Regional Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition This year marks the 5th edition of the Harvard Arab Weekend Startup Pitch Competition. Organized by the Harvard Business School MENA... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Pitch Competition Harvard Arab Weekend startup
Regional PepsiCo Social Impact Competition PepsiCo MENA has announced the launch of the PepsiCo Social Impact Competition in partnership with Wamda for MENA-based social... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Pepsico competition startups
U.A.E From mortgages to Nancy Ajram, one man makes his digital mark on pop culture Celebrity beta website Najem is three-months old and dedicated to the lifestyles of MENA's rich and famous. Think Buzzfeed with glamor.... Lucy Knight • 22 September, 2016 Vinelab lebanon uae
Palestine Lady Problems Hackathon: Gaza Lady Problems Hackathon Series are challenging developers (both men and women) to create solutions addressing issues female... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Gaza hackathon Technology
Regional Real innovation can only happen from within I was recently invited to talk about innovation in healthcare in emerging markets at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Digital... Roland Daher • 22 September, 2016 MEMakersGE Innovation
Global Startup Watch: Elon Musk feels fear, US startups declining, and Saudi teen wants hijabi emojis The world of entrepreneurship news is a complicated one to navigate. To help, here’s our roundup of what we’re reading on Elon... Dana Ballout • 22 September, 2016 Startup Watch Elon Musk DARPA
U.A.E Nice and slow: Ekar launches with the watchful blessing of UAE authorities Earlier this year, UAE news outlets were abuzz with the launch of Udrive, a car rental app running on a pay-per-minute scheme. Clickbait... Vanessa Khalil • 21 September, 2016 uae ekar Transport
U.A.E Wrappup closes $800K investment round Wrappup, an app that solves time wasting meetings by recording and flagging the important moments, has closed a seed round of... Lucy Knight • 21 September, 2016 Wrappup BECO Capital Investment
Regional Apply now for Stars of Science season 9! Stars of Science, the flagship “edutainment reality” TV show, is the Arab world’s leading innovation show that enables... Wamda • 21 September, 2016 Reality TV entrepreneurship Technology
Turkey Wamda Capital invests $2.2M in Insider Wamda Capital announced today a $2.2 million Series A investment in Insider, a smart digital platform for marketers to personalize,... Dana Ballout • 21 September, 2016 Insider turkey Wamda Capital
Kuwait Should you offer internships at your startup? This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. You have excellent college grades, solid cover letter, stellar resume, and dozens of... Reine Farhat • 21 September, 2016 internships MyU studenthub
U.A.E Movesouq closes $3M round Home services marketplace Movesouq has closed a funding round of $3 million. The round was led by Addventure, an international VC out of... Lucy Knight • 20 September, 2016 movesouq Addventure home services
Turkey Startup Istanbul 2016 Startup Istanbul is the leading startup event in Eurasia, which brings together founders, investors and executives in the region. It's... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 turkey startup Networking
Regional Harvard Arab Weekend 2016 Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) is the largest pan-Arab conference in North America, bringing together nearly 1,300 students and professionals... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 Harvard Arab Weekend conference Arab
Regional IATA NDC Hackathon IATA invites talented developers, designers, marketers, idea generators, and futurists to transform the travel experience for... Wamda • 20 September, 2016 hackathon Travel Airlines
Global 4 ways human data can help plan a city If you can overcome the paranoia of your online data being collected and mined by companies like Google or Facebook, and instead focus on... Lucy Knight • 20 September, 2016 MIT Media Lab Dubai Data