Wamda

Start Up Weekend Alexandria: Still the Best Entrepreneurship Event in Egypt

The second Start Up Weekend Alexandria (SWA) was held on the 27th to 29th September 2012, and while it’s always nearly impossible to r...

Ecosystem Mentorship Startup Communities

The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 3 [Wamda TV]

In Part 3 of our CoE E-Commerce panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, moderator Abed Agha, Founder and CEO of Vinelab, ...

COE CoE E-Commerce Digital Media

Struggling to Find a Business Model for Your Idea? Read The Startup Owner's Manual

Raise your hand if you've heard or seen a startup idea recently in the Middle East that doesn't have a real market. Or whose game plan is...

Advice Ecosystem

Can the Palestinian Diaspora Help? New Ramallah Tech Hub Says Yes

Wearing blue, orange and red t-shirts, over 500 students, entrepreneurs, developers, investors and other tech enthusiasts packed into...

Competitions Ecosystem Pitching

Egyptian National Competitiveness Council Disappoints: Where Were the Entrepreneurs?

I like to challenge my prejudices every now and then, so I decided to accept an invitation to the eighth annual conference of The Egyptian...

Conferences Ecosystem Egypt

Monthly Tech Series Launches in Palestine, Unites Community [Wamda TV]

Momentum is building in the Palestinian tech scence. Hi Tech Hub Palestine launched last Wednesday to bring 500 members of Palestine’s tech ...

Competitions Conferences Diaspora

Top 20 Most-Watched TED Talks Of All Time

Today we highlight the most popular TED Talks to date, announced by TED in late August. Whether you think watching TED Talks during the...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

How Can Cities in MENA Encourage and Retain Creativity?

What makes a city creative? There are a few factors. Density is one; cities with higher densities increase the chance of meaningful...

Ecosystem Innovation

Every Big Company Starts Small [Pic of the Week]

Every big company starts small. It seems obvious and even cliché, but often young startups lose sight of this reality. It’s easy to get ca...

Advice CoE Cards Ecosystem

Hockey Tips for Entrepreneurs: Do You Know Where the Puck is Going?

While not a huge hockey fan, I am a great admirer of the sport’s legend Wayne Gretsky. I simply am in awe when women and men come a...

Ecosystem Innovation

Goodbye Mizado, Hello Jumia: Inside Rocket Internet's Newest Gamble in Egypt

Jumia, the new online mall, launched with little fanfare in Egypt just over two months ago, the progeny of the German behemoth...

Rocket Internet Egypt Ecosystem

Social Enterprise Coffee Hour

Village Capital and The Startup Series organize an open table discussion on the up and coming field of Impact Investment and the...

Ecosystem Jordan

9 Secrets for Replicating Silicon Valley's Success

July’s Global Innovation Summit (GIS) in Silicon Valley brought together 400 people to share ideas and on what makes a good s...

Ecosystem Innovation

Webrazzi Summit 2012

Webrazzi, the leading Turkish tech blog, will be hosting their annual Webrazzi Summit on October 4, 2012. As the most influential web s...

Ecosystem

What's the Secret to Building an Innovation Ecosystem?

To build an innovation ecosystem out of nothing, it’s commonly believed there’s an unwritten recipe which goes something like this: first ta...

Ecosystem Innovation

Less Talk, More Action Needed at Rio+20 Summit

Twenty years after the original Earth Summit, world leaders gathered once again to discuss humanity's sustainable development. This...

Ecosystem Environment

What Inspired Arab Entrepreneurs at Google I/O 2012

Google's yearly developer tech conference, Google I/O, brought developers and techies together from around the world to witness the latest...

Ecosystem Google

Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon

There is an emergency in Lebanon. Not the emergency you may think; beyond the political debates and divides, beyond the clashes and the...

Ecosystem Trends

Enhancing Startup Support with a Mediterranean-Wide Ecosystem

To facilitate the development of new ideas that lead to small business creation, it’s essential to create a viable ecosystem that supports i...

Ecosystem

Vote for the Future You Want

In the Sustainable Development Dialogues, or Rio+20 Dialogues, over 10,000 experts, stakeholders, and academics from a variety of ...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Can Emerging Markets Capitalize on Their Growth? WEF Livestream

At the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia, leaders are discussing bridging regions in transformation, d...

Ecosystem

Entrepreneurs as Nation Builders: Pioneers in Pakistan

"Your problem is solved." With those words, Sir Adamjee Dawood, one of Pakistan’s greatest entrepreneurs, saved the country from f...

Ecosystem

The Way Forward for Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt

The fundamental role of women in Egypt’s revolution and growing its economy was the focus of the event “Co-Creation: Women and Ent...

Ecosystem Education Women

TEDxTanta Delivers Energy and Passion

As a Cairean I tend to think there’s little of interest in Egypt outside Cairo, and maybe Alexandria. So I was pleased to have my p...

Ecosystem Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

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