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Be the CEO not the COO: finding space for vision-making [Opinion]

A whopping 70.6 percent of entrepreneurs in MENA say it’s difficult to balance daily operational work and fire-fighting with strategy...

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Startup Watch: IKEA domination, young blood, and death by space travel

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...

Startup Watch

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5 [NOT Netflix] video streaming platforms available in MENA

2016 was a year of celebration for young MENA users hungry for video on demand (VOD) and online streaming services. Netflix entered our...

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What's holding MENA's digital media market back? [Podcast]

This podcast has been crossposted from Wamda Capital. Digital media is a growing market, but the amount of education still required for...

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Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users

As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are...

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How to land deals with the biggest fish in the market? [Wamda TV]

Kharabeesh, an online media and entertainment network, has collaborated with Samsung to launch an application that has unlimited access to...

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What I know about money and hardware: PK Gulati

Hardware is in vogue. Where once you needed years, millions of dollars, and institutional support to launch a device or hardware...

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Blueprint of a VC fund

This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on Medium. Newly formed VC firms are startups that are vying for...

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A Google for Arabic e-books

To look for books in Arabic, on free websites, means to enter a cycle of endless electronic links, which might sometimes be unsafe....

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Startup Battle 2016

Startup Battle, in association with The Rockstar Hubs International is an exciting pitch-fest, featuring a panel of entrepreneur investors....

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Wisdom and warnings: Twitter chat with Christopher Schroeder and Marwan Kheireddine

“[We] need to stop thinking of MENA as one country - some areas [are] hard, even tragic; some [are] rising,” tweeted...

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Wissam Sabbagh: A visionary turning idea to product

“Sex and $550.” That was the subject line of an email then 18-year-old Wissam Sabbagh sent to thousands of potential...

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Fortifying healthcare startups in the Middle East and North Africa

This article is a crosspost with the Stanford Social Innovation Review. AlemHealth, an Emirati medical startup, can remotely diagnose...

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BusinessConnect Session on SME Participation for Expo 2020 Dubai

Expo 2020 Dubai continues its series of events and conferences by building bridges between local and international businesses. These...

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Taking a sledgehammer to hierarchy

Payfort is implementing a radical new company structure, one where CEO Omar Soudodi is no longer CEO, call center staff have voted to...

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What the Wamda Research Lab discovered about hiring talent [Infographic]

Last week the Wamda Research Lab (WRL) released a report exploring the ways in which MENA’s entrepreneurs hire and the...

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The aviation industry, a new frontier for MENA startups [Q&A]

In the world of aviation, the Middle East is one of the fastest growing regions in passenger traffic. According to IATA, the rate will...

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One month of free courses from Potential and Wamda

Being an entrepreneur isn't easy. Luckily there are many educational resources online to learn from. Wamda and Potential are...

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SwitchMed Connect 2016

SwitchMed Connect is an annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social...

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YPO & Wamda live Twitter Chat: What’s Trending Now in MENA? #MENABizTrends

What industries are ready for disruption in MENA? What is trending in the business world? Got anything you’d like to learn about...

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MENA cashes in: new report shows VC money is rising

This is an edited crosspost from Medium. I’ve always admired the consistency and nuggets of wisdom that US founders and VCs are...

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Startups are creating jobs, but that’s not enough [Report]

While the majority of the surveyed workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) perceive working at a startup as a good career...

WRL Access to Talent

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What I know about making people pay: Hadi Raad

Fintech is the hot sector of 2016: banks are jumping into it, the Nasdaq is testing ideas, Abu Dhabi is setting up a fintech...

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Tech adoption can enable a revolution [Infographic]

Governments and regulators must innovate, as the global adoption of technology grows and new economies take shape. This is one of the...

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