Palestine

Ibtikar Fund invests in Receet

Palestine’s Ibtikar Fund announced its investment in Receet, a mobile application that provides digital receipts in business...

News • 25 March, 2019

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Egypt

The Egyptian startups tackling wastage

Environmental pollution in Egypt is undeniably a complicated problem. Waste disposal is inadequate and pollution is a significant...

Jehad El-Sayed • 24 December, 2018

Recycling Climate change Environment

Regional

The Middle East and its e-waste problem

We’re all guilty of discarding old devices for new ones. But there is great opportunity for electronic waste in the region....

Middle East Exchange • 18 October, 2018

Environment e-waste

Lebanon

Two winners at AUB’s Hult Prize competition

The second edition in a row of the Hult Prize competition was held on campus at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Hult Prize...

Rami Deeb • 25 January, 2018

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Algeria

How this Algerian entrepreneur is recycling plastic waste

Unemployment rate in Algeria increased to 10.5 percent, reaches almost 27 percent of the youth, and 20 percent of women, according to...

Maya Rahal • 10 August, 2017

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Morocco

Dare Inc. a social incubator on the rise in Morocco

According to a study by the British Council and the Moroccan CISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship), the...

Yassine Bakir • 30 July, 2017

Social Entrepreneurship startups incubation

Regional

World Green Economy Summit 2017

The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) is one of the leading global forums on the green economy. It brings together world-class experts in...

Wamda • 25 July, 2017

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Morocco

Cooking oil can run engines as well [Wamda TV]

Thousand of tons of waste cooking oil is produced around the world every year, with large amounts dumped in rivers and...

Abdulghani Kataya • 04 April, 2017

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Regional

New startups on the block: January

Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. German Medical Reference...

Lucy Knight • 04 January, 2017

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Jordan

GJU Green Hackathon

The Green Hackathon is the third step of the “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program” at the German...

Wamda • 12 October, 2016

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U.A.E

World Future Energy Summit 2017

The ‘World Future Energy Summit 2017’ (WFES) will be taking place from 16-19 January, 2017 at Abu Dhabi National...

Wamda • 09 September, 2016

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Regional

AMWAJ 2016

What is good for the environment is good for society and can be good for business. Are you interested in advancing this triple bottom line...

Wamda • 30 August, 2016

Jordan Sustainability Environment

Jordan

Decorating Jordan’s homes with its trash

It all started in one of the oldest bookstands in downtown Amman when unemployed Alaa Ziadeh decided to build things... using his...

Tala El Issa • 10 August, 2016

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Kuwait

A cost effective and environmentally friendly way to cook your food, straight out of Kuwait

As reported previously on Wamda, the teams attending the first Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge were trying to answer questions...

Ana Tadic • 21 January, 2016

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5 easy ways to green your MENA startup

Time and money are precious when building a startup. Because going green is often seen as expensive on both fronts, and because it’s a r...

Aline Mayard • 19 August, 2014

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Lebanon's Re-H2O team tackles water scarcity in the Arab world

At Intel and Injaz al-Arab's Sci-preneurship Innovation Camp this past July, six young Lebanese students found an innovative, inexpensive...

Maya Rahal • 13 February, 2014

Intel Injaz al Arab competition

Maghreb

In Tunisia, an entrepreneur fights desertification and creates spaces for women to succeed

“When I was young I was fascinated by superheroes. They not only have extraordinary powers but there is always a strong morale… a sense of ...

Wiem Melki • 17 October, 2013

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Egypt's green startups get a boost from mentor meet-up

While the startup industry is booming in the Middle East, it’s a nascent sector that still needs plenty of babysitting. Sometimes this g...

Ahmed Gabr • 17 July, 2013

Training Egypt Mentorship

CSR: a tool for sustainable development in the Middle East [report]

The need for sustainable development in the Arab world is twofold: to increase job opportunities and to protect natural resources. With...

Wamda • 18 June, 2013

Job Creation Sustainability Environment

Entrepreneurs Take on the Arab World's Water and Energy Challenges

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post on April 3, 2013. With the Middle East and North Africa's water and...

Jamil Wyne • 06 May, 2013

Green Energy Environment

2013 Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference - Dead Sea

Update: This event's date and location has changed from its original location in Alexandria, Egypt to the Dead Sea in...

Wamda • 02 May, 2013

Conferences Health Environment

Egyptian Brothers Innovate Recycling Technology in the Emirates

Many residents in the UAE simply don’t understand recycling, several recycling companies have said over the past few years. In Abu Dhabi, w...

Nina Curley • 01 May, 2013

Recycling Sustainability Environment

Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2...

Wamda • 12 March, 2013

Social Change Environment Wharton

Can Cultural Entrepreneurship Soothe Political Strife? The Nile Project Unites East Africa with Music

Typically we think of entrepreneurship as the creation of new businesses, but working to change public opinion could be called cultural...

Hanan Solayman • 18 March, 2013

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