innovative ideas, but rather... Maya Rahal • 28 February, 2017 Samih Toukan MENA investments
Regional Keynote: World Blockchain Forum In recent years, blockchain technology has grown from being the outcast of technological innovations to something with the potential... Wamda • 23 February, 2017 Dubai Blockchain Bitcoin
Regional STEP 2017: disrupting MENA tech and music scene In case you weren’t around for all the buzz and bustle that took place at STEP 2016, here’s what you missed: Early 2017 was mome... Rami Deeb • 22 February, 2017 Step Conference STEP Dubai
Regional How to start your journey as a mentor This is an edited crosspost from New Shift. Mentors face many exciting challenges when advising early-stage entrepreneurs: studying a... Zeynep Saka • 15 February, 2017 Mentor Advice
Regional Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa Telematics Conference Middle East & Africa returns for the third time to gather telematics industry experts, companies, and... Wamda • 10 February, 2017 telematics conference MEA
Regional OPCDE 2017 [exclusive limited promocode inside] OPCDE is a regional conference on digital security that is directly focused on the technical aspect of the field. This year’s... Wamda • 07 February, 2017 cyber security Digital security piracy
Regional Mediterranean Water Heroes Youth Contest Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 and from the Mediterranean? Are you engaged in water and climate activities that contribute to... Wamda • 07 February, 2017 Mediterranean water sustainability world bank
Regional Startup Weekend Sharjah Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing... Wamda • 06 February, 2017 startup entrepreneurship Startup Weekend
Regional More tech, more jobs, more growth [Opinion] A new middle class is emerging in ‘growth market’ cities, and it will be technology-enabled businesses that help create new... Faaris Naqvi • 01 February, 2017 Opinion Growth cities jobs
Regional Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi Get in the Ring Abu Dhabi is a selection event for the Global Startup Competition of the Get in the Ring Foundation organized by Flat6Labs... Wamda • 31 January, 2017 Pitch competition abu dhabi
Regional Cloud10 Scalerator Program Applications are now open for the second round of the Cloud10 Scalerator program, where ‘scale-ups’ (revenue... Wamda • 31 January, 2017 Bahrain accelerator Innovation
Regional Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic] This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and... Wamda • 29 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta
Regional How to build a company that will last forever [Opinion] Scale is important for startups to put them on the radar of strategic acquirers, which are a more likely route to an exit in MENA than... Abdulaziz Al Loughani • 18 January, 2017 talabat strategic acquirer Exit
Regional Innovation Arabia 10 In its tenth annual edition, Innovation Arabia, the region’s leading congress on education, business, environment, healthcare and... Wamda • 17 January, 2017 Innovation Technology entrepreneurship
Global In MENA’s booming tech scene, where do humanitarian startups stand? The MENA region, frequently characterized by uncertainty, political polarization and slow socioeconomic progress is seeing a stunning... Lina Hijazi • 15 January, 2017 Social Entrepreneurship
Regional Twitter’s media plans for MENA [Q&A] Twitter is targeting Saudi Arabia and Egypt as its regional growth markets as it seeks to make users more ‘sticky’... Menan Khater • 15 January, 2017 twitter