Regional The gender gap in startup investment Almost two thirds of female founders believe that Middle East and North Africa (Mena) based investors are less likely than global investors... Triska Hamid • 12 October, 2022 women entrepreneurs Investment
Regional Why is there a lack of investment in startups founded by women? In January and February of 2022 alone, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) raised $622 million. To have broken the half a... Wamda • 08 March, 2022 women entrepreneurs Investment
Bahrain Small business, big plans in Bahrain Marwa M. Hejairi, senior officer, tenant relations at Riyadat, discusses with Alicia Buller how the incubation centre creates successful... Middle East Exchange • 06 December, 2018 Bahrain Women empowerment women entrepreneurs
Egypt Cairo’s Startups without Borders brings 200 refugee entrepreneurs to learn, share, and give back Late March, Startups without Borders, a newly-established project that supports refugees in Egypt, gathered around 200 women... Menna Farouk • 18 April, 2018 Greek Campus cairo Startups Without Borders
U.A.E Can the UAE lead the way in reforming policy frameworks on gender discrimination? Using the UAE as a case study, this is the second of two articles about how recent global developments affecting gender dynamics and... Vanessa Khalil • 13 September, 2017 uae Women empowerment women entrepreneurs
Regional Gender discrimination in entrepreneurship: MENA women’s take This is the first of two articles about how recent global developments affecting gender dynamics and discrimination against women in tech... Vanessa Khalil • 12 September, 2017 Women empowerment gender discrimination women in tech
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
Global What I know about losing the label and defining myself: Genny Ghanimeh Looking at Genny Ghanimeh’s resume, one might think she hasn’t slept a day in the past 15 years, but yet she’s full of... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 14 August, 2017 Genny Ghanimeh What I Know Tips
Global Startup Watch: Facebook TV, gone with the wind, and crowdfunding in the UAE 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... Rana Freifer • 06 August, 2017 Startup Watch Facebook TV Google Play Store
Regional What I know about building ecosystems in emerging countries: Linda Rottenberg It only took Linda Rottenberg a brief conversation with a taxi driver in Buenos Aires to launch Endeavor. Initially an engineer, this... Reine Farhat • 07 August, 2017 What I Know Endeavor Linda Rottenberg
Global New World Bank initiative targets women entrepreneurs The World Bank announced last Saturday the creation of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to finance and support... Staff writer • 11 July, 2017 world bank Ivanka Trump women entrepreneurs
Regional Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is a business plan competition aimed at supporting creative, financially sustainable and... Wamda • 29 June, 2017 Innovation women entrepreneurs startup
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 ArabWIC 5th Annual International conference on Arab Women in Computing [Call for Applications] The ArabWIC 5th Annual International Conference on Arab women in computing will be taking place on August 10 - 12 at the American... Wamda • 23 March, 2017 Technology women in tech women entrepreneurs
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
Regional Women rising to the top in MENA [Infographic] This article is a crosspost with Payfort. Female entrepreneurs are founding companies at an ever increasing rate across the world and... Wamda • 29 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs nabbesh mrusta
Egypt WeMENA Resilient Future [call for applications] Women Entrepreneurs for a Resilient Future in the Middle East and North Africa (WeMENA) is a business model challenge launched to... Wamda • 07 January, 2017 women entrepreneurs MENA Innovation
Regional SME Beyond Borders Dubai 2016 The UAE is taking critical steps to advance entrepreneurship and innovation, along with the government’s commitment to fuel... Wamda • 06 October, 2016 entrepreneurship uae women entrepreneurs
Palestine Lady Problems Hackathon: Gaza Lady Problems Hackathon Series are challenging developers (both men and women) to create solutions addressing issues female... Wamda • 22 September, 2016 Gaza hackathon Technology
Jordan Open Hands Initiative’s Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs The Open Hands Initiative is launching the Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs. This fellowship will bring together 10 american and... Wamda • 01 July, 2015 Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs Open Hands Initiative women entrepreneurs
Maghreb Girls in Tech to launch in Morocco to support women entrepreneurs When I asked Fatim-Zahra Biaz to give me a name of a Moroccan woman tech entrepreneur, she struggles. “This is why we’re launching Girls ... Aline Mayard • 08 April, 2015 Girls in Tech women entrepreneurs New Work Lab
Regional Kelly Hoey on the power of networks to create opportunity [WamdaTV] At last week’s ArabNet Beirut conference, Wamda caught up with Kelly Hoey, the New York-based startup mentor, community-building expert, a... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 March, 2015 team culture arabnet beirut 2015 kelly hoey
Lebanon How putting her kids first led this Lebanese entrepreneur to launch a startup Life’s daily struggles make it easy to forget how hard it is to be a mother, let alone a working one. Lebanese Ingrid Salloum,... Reine Farhat • 18 March, 2015 women entrepreneurs lebanon Advice
Egypt Leaving multinationals behind: how Creative Lab Group's Randa Abdou forged her own path If you live in Egypt, you’re probably familiar with the Rotato potato chips brand and its growth in popularity over the years. Despite its ... Stephanie Nour Prince • 22 February, 2015 Pepsico women entrepreneurs Egypt