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Developing the Investment Industry in the Arab World: Guest Post from Middle East Venture Partners

This guest post is co-authored by Walid Hanna and Walid Mansour of Middle East Venture Partners, a Beirut-based Venture Capital...

Ecosystem Investment

Beirut Social Innovation Camp

The Beirut Social Innovation Camp brings together entrepreneurs, creative minds, developers, and social innovators to come up with w...

Competitions Conferences Ecosystem

Global Entrepreneurship Summit Comes to Dubai: Exclusive Discount for WamdaCard Holders

This year, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit comes to Dubai, hosted by Entrepreneurial Ventures of Arabia (EVA), to offer entrepreneurs in...

Competitions Conferences du

Can Kuwait Learn from Ghana? Lessons from the Second Startup Q8 Event

The startup scene in Kuwait is gaining momentum. On the 7th of November we had the 2nd StartupQ8 event and it was a lot of fun. Over 50...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

Why Jordan Looks More Like Kenya than Silicon Valley

Sitting at a lively roundtable discussion between young technology entrepreneurs during Amman's MixNMentor at Oasis500, a leading...

Ecosystem Startup Communities

Top 10 Tips from Wamda’s Mix n’ Mentor Events in Amman, Beirut & Dubai

During this month’s Wamda Mix N’ Mentor (MnM) across the Arab world, our team traveled to Amman, Beirut, and Dubai to bring stellar men...

Conferences Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour

Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Part 2

As I discussed in my last post, building an entrepreneurship ecosystem that consistently empowers small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

Heated Debates and Fresh Startups: What Stood Out at the Arabic Digital Content Conference in Amman

Two weeks ago more than 43 internet and business geeks spoke to a large audience of Arabic content enthusiasts in the Jordanian capital of...

Arabic Content Digital Media Ecosystem

PayPal Launches Middle East Operations with Aramex Partnership

PayPal, which is already an active payment platform in the region, has announced the official launch of its operations in the Middle East...

Payment Gateways E-commerce Delivery

Entrepreneurship Events for High School Students in the Arab World

I was recently asked by a high school curriculum coordinator in Dubai what events their students can attend to supplement the new...

Accelerators Arabnet Conferences

Social Media Opens New Frontiers For Arab Youth [Report]

The Dubai School of Government recently released “Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Emp...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship Social Media

Failure, Timing, and Monetization: A Chat with Ihsan Jawad, Founder of Zawya [Wamda TV]

At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Ihsan Jawad of Honeybee Tech Ventures discusses how to move forward after failure, how to know ...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

Founder Institute to Open Startup Accelerator in Alexandria, Egypt

Interested in bringing a startup acceleration program to Alexandria, Egypt? The Founder Institute is currently testing demand for opening a...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

Wamda TV Face-Off, Souq. com and MarkaVIP [Wamda TV]

Watch an unedited version of our first "Face Off!" that just aired on Wamda TV! We are hosting two of the biggest names in MENA e-commerce...

E-commerce Ecosystem Face Off

World Bank’s Doing Business 2013 [Report]

The World Bank Doing Business has released it's 2013 report designed to assess the regions and economies making the biggest improvements f...

Ecosystem Government Infographic

The Most Active VCs in the Arab World in 2012

This week we highlight the Arab world’s most active venture capital funds. These VC’s are targeting startups at different stages in their de...

Ecosystem Investment Top Lists

Doing Business is Getting Easier Around the World [Infographic]

The World Bank has released their yearly Doing Business 2013 report,which assesses the regions and economies around the world where it's eas...

Infographic Ecosystem

3rd MYCONTENT Show in Dubai

On November 27-28th, the 3rd MYCONTENT Show will bring together players from across the content and media industry in the Middle East and N...

Animation Conferences Developers

VIP-Only.ma Aims to Own Flash Sales in North Africa

If you thought MarkaVIP and Sukar were the only major flash sales site in the region, think again- others are cropping up to carve out...

E-commerce Ecosystem Expansion

Kenya Takes Center Stage For African Innovation

Starting today, hundreds of investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and techies are assembling to pack the halls of Nairobi’s K...

Ecosystem Innovation Pitching

Souq in Egypt: Not Relinquishing its Crown Anytime Soon

I visited the new challenger recently, so it was only fair I also visit the undisputed champion. The two companies I’m talking about a...

Daily Deals Demystifying E-Commerce Ecosystem

Kuwaiti Startup Yabila! Compiles Local Deals for MENA Consumers

Yabila! is a mobile advertising platform serving as a daily guide for the latest offers, promotions, and new arrivals in MENA...

Advertising Daily Deals Digital Advertising

Entrepreneurs of Arabia Helps Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari Founders Connect to Funding

For entrepreneurs from the Gulf who aren't sure where to look for funding, Entrepreneurs of Arabia launched this year to focus exclusively...

Ecosystem Ideas Investment

Adnan Haque and Mahmoud Fouz of Rocket Internet, Mizado at CoE E-Commerce

At our June CoE E-Commerce Event, Adnan Haque, Managing Director of Mizado and Mahmoud Fouz, Managing Director of Marketing at Mizado, a...

COE CoE E-Commerce E-commerce

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