Global

​​​Driving Economic Growth Through Entrepreneurship Ecosystems [Exclusive discount code!]

Babson College is offering a program specifically to help public and private sector leaders create an entirely new internal capacity to...

Wamda • 10 August, 2016

entrepreneurship Ecosystem economy

Regional

Activate and accelerate: 14 CE tools for corporations

In May of this year, British banking and financial services company Barclays partnered with Flat6Labs to open Egypt's first...

Jonas Feller • 02 June, 2016

Expo 2020 Dubai Collaborative Entrepreneurship corporations

Qatar

Looking to build an ecosystem, Qatar Foundation

“I met with a Jordanian minister a few years ago and he told me that he wanted the country to have 10,000 PhDs in the next few years,...

Lucy Knight • 27 March, 2016

ARC'16 Qatar Foundation techwadi

Global

What an entrepreneurship ecosystem actually is

This article is a crosspost with Harvard Business Review Fostering entrepreneurship has become a core component of economic...

Daniel Isenberg • 16 December, 2014

Ecosystem

Turkey

What Turkey's economic struggles mean for its startups

Excitement about Turkey’s startups hit fever pitch last year. This time one year ago, The Economist anointed the country’s startup scene a...

Gulay Ozkan • 09 January, 2014

Ecosystem

Nuqat Creative Conference creates 'culture shock' in Kuwait

When I arrived in Kuwait and settled into a chair at the Nuqat Creative Conference last month, the young man next to me immediately turned,...

Ramzi Jaber • 08 December, 2013

Ecosystem

A way forward in Egypt: Rise Up Summit galvanizes entrepreneurship by Tahrir Square

Tahrir Square will forever stand as a symbol of Egypt’s revolution and its ongoing transformation, its power seared into c...

Nina Curley • 01 December, 2013

Ecosystem

Rise Up Egypt, the country's first entrepreneurial summit, is coming

In two weeks, Cairo will host the "first-ever entrepreneurship summit in Egypt" a stone's throw from Tahrir Square. Rise Up Egypt,...

Omar Aysha • 10 November, 2013

Ecosystem

Not another cupcake shop: Bahrain's women entrepreneurs debate what local startups need

If there’s one place in the Arab world one can go to understand the complex relationship between women, government, and entrepreneurship i...

Nina Curley • 10 October, 2013

Ecosystem

Vivek Wadwha: what Silicon Valley can and can't teach emerging markets

A recent discussion between Vivek Wadwha, Vice President of Innovation and Research at Singularity University, and Dick Costolo, CEO of...

Gulay Ozkan • 10 October, 2013

Diversity Expert Advice Advice

Is mandatory military service hurting entrepreneurship in Egypt?

Imagine what the world would be like if Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg had all been forced to spend three years in...

Jonathan Kalan • 05 August, 2013

Government Ecosystem Legal

Wamda announces the Karim Jazouani Prize for entrepreneurship advocates in Morocco

At Mix n’ Mentor Casablanca this past Saturday, Wamda announced the Karim Jazouani Prize, in honor of one of Morocco’s pioneering advocates ...

Nina Curley • 08 July, 2013

Prizes Leadership Mix n Mentor

A tablet cafe launched in Senegal; could the trend transform North Africa?

Does the future of the internet lie in tablets? That’s what Médoune Seck believes. With the help of Google, he turned his internet café in ...

Aline Mayard • 24 June, 2013

Internet growth Tablets Ecosystem

How to build a knowledge economy in the Arab world [Report]

Creating more decent jobs is a huge challenge the Arabic region is facing, particularly for the young, whose rates of job­lessness are ...

Maya Rahal • 19 June, 2013

Knowledge Economy Ecosystem Government

5 things the Ethiopian government could do to boost entrepreneurship

When it comes to entrepreneurship, Ethiopia is riddled with contradiction. A stunningly beautiful, tremendously friendly and fiercely...

Jonathan Kalan • 02 June, 2013

Policy Government Ecosystem

The challenges of launching a startup in Doha

Entrepreneurs are hard to come by in Qatar; small and medium-size enterprises make up only 15% of the economy and only about 2% of Qataris...

Christina Paschyn • 27 May, 2013

Consulting Training Ecosystem

Which Countries Have the Lowest Costs for Startups? [Infographic]

Entrepreneurs in the Arab world who may be self-funding, are bootstrapping, or are just looking for an inexpensive place to start their...

Ahmed Gabr • 07 May, 2013

Jordan Egypt Ecosystem

The Next, and Overlooked, VC Opportunity: The Middle East

This piece was originally published on the Harvard Business Review on April 17, 2013. Venture capital is ignoring the Middle East for all...

Christopher Schroeder • 25 April, 2013

Ecosystem Angel Investment Investment

A Look at Entrepreneurship in Morocco: Where Can Startups Turn for Help?

Entrepreneurs in Morocco today face several challenges: meeting mentors and investors, finding a suitable office space, building...

Aline Mayard • 24 April, 2013

Mentorship Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

A Reality Check for Game Developers in the Arab World

This week's Game Development panel at ArabNet touched on a few counterintuitive themes which, whether you agree with them or not, are...

Glen Dalakian II • 24 March, 2013

Ecosystem Mobile Gaming Arabnet

Microsoft Imagine Cup UAE Local Finals

Imagine Cup is a leading student technology competition that has grown to become a top competition in the Gulf. The UAE local finals will...

Wamda • 20 March, 2013

Competitions Ecosystem

Can Free Seed Money Build a $1 Billion Company? Welcome to Start-Up Chile

To me, Chile is not just a country located in South America; it’s also one of the biggest startups in the world. The Chilean government has ...

Abdullah Alshalabi • 13 March, 2013

Government Ecosystem Startup Communities

Business4Change Conference

Bringing together Arab youth, aged 16-30, from across the region, PepsiCo and Al Ahli Holding Group CSR Division are organizing the...

Wamda • 13 March, 2013

Social Entrepreneurship Conferences Ecosystem

Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab

Within the barren hills of oil-rich Dhahran in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, a unique structure is slowly reaching high into the...

Ahmed Al Majid • 10 March, 2013

Ecosystem Accelerators Innovation