3 ways to build a better city Developing a world-class city often involves creating a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem. New studies from McKinsey and the National... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 06 October, 2013 Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Government
Jordan Can Jordan's Voga Closet scale its e-commerce store without offering cash-on-delivery? [Update: Voga Closet is now offering Cash on Delivery] Needless to say, online payment is a serious issue for e-commerce websites in... Reine Farhat • 06 October, 2013 cash-on-delivery Shipping Payment Gateways
5 MOOCs that can help you become a successful entrepreneur There’s no miracle solution for success as an entrepreneur: you have to go for it, try, fail, learn, and go back in the ring. B... Aline Mayard • 06 October, 2013 MOOC
Shekra and Injaz Al-Arab partner to support crowdfunding with mentorship Fundraising is crucial for startups, but entrepreneurs also need knowledge and experience to realize success. That's why Shekra,... Ahmed Gabr • 06 October, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: Sept 29 - Oct 03 Announcing our newest WamdaCard partner: Amazon Web services Keeping operation cost down at your startup is a survival tactic for most... Wamda • 03 October, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Egyptian entrepreneur Amira Azzouz fights back against content theft Last week, Amira Azzouz, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Fustany.com, the fashion and lifestyle site for Arab women, was doing some... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 03 October, 2013 theft content scraping
New Egyptian conference will support science R&D; applications open Saturday Linking universities to local industry is becoming increasingly important for transforming scientific research into projects that can... Hanan Solayman • 03 October, 2013 Research R&D Egypt
Mix N' Mentor Topics & Guidelines Mentorship Topics and Guidelines for Mix N' Mentor Wamda • 03 October, 2013 Mix n Mentor
TECOM Harnessing SME Opportunities - Dubai The next session of the TECOM SME Builder series will offer a discussion on Harnessing Business Opportunities with 12 industry leaders... Wamda • 03 October, 2013 Dubai Scaling
Healthcare portal WebTeb closes Series B round from Siraj Palestine Fund On top of reaching over 3.5 million unique visitors per month, Arabic medical content portal WebTeb just announced new investment from... Glen Dalakian II • 03 October, 2013 Healthcare Content Portals Health & Beauty
AUC launches its first spinoff startup, healthcare tech pioneer D-Kimia Even though there is a law in Egypt that allows universities to build companies and invest in projects, many important academic inventions... Hanan Solayman • 03 October, 2013 Egypt
Avoid these 10 mistakes that could ruin your company's reputation For small businesses, reputation is everything. A report recently published by O2 shows that 72% of consumers will not forgive a small... Muhanad Sabha • 02 October, 2013 reputation Social Networks
Dubai+Acumen Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition The Acumen for Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition 2013 (ASE 2013) aims to be an “innovation accelerator” competition designed to e... Wamda • 02 October, 2013 Competitions Social Entrepreneurship
Meet 3 tech companies leading innovation in Pakistan Pakistan is gradually emerging as a hub of technological innovation. Every day, I come across more companies that are... Khurram Zafar • 02 October, 2013 Hardware Technology
Why Entrepreneurship Beats Politics in the Middle East – New York City Silicon Badia and Chadbourne & Parke LLP have teamed up with PNB and Oasis 500 to showcase eight early stage companies visiting the U.S... Wamda • 02 October, 2013 Pitching
Offline textile company goes online in Morocco: can new e-commerce site Shoppeos beat out Jumia? In Morocco, e-commerce is booming; online sales increased by 45% in 2012. This boom can partly be explain by the launch, in June 2012, of... Aline Mayard • 02 October, 2013
