Regional Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for Entrepreneurship His Royal Highness of Saudi Arabia Prince AbdulAziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has launched the Prince AbdulAziz International Prize for ... Wamda • 18 December, 2014 Prizes Saudi Arabia
Regional Turn8 Investors' Demo Day TURN8 Startup Accelerator, program initiated by DP World, announced its investors’ Demo Day which will be held on January 17th, 2015 in D... Wamda • 17 December, 2014 turn8 Dubai
Regional 4 promising pivots by MENA startups in 2014 Loay Malahmeh of 3Dmena presents his company to King Hussein and Queen Rania of Jordan. In 1892, William Wrigley Jr., who had recently... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 December, 2014 Pivot Lean Methodology
Regional 5 ways to build your brand strategy on social networks Launched earlier this year, Brand US Social (BUS) has already made quite an impact on the social and digital media scene. A London... Pamela Kesrouani • 16 December, 2014 strategy Branding Social Media
Regional Women in STEM 2015 Women in STEM, an initiative by Meera Kaul Foundation, will recognize and reward women entrepreneurs and executives at the Women in STEM... Wamda • 16 December, 2014 Dubai Women
Regional What makes a successful wedding site in the MENA? There is no doubt that planning a wedding requires a lot of time: from setting the wedding date, to inviting guests, and picking the... Pamela Kesrouani • 15 December, 2014 Roundup regional Wedding Industry
Regional User Growth 101: From 500 to 5 million I sat down to talk with two mobile developers today. They were anxious to discuss the app they had been building over the past few months.... Robert Carroll • 14 December, 2014 users growth
Regional After success in Levant Lebanese mobile banking services is ready to scale From left to right: Roy Zakka, and Khalil Daoud, NECB's General Manager Going to the bank every month is a chore many of us prefer... Maya Rahal • 10 December, 2014 ubanquity online banking finance
Regional Experiential Learning Summit in Egypt, Deadline January 3rd The Global Business School Network (GBSN), in collaboration with the American University in Cairo School of Business and Tuck School of... Wamda • 09 December, 2014 Egypt
Regional The Challenge Cup in Amman The Challenge Cup, brought by Oasis500 and Washington DC based-incubator 1776, is a global competition to identify and celebrate the most... Wamda • 09 December, 2014 amman Challenges
Regional MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition The MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition, in partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives is now running in 3 tracks... Wamda • 04 December, 2014 MITEF
Regional New Wamda Research Lab report sheds light on MENA investment landscape and future opportunities 76% of surveyed MENA startups surveyed have received funding below $500,000 (full report here) Entrepreneurs that have the ambition to ... Wamda • 01 December, 2014 Wamda Research Lab WRL
Regional 5 common scale-up mistakes Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,... Pamela Kesrouani • 01 December, 2014 AtlanticLIVE Scaling Failure
Regional Arab Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Deadline January 5, 2015 The Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) is a Citi Foundation-funded initiative, implemented by AMIDEAST in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, ... Wamda • 28 November, 2014 beirut Women
Regional Startup MENA announces 2015 workshop series to strengthen ties between GCC and Europe Startup MENA has announced its most ambitious plan yet, as part of its ongoing effort to build ties between European and Arab startup... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 November, 2014 startupbootcamp venturescout startup mena
Regional The Mentor Effect, Wamda Insights Vol. 1 Through Wamda Insights, a new quarterly publication from the Wamda Research Lab, we aim to share new knowledge and data on the Middle East... Wamda • 26 November, 2014 Wamda Research Lab Funding Mentors
Regional The importance of scale-ups: it's what comes after starting up that matters The past 15 years have seen a great deal of energy and capital infused into cultivating startups around the world. Policymakers... Ahmed Moor • 26 November, 2014 scale up
Regional Souq.com dresses Black Friday in white for the MENA “Our Friday is White,” says the ad campaign for the MENA region’s first Black Friday sales event. Souq.com, one of the region’s bigge... Maya Rahal • 25 November, 2014 Souq.com Sales day Black Friday
Regional The Tabadol Week 2014 by Cambridge University The University of Cambridge in partnership with Arab Innovation Network is hosting its first Tabadol Week from December 7th till 11th 2014... Wamda • 19 November, 2014 amman Education
Regional Fresh off Stars of Science Season 6, these young innovators are ready to shake up the industry Stars of Science 6th season finalists during our chat on the morning of the finale. It’s a new beginning for the finalists and winners of S... Stephanie Nour Prince • 18 November, 2014 Qatar Foundation Stars of Science
Regional Finding Solutions: Roundtables at MENA ICT workshop 4 scenarios facing entrepreneurs The Wamda team took over the Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) in Amman last week at the MENA ICT Forum 2014, as it hosted a session of... Hayden Pirkle • 18 November, 2014 Zain Jordan Workshops
Regional Investing in MENA’s entrepreneurs: What is really needed? This article has been crossposted with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. The Middle East and North Africa is in dire need... Jamil Wyne • 13 November, 2014
Regional Sudan and Iraq poised to win Collaborative Spaces Challenge There’s nothing like a healthy competition to get people clicking. Hivos’s Mideast Creatives program and Zoomaal know something about thi... Aline Mayard • 13 November, 2014 Mideast Creatives Hivos zoomaal
Regional Web Summit: worth the trip to Dublin for Arab startups? Photo Credit: The Web Summit And it’s a wrap! The Web Summit, the biggest event dedicated to startups in Europe, Africa, and the M... Aline Mayard • 11 November, 2014 event Europe Web Summit