U.A.E Wamda and GE organize closing day of MEMakers Venture Program GE mentors and MENA entrepreneurs during the mentorship session (Images via Kamel El Asmar) A little over six weeks after launching the GE... Maya Rahal • 01 December, 2015 MEMakers GE Venture Program MEMakers
Regional Lebanese entrepreneurs excel at Harvard Arab Weekend Competition The WhiteLab team receiving the first prize. (Images via Harvard Arab Weekend) Ten MENA-focused entrepreneurs pitched their startups... Maya Rahal • 01 December, 2015 MoviePigs Slighter WhiteLab
Jordan Inspire ME creativity conference aims to spark innovation in graphic design Graphic designers in Jordan are a forward-thinking group, according to Medhat Eid, an Adobe Community Professional based in... Samuel Wendel • 01 December, 2015 Graphic Design Inspire ME designers
Regional Soraya Salti: Celebration of life Soraya Salti. (Image via Skoll.org) "Passionate, energetic, humble, selfless, happy, positive." These are some of the few words people use... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 soraya salti Injaz al Arab
U.A.E TURN8: Investor Demo Day The graduation of Dubai-based TURN8 accelerator's fifth batch of entrepreneurs will take place on their Investor Demo Day on 16 ... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 turn8 Demo Day accelerator
Regional Skinnovation: experiencing entrepreneurship on skis Skinnovation is the first entrepreneurship festival on skis. Taking place in the Alp city of Innsbruck, the event leverages... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 Alps Ski Skinnovation
Saudi Arabia ArabNet Riyadh 2015 [20% discount] The 4th edition of the ArabNet Riyadh forum, expecting over 1,000 participants from across the region, will take place on December 14-16, 2... Wamda • 30 November, 2015 Design+code day summit riyadh
Kuwait Nuqat’s Copy+Paste Syndrome discusses imitation and innovation This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. Are there any original ideas? Is imitating another idea a good thing? Does copying ideas encourage... Sara Tarik • 30 November, 2015 Nuqat Nuwait kuwait
Regional Megatrends in MENA: the digital future [Infographic] The 'digital future', described by EY as one of its megatrends, is upon us and rapidly changing how people live, eat... Rachel Williamson • 29 November, 2015 EY mobile internet Winex
Lebanon Seedstars World touches down in Beirut Overall winners Codefish with the Seedstar competitors in Beirut. (Images via UK Lebanon Tech Hub) For the second year running Beirut... Maysaa Ajjan • 29 November, 2015 Fallound Merchandizer Seedstars Global
Palestine GITR Palestine announces champions Three startups prevailed as champions of the Get in The Ring challenge, held for the first time in Ramallah on November... Rafat Abushaban • 29 November, 2015 Get In The Ring Foundation ramallah gaza sky geeks
U.A.E Big Data leading innovation, SmartCon 2015 Bora Arslan believes that big data is overused and exaggerated, creating mistrust in people. (Images via Pamela Kesrouani) Big data “will t... Pamela Kesrouani • 26 November, 2015 smartcon Smart Cities MEMakers
Regional Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the... Ayman Farhat • 26 November, 2015 android developers She Develops app developers
Jordan Join Dave McClure & 500 Startups for a "COME ONE, PITCH ALL!" event Join Dave McClure & 500 Startups on December 10 for a "COME ONE, PITCH ALL!" community pitch event hosted by 500 Startups, Microsoft an... Wamda • 26 November, 2015 Dave McClure 500 startups Pitching
U.A.E Mix N' Mentor Dubai 2015 Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming to Dubai on December 10 bringing together promising entrepreneurs with top regional and global mentors at H... Wamda • 26 November, 2015 fireside chat Dubai Networking
Regional 4YFN Mobile World Congress Startup event The highlight of the 4YFN program, organized by Mobile World Capital Barcelona and GSMA, the 2016 Mobile World Congress is the world’s larg... Wamda • 26 November, 2015 February Mobile World Congress 4FYN