Regional MENA’s fab labs and the fourth industrial revolution We are in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution in human history. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4ID) is an economic... Willam Altman • 30 March, 2016 hackerspace MEMakers Job Creation
Regional Is it really necessary to protect your ideas? Gotta protect those brainwaves. (Image via FamousInventors.org) It’s an all too common scenario. An entrepreneur comes up with a brilliant ... Rachel McArthur • 27 March, 2016 Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company Wrapp EQT Ventures
Regional Should you do it? The benefits and pitfalls of CSR Are CSR initiatives incompatible with the profit motive? Not necessarily. (Image via Business Review Europe) Corporate Social... Johnny Matta • 24 March, 2016 CSR in action johnny matta CSR
Regional How valuation and cap tables work [How to] Have you ever wondered how valution is calculated and cap tables work? Read on. (Image via Business Collective) In the context of... Rita Khoriaty • 23 March, 2016 how to cap tables startup valuation
Regional How Nabda Care is creating portable mobile healthcare services [Wamda TV] Nabda Care is a medical-social platform that aims to link patients, care providers, and personal medical records. It also provides patients... Maya Rahal • 22 March, 2016 Healthcare nabda care Egypt
Regional Enpact launches Startup Haus in Tunisia Kicking off Enpact's coworking space with a lively discussion. (Images via Startup Haus) Three months after its soft opening in... Mohammad M. Azraq • 22 March, 2016 incubation business reform incubators
Regional Wamda and Expo 2020 Dubai launch their first report on Collaborative Entrepreneurship [Infographic] Almost every other corporation operating in MENA engages with startups in one way or another. This is one of the exciting findings... Jonas Feller • 22 March, 2016 Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship WRL
Regional Flat6Labs launches $5.6M fund Sawari Ventures partners: Hany Sonbaty, Ahmed Alfi, Wael Amin. (Image from archive) Flat6Labs Egypt announced yesterday that they are... Maya Rahal • 21 March, 2016 fund Sawari Ventures Flat6Labs
Regional Online payment products are imperfect, but consumers can protect themselves This could be one way to prevent credit card fraud, not exactly practical though. (Image via kupunawiki.com) The marriage of credit... Maarid Fazili • 21 March, 2016 ecommernce Online payments Payfort
Regional Fear of success does exist [Opinion] Don't fear greatness, if you don't want to spend your life living among potholes! (Image via outofedenministries.com) 'Fear of Failure'... Abed Shamlawi • 17 March, 2016 Legal challenges Opinion Failure
Regional Turning your idea into a startup Pt. 2 The business plan needs to answer some concrete questions. (Image via blog.luz.vc/en/) Launching a startup can be daunting, but if... Johnny Matta • 16 March, 2016 brainstorming ideation johnny matta
Regional How to turn your idea into a startup Pt. 1 A good idea isn't likely to translate into a good startup without a lot of brainstorming and perseverance. (Image via The Membership... Johnny Matta • 14 March, 2016 market opportunity gap idea johnny matta
Regional Should you make governance a priority? One criticism of US-based Zenefits was that it had a weak board - only four people. (Image via Barcinno) During a recent visit to a client... Abdulrahman Hammad • 13 March, 2016 Saudi Arabia Advice Corporate Governance
Regional The evolution of tech startups in MENA [Opinion] Watching an ecosystem grow. (Image via Miami Herald) In much of the world, being a technology startup is a very ‘cool’ pursuit. The sto... Edward Roberto • 10 March, 2016 risk ecosystem growth Opinion
Regional Careem's 4 big things for 2016 [Wamda TV] 2015 was certainly a great year for Careem and they say localization was the key. They acquired Saudi-based home delivery... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 March, 2016 Mudassir Sheikha wamda mix n mentor dubai growth
Regional Abraaj Week 2016: What makes or breaks a creative entrepreneur? As part of the inaugural Abraaj Week, Abraaj group is hosting an interactive session with a lively panel themed "What makes or breaks a... Wamda • 07 March, 2016 Inaugral week Abraaj Group Dubai
Regional Network International to acquire Emerging Markets Payments for $340M Private equity firm Actis confirmed today its agreement to sell EMP (Emerging Markets Payments), a payments business in Africa and the... Maya Rahal • 03 March, 2016 Emerging Markets Payments Network International acquisition
Regional Offline healthcare going online in MENA Not enough time for exercise? Perhaps apps might be of use. (Image via core0.staticworld.net) Healthcare. An increasingly diverse and... Pamela Kesrouani • 03 March, 2016 Heathcare Fittpass The Wellness Log
Regional Out of office: how to manage a remote team Remote workers, be they freelance or employees, are a fact of life in today's connected world. (Image via Continuant) The idea that work... Loulou Khazen • 02 March, 2016 Loulou Khazen remote working freelance
Regional Zain Group acquires strategic stake in Lebanese company FOO In the picture from left to right: Emre Gurkan (Zain Group Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer), Scott Gegenheimer,... Maya Rahal • 01 March, 2016 neXgen Zain Group Foo
Regional CSR in Action UK 2016: Building a sustainable future The "CSR in Action" program is an initiative organized by the Al Ahli Holding Group to develop and enhance the... Wamda • 29 February, 2016 Lebanon applicants Bristol CSR in action
Regional The life cycle of your customer [Infographic] Retaining customers can be tricky in the online sphere. (Image via Dotsquares) As a new generation of Middle Eastern entrepreneurs... Rachel Williamson • 28 February, 2016 digital consumer Infographic
Regional Sharing our way out of malaise: MENA and the sharing economy [Opinion] A visual reprensentation of the concept that could transform the Middle East and North Africa. (Image via Meridian-180.org) In... Khaled Talhouni • 25 February, 2016 lending club Opinion careem
Regional Aramex, PayPal combine forces for ecommerce solution Aramex and PayPal are working together to get around cross-border shipping and payments issues. (Image... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 25 February, 2016 aramex PayPal E-commerce