Regional Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be... Daria Solovieva • 19 May, 2016 AFKARMENA eureeca zoomaal
Regional From e-shop to doorstep: finding the right fulfillment model Marketplaces have the choice between different types of fulfillment models (Image via F1online) The success of an ecommerce B2C platform... Aline Mayard • 18 May, 2016 fulfillment Hmall Jumia
Regional Ecommerce driving Middle East digital economy: Payfort Ecommerce is the furnace driving growth in the Middle East’s online economy but local online airline bookings are by far the highest... Rachel Williamson • 15 May, 2016 State of Payments 2016 Payfort Entertainment
Regional TechWadi's 4th webinar: How to Raise Funds for the Causes You Care About Whether it’s an innovative new app or a children’s book, most great ideas need funding to get started! TechWadi are holding their fourth we... Wamda • 03 May, 2016 LaunchGood.com Amani Khalidi webinar
Regional Creative Chaos' Full Stack Virtual Team, at your service [Exclusive offer] Creative Chaos wants to help startups build and manage their products as a technology partner. The tech company, which offers services r... Wamda • 02 May, 2016 offers agency creative chaos
Regional InnovFest unBound 2016 in Singapore As the anchor event of Singapore's Smart Nation Innovations Week, InnovFest unBound 2016 is back this year... Wamda • 28 April, 2016 Asian startups Innovfest unbound Exhibition
Regional Your definitive list of MENA coworking spaces This piece has been updated from its original publishing date on July 2013. Without external support, building a successful startup can... Aline Mayard • 28 April, 2016 Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (DTEC) The Coworking Café Startup Haus
Regional 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... Maysaa Ajjan • 27 April, 2016 how's my driving gershad rakna
Regional Edtech and the future of work in MENA Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in the midst of a tremendous inflection point, with the future of the... Willam Altman • 26 April, 2016 Refugee Open Ware Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education Fourth Industrial Revolution
Regional Africa StartUp Cup Summit 2016 Africa StartUp Cup was created to recognize the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who have grown dynamic businesses during their... Wamda • 25 April, 2016 Africa Startup Cup Ghana 2016
Regional Are angel investors born or made? [Opinion] Angel investors are in short supply in MENA. How do we 'grow' more? (Image via LabsofLatvia) There is no longer a question as to whether... Tammer Qaddumi • 21 April, 2016 VentureSouq Opinion Venture Capital
Regional Changing the way MENA moves Smart transportation has the potential to change many things in modern life, from the very roads people use to get to work to the way whole... Rachel Williamson • 21 April, 2016 HERE Swiss RE Secure Drive Company
Regional Magnitt wants to be MENA startups' connection Can an online platform successfully connect investors to entrepreneurs? (Images via Magnitt) All experts and stakeholders agree that for a... Pamela Kesrouani • 20 April, 2016 Connections MAGNiTT
Regional Apply for the Said Khoury Award for Entrepreneurs and Innovators The Said Khoury Award for Entrepreneurs and Innovation are accepting applications for their new batch of entrepreneurs. At tribute to... Wamda • 19 April, 2016 Arab youth Said Khoury Awards applications
Regional Deadline for applying for the Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2016 now open Hello Tomorrow Challenge, a global startup competition for promising science and technology projects that aim to create positive change in... Wamda • 19 April, 2016
Regional Who's hiring in MENA? [Infographic] Access to talent is a key difficulty for employers large and small in MENA. In an upcoming Wamda Research Lab report the findings... Rachel Williamson • 17 April, 2016 Access to Talent recruitment Payfort
Regional Maghreb, Egypt startups big winners at MIT Startup Competition Winners and Judges of the 9th MITEFARAB Startup Competition. ( Images via MITEF) It was North Africa versus the Arab world at this ... Aline Mayard • 15 April, 2016 Zamen Ghinwa B8ak
Regional The Product-Market-Strategy fit: big vs small ideas [Opinion] This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Can strategy predict a big-time versus a small-time... Mohamad Charafeddine • 14 April, 2016 pms fit product market strategy fit product development
Regional Wamda Capital launches podcast series Investment firm Wamda Capital published yesterday its first podcast episode on Soundcloud. In this episode, Fares Ghandour... Maya Rahal • 11 April, 2016 announcement Wamda Capital podcast
Regional Deadline for incubator FasterCapital's 2nd round of funding Dubai-based FasterCapital has opened applications for its second round of funding. This virtual incubator targets startups from all around... Wamda • 07 April, 2016 Faster Capital incubation startups
Regional How to value your startup [Opinion] Startup valuation has a direct impact on the founders’ remaining share in the company after each investment round, and it impacts the m... Johnny Matta • 07 April, 2016 post-money pre-money startup valuation
Regional What's next for crowdfunding in the South Mediterranean? [Q&A] Crowdfunding enables business, cultural and associative projects to come to life. (Image via Creative Market) Since the launch of... Aline Mayard • 06 April, 2016 Happy Smala SwitchMed Smala & Co
Regional Building a regional education platform: The Coding Circle [Q&A] Coding is the future. (Images via The Coding Circle) Launched in Dubai in 2014, The Coding Circle is a tech and coding education... Glen Dalakian II • 04 April, 2016 Coding Circle Q&A Coding
Regional Prepare for lift off with Wamda and SpaceX Wamda has announced a partnership with American aerospace manufacturer and industry leader SpaceX. Starpreneurs aims to spur the interest... Omar Al Fil • 01 April, 2016 aprilfools space tech SpaceX