Regional 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... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Pitch Competition Harvard Arab Weekend startup
Regional PepsiCo Social Impact Competition PepsiCo MENA has announced the launch of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition in partnership with Wamda for MENA-based social... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Pepsico competition startups
Regional Real innovation can only happen from within I was recently invited to talk about innovation in healthcare in emerging markets at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital... Roland Daher • 22 September, 2016 MEMakersGE Innovation
Regional Apply now for Stars of Science season 9! Stars of Science, the flagship “edutainment reality” TV show, is the Arab world’s leading innovation show that enables... Wamda • 21 September, 2016 Reality TV entrepreneurship Technology
Regional Harvard Arab Weekend 2016 Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) is the largest pan-Arab conference in North America, bringing together nearly 1,300 students and professionals... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 Harvard Arab Weekend conference Arab
Regional IATA NDC Hackathon IATA invites talented developers, designers, marketers, idea generators, and futurists to transform the travel experience for... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 hackathon Travel Airlines
Regional Digital Arabic content: A massive opportunity to capitalize on [Wamda TV] In 2015, the population of the Arab world reached 375 million, of which 41.5 percent use the internet. Digital Arabic content stands at 3... Abdulghani Kataya • 20 September, 2016 Arabic Content Mix n Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut
Regional Why you should participate in as many hackathons as you can Most of the time, entrepreneurs spend their days in a professional work setting. The same one every day. They practice the same set of... Maya Rahal • 15 September, 2016 hackathon MIT Media Lab lessons
Regional Wamda and Pepsico launch a social impact competition PepsiCo, the global food and beverage company, with brands including Quaker Oats, Lays, Gatorade, Tropicana and Pepsi-Cola has announced... Wamda • 15 September, 2016 Pepsico Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Competition
Regional Startup Watch: glass ceilings, Gods and Men, and death to the MVP 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 • 15 September, 2016 Startup Watch MOBAltyics falafel games
Regional The top 10 games of Game Zanga 6 For the sixth year in a row, game developers across the MENA region got a chance to flex their creative muscles and engage in a bit of... Omar Al Fil • 14 September, 2016 game zanga game tako developers itcho.io
Regional Why do Middle East startups ignore Maghreb? What does a person in Doha have in common with a person in Tunis? Not much, especially when it comes to online services. As much as... Aline Mayard • 13 September, 2016 Maghreb middle east careem
Regional Sparks fly when girls meet tech [WamdaTV] It’s not up to young women to be interested in technology, but up to their teachers to find ways to make the subject appealing to... Rachel Williamson • 13 September, 2016 STEM junkbot Eureka Tech Academy
Regional Wadi's PR pitch to disappointed gamers Ecommerce platform Wadi is using the worldwide fallout from a much-anticipated game as a way to boost customer loyalty in their UAE and... Aline Mayard • 11 September, 2016 Gaming Wadi.com No Man's Sky
Regional Game Connection Europe 2016 Game Connection Europe 2016 will take place from 26-28 October in Paris alongside the Paris Game Week. Meet with more than 2 700... Wamda • 09 September, 2016 paris Networking entrepreneurship
Regional She Entrepreneurs Leadership Programme 2017 The Swedish Institute has recently launched the She Entrepreneurs Leadership Programme. She Entrepreneurs aims to offer female... Wamda • 08 September, 2016
Regional Making media pay: unlocking the potential in MENA digital [Opinion] Arab youth is a demographic to be respected and reckoned with, as they represent one of the world’s fastest growing segments and are... Walid Faza - Rayan Dawud • 08 September, 2016 Kharabeesh Opinion tamatem
Regional 8 MENA startups dive into debt - lending that is Taking on debt can be inevitable, be it to keep a startup ticking over until you can secure a funding round or to pay for medical bills.... Rachel Williamson • 05 September, 2016 Fintech VentureFin MoneyFellows
Regional Five do’s and don’ts of snagging a corporate partner [Opinion] This article has been crossposted with Arabian Business. Around 94 percent of startups see value in partnering with corporations because... Elias Boustani • 01 September, 2016 CE expo 2020 Opinion
Regional In defense of brand design If you’re a struggling entrepreneur trying to manage a tight budget, take a look at your spreadsheet. Where does design fall on your... Dana Ballout • 01 September, 2016 Design Logos Branding
Regional Five 3D prints making MENA proud Gone are the days where printing was reserved for airline tickets, directions, or a favorite picture of your loved ones. Today,... Dana Ballout • 31 August, 2016 3d printing Hardware Dubai
Regional AMWAJ 2016 What is good for the environment is good for society and can be good for business. Are you interested in advancing this triple bottom line... Wamda • 30 August, 2016 Jordan Sustainability Environment
Regional UAE tops MENA countries in Innovation Index 2016 [Infographic] The Global Innovation Index is an annual report that measures the openness and readiness of countries’ economies for innovation. The... Dana Ballout • 24 August, 2016 Global Innovation Index uae Saudi Arabia
Regional Using tech to reverse wealth inequality The increasing pace of technological evolution is causing serious concerns about its impact on wealth inequality and creating... Abdulghani Kataya • 21 August, 2016 Wealth wealth inequality The Little Engineer