Regional TiE Dubai offers $100,000 to winning startup TiE Dubai, a chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), announced the launch of a regional Women 2020 pitch competition as part of its... Shaimaa El Nazer • 01 June, 2020 Women entrepreneurship competition
Regional How can we encourage more women to pursue entrepreneurship? Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, Sana Afouaiz, founder of Womenpreneur, an organisation established to support women entrepreneurs, toured... Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2020 Women Women entrepreneurship
Regional The problem of women entrepreneurs The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has made strides towards maturity and development of its startup ecosystem, however, gender... Shaimaa El Nazer • 08 March, 2020 Women Women Entrepreneur Women empowerment
Regional Gitex: A show dominated by Saudi Arabia and the women of the UAE Some 100,000 people attend Gitex every year in what is the region’s biggest technology exhibition. Bringing together government,... Triska Hamid • 10 October, 2019 Women Saudi Arabia uae
Regional What we learned at WEF Mena 2019 The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) concludes today, drawing more than 1000 government, business and... Triska Hamid • 07 April, 2019 wef Jordan Innovation
Saudi Arabia Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online Saudi Arabia’s conservative expectations of women have been a boon for the online education sector in the country. While recent... Triska Hamid • 24 October, 2018 Coding Women Women empowerment
Saudi Arabia This is how 3 Saudi female students launched a mobile repair company Fixing electronic devices such as phones and laptops is a field dominated by men, especially in the Arab world. However, a group of young... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2017 Saudi Arabia Fixtag Mobile
Egypt Egyptian food delivery platform secures $200K investment from 500 Startups Cairo-based homemade food delivery startup Mumm received a $200,000 investment from 500 Startups. The startup empowers Egyptian women to... Staff writer • 26 July, 2017 Food delivery work from home Women
Pakistan She Loves Tech Startup Competition goes to Pakistan CIRCLE brings unique opportunity for one Pakistani startup to attend a bootcamp in China through ‘She Loves Tech Global Startup... Staff writer • 15 May, 2017 She Loves Tech Women women entrepreneurs
Lebanon Arab women designers: not just fashion The recent boom in Muslim modest fashion has brought Arab women designers onto the spotlight. The fashion field, however, is only the... Stefania D'Ignoti • 19 April, 2017 Design designers women founders
Morocco Lamia Bazir is rethinking social entrepreneurship in Morocco Lamia Bazir could have made a career outside Morocco, advocating for women’s empowerment and gender equality all over the world.... Lilia Blaise • 12 April, 2017 Atlas Leadership empowerment
Global Startup Watch: VCs and renewables are never, ever, ever getting back together The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Lucy Knight • 23 March, 2017 Startup Watch Women Healthcare
Saudi Arabia The Saudi women taking on the kingdom’s education sector As Saudi Arabia wants to diversify its economy away from oil, education is essential for the upbringing of a generation endowed with the... Abdulghani Kataya • 07 February, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Emkan Education
Global Startup Watch: the real robot danger The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 19 January, 2017 Startup Watch robotics Women
Saudi Arabia Why education in Saudi Arabia needs a boost [WamdaTV] Mashail Balkouka, an electrical and computer engineering student at Effat University in Saudi Arabia, talks about the importance of making... Maya Rahal • 10 January, 2017 Saudi Arabia Women women in tech
Palestine Gaza hackathon solves ‘lady problems’ With engaging spirit and thrill, 60 participants took part in the first Lady Problem Hackathon in Gaza last week. The event was for... Rafat Abushaban • 07 December, 2016 Lady Problems Hackathon palestine gaza sky geeks
Lebanon Despite lack of funding, social entrepreneurship endures [Wamda TV] “Young people today are not aware of society’s real problems.” This is what motivated Mona Itani, a lecturer at the... Maya Rahal • 01 November, 2016 Mona Itani Social Entrepreneurship social impact
U.A.E WiSTEM 2016 Women are increasingly becoming the global driving force for economic growth and innovation, and WiSTEM is celebrating the women... Wamda • 03 October, 2016 uae Women STEM
Regional When MENA investors don’t bank on women For years, Lebanese entrepreneur Rayan Zahab would get called in for job interviews, only to hear hiring managers say the same thing: they... Brooke Anderson • 27 June, 2016 Golden Seeds Snapay Women Investing in Women Digital
Kuwait Meet the women ‘Instapreneurs’ of Kuwait Her Highness Hind Al-Sabeeh during her opening speech. (Images via Reine Farhat) This article is a crosspost with Nuwait. It would... Reine Farhat • 11 April, 2016 twentytwo Injaz Kuwait Khaleejesque
Regional MENA startups are taking on women’s health Women are vastly underserved by healthcare systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Limited access to high-quality and... Willam Altman • 07 February, 2016 dieti supermama shezlong
Regional Apply to the Vital Voices GROW Fellowship This year's Vital Voices GROW Fellowship has strated receiving applications. The VV GROW Fellowship is a highly competitive one-year... Wamda • 17 November, 2015 VV fellowship Leaders Women
Regional Megatrends in MENA: the rise of entrepreneurship [Infographic] Entrepreneurship has finally attained global megatrend status, according to EY, but MENA's founders knew that long... Rachel Williamson • 13 December, 2015 EY megatrend entrepreneurship
Regional The female VCs of MENA Noor Sweid and Hala Fadel. (Image via Leap Ventures) There are two common complaints in the Middle East startup sector: a lack of funding,... Lucy Knight • 12 November, 2015 MIT Enterprise Forum GCC MIT Enterprise Forum Pan-Arab Zen Yoga