Virgin MENA’s Nisreen Shocair: Transforming a record store into an entertainment destination This article has been reposted from Knowledge@Wharton. Sir Richard Branson founded Virgin Megastores in 1971. Forty years later, after a... Knowledge @Wharton • 29 June, 2014 virgin megastore virgin Music
Namshi hops on the World Cup bandwagon, launching Namshi Koora At a time when it seems everyone's attention is squarely on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Namshi.com, the luxury e-commerce site ... Eman Mostafa • 26 June, 2014 world cup 2014 Namshi E-commerce
What this Bahraini entrepreneur learned after turning down a $2M exit opportunity At 24 years old, Bahraini entrepreneur Zaman Abdulhameed Zaman was worth more than $1 million USD. Today, the 30 year old runs Zaman... Leena AlOlaimy • 26 June, 2014
Jeeran releases Windows Phone app following Nokia partnership It’s been a while since Wamda has written about pioneering Jordanian user review platform Jeeran, but it doesn’t mean that the startup has ... Aline Mayard • 26 June, 2014 Windows Phone app
Saudi Arabia Two young Saudis launch free e-magazine to foster entrepreneurship Novice entrepreneurs can be reluctant to launching their own businesses due to lack of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship.... Reine Farhat • 25 June, 2014 magazine content Saudi Arabia
Maghreb Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus kicks off global accelerator program in Tunisia As Tunisia begins to overturn years of economic inefficiencies, stagnant creativity, and systemic corruption, entrepreneurship has begun... Courtney Joline • 25 June, 2014 accelerator tunisia Social Entrepreneurship
Could Gaza's fourth Startup Weekend be a turning point for the ecosystem? Attending Gaza’s fourth Startup Weekend was one of the best experiences I’ve had in the Arab startup ecosystem. Some of the ... Glen Dalakian II • 25 June, 2014 gaza sky geeks Gaza Mentorship
Jabbar invests in News Group, strengthening regional media-tech ties Earlier this month, the investment firm Jabbar Internet Group announced a deal with Dubai-based news management company News Group... Wamda • 24 June, 2014 news group Investment Media
PIVOT, a Palestinian app to preserve historical memory, honored by Harvard Among the Palestinian diaspora, across the region and world, the danger of forgetting one’s history is very close to the s... Pamela Kesrouani • 24 June, 2014 Pivot Competitions
14 regional accelerators that can put your startup in the fast lane Two and a half years ago, we published a selection of 10 Accelerators in the Middle East and North Africa, most of which at the time were... Aline Mayard • 24 June, 2014 Accelerators
How Elmenus is leveraging the trend of Egyptian food going digital Egyptians are increasingly combining their love of food – the product on which they the majority of their yearly incomes – with the sur... Eman Mostafa • 23 June, 2014 ElMenus Food delivery Delivery
Obsessing about customers, office culture, and clean books: watch top serial entrepreneurs share advice To wrap up our fourth Mix N' Mentor event in Amman after a day spent workshopping startup challenges and discussing regional... Wamda • 23 June, 2014 Mix n Mentor Jordan
Big Data - An Emerging Technology [Dubai] As part of the Excellence series hosted by in5, this session on Big Data as an emerging technology will discuss the various big data ... Wamda • 23 June, 2014 big data
Zain Jordan embarks on CER with a series of activities Telecom company, Zain Jordan, has taken a big step into actioning its Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility program and helping e... Maya Rahal • 22 June, 2014 Zain Jordan Zain CER
He climbed Everest, started a company and is now aiming for space. Leadership lessons from Omar Samra If Egypt’s entrepreneurship world has a movie star celebrity, it is undoubtedly Omar Samra. In a country without a mainstream outdoor c... Daria Solovieva • 22 June, 2014 Wild Guanabana Omar Samra Leadership
3 founders share tips on how to recruit and manage freelancers abroad [Part 2] A few days ago, Herve Cuviliez, Talal Jabari, and Kamal Bouskri, founders of Diwanee, Fariqak and MyVLE respectively,... Aline Mayard • 19 June, 2014 Off-shore Developers Tips
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