Global STEP Conference 2015, Dubai The STEP Conference, Dubai’s media, technology and design conference, is taking place on Tuesday, March 31st 2015 at Dubai International M... Wamda • 30 January, 2015 STEP Dubai
Regional The Arab region's freelance economy: some data By all accounts the global freelance economy is burgeoning. For many, it acts as a way to earn income in the absence of formalized,... Ahmed Moor • 29 January, 2015 freelance Employment nabbesh
U.A.E Highlights from Mix N' Mentor Dubai [Wamda TV] Wamda wrapped up its signature Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow at Dubai’s in5 Innovation Hub in December, where some of the region’s most exper... Wamda • 29 January, 2015 wamda mix n mentor dubai wamda mix n mentor in5
Regional From KSA to the Arab World: Hadafi funds and mentors female entrepreneurs In a society where women are still economically marginalized and absent from the labor market, technology entrepreneurship is emerging... Tala El Issa • 29 January, 2015 women entrepreneurs Hadafi Funding
Egypt Can this Egyptian entrepreneur follow her passion to success? This piece has been crossposted with Firnas. Entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to create a new product or come up with a new service to ... Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2015 deena fadel joud
Lebanon Beirut Design Week 2015 From June 1st to 7th, Beirut Design Week 2015 will be held across Beirut City, aiming at showcasing the work of local and international... Wamda • 28 January, 2015 beirut Design
Regional MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition Discussion Session, Amman MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab announced as part of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition and in partnership with Zain, an... Wamda • 28 January, 2015 amman MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
Maghreb Meet the entrepreneur who created Algeria's online advertising sector Few countries can boast that their number of internet users has gone from 1.5 million to 15 million in eight years, that they reached... Aline Mayard • 28 January, 2015 algeria Digital Advertising
Regional Lean Startup Machine Amman The “Lean Startup Machine” event will be held in Amman from March 12th till 14th 2015 in Zain Innovation Campus-ZINC, Amman, Jordan. Lean S... Wamda • 28 January, 2015 amman Workshops
Egypt Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are... Rachel Williamson • 28 January, 2015 maadi technology park Hardware Egypt
U.A.E DSOA to launch technology entrepreneurship center Before January comes to an end the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) will be launching the Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre... Pamela Kesrouani • 28 January, 2015 dtec DSOA Dubai
Regional Arabic Q&A site Jawabkom turns down 4 VCs It took Twitter 24 months to reach one million users. Tumblr published its one-millionth blog after 27 months. Facebook’s millionth user s... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 27 January, 2015 jawabkom
U.A.E Dubai fintech startup Cashnomix acquired by Singapore firm The Dubai tech startup Cashnomix, a cloud based platform that allows small businesses to collect money early on their invoices, has been... Lucy Knight • 27 January, 2015 fin-tech DSO acquisition
Global Not so tech, not so startup This article has been crossposted with The Economist. When The Economist posted their 'special report on tech startups' Daniel... Daniel Isenberg • 27 January, 2015 The Economist tech
Regional 12 lessons learned in helping your talent thrive Photo credits. Looking back at 2014, it was quite a fruitful year in terms of funds announced and investment deals closed. But one... Maya Rahal • 26 January, 2015 lessons Q&A Team building
Regional M-health apps taking the pulse of the region Following up on our recent piece on m-health in the region, we’ve compiled a list of other health applications and platforms that are... Lucy Knight • 26 January, 2015 AlemHealth Faselty Eshraq