Wamda

Regional

Beirut's first hackathon for women breaks stereotypes

MENA's future developers pause for a photo at the She Develops hackathon. (Images via Karim Shehab) A lot has been said about the...

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Jordan

Fellowship for young women entrepreneurs connects rising stars from US and Jordan

Yara Al-Khader, founder and CEO of SA3ED.ME, pitches to judges during Demo Day at ZINC. (Images via Sam Wendel) “Recommendation s...

Privail Kuli Kuli Kollectco

Saudi Arabia

Meet Fatima Batook: the woman who helped make Saudi women’s gyms a reality again

Women in Saudi Arabia who wish to go to the gym can do so once again, thanks to the lobbying and entrepreneurial efforts of one woman:...

Saudi Arabia Health Women

U.A.E

UAE creates future female robotics entrepreneurs

The UAE could produce MENA’s next wave of female robotics and hardware entrepreneurs, as technology programs throughout the Emirates...

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Saudi Arabia

Misreading Saudi entrepreneurship [Opinion]

When looking at it from the outside, Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurship potential appears very different to the reality. There are arrogant m...

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Regional

Beauty is in the eye of the app-holder

No smartphones here. Advances have been made in the beauty industry also. (Image via Getty Images) According to the latest statistics by...

Spoilee Vaniday BEEM

U.A.E

Second edition of the Arab Women in Leadership and Business Summit

MICE Quotient specializes in meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions and is organizing its second edition of the Arab Women in...

business summit MICE Women

Jordan

Renewable energy and gender equality tackled in Amman conference

Special guest Lina Khalifeh, founder of Shefighter, stands with CWEEL-Jordan's Suhair Al Mhairat during the 1st Anniversary Meeting....

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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 ...

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...

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Regional

Womena, solving the gender imbalance of the region’s angel investors

“We do not want a mentality of men versus women, but rather a comprehensive mentality for knowledge sharing between the two genders i...

Womena MENA Angel Investment

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,...

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Lebanon

How can Arab women empower themselves to lead? 10 inspiring quotes from #NAWF2015

Left to right: Habib Haddad, Rana Salhab, Jihad Azour, Youssef Hamidaddin Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group and Al Hasnaa Magazine organized...

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Lebanon

Lebanon's Blessing Foundation to scale its network of women in business to the region

Last month, 85 business owners – many strangers to each other – gathered in an upscale Beirut café. Each was in a specific stage of their bu...

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U.A.E

'Never behave like an employee': Rasha Shehada's key to business success

On the factory floor. (Image via Diamond Line) At not yet 29, Rasha Shehada is already the managing director of an international trading...

Oil uae Women

Global

VV GROW Fellowship Program 2015, deadline March 30

Based on its experience with women business owners around the world, Vital Voices has launched the VV GROW Fellowship Program, a one-year...

Women

Global

Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's Conference

The “Business Women of Egypt 21” association announced the "Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's" conference, which will ...

Egypt Women

Regional

From KSA to the Arab World: Hadafi funds and mentors female entrepreneurs

In a society where women are still economically marginalized and absent from the labor market, technology entrepreneurship is emerging...

women entrepreneurs Hadafi Funding

Regional

Women in STEM 2015

Women in STEM, an initiative by Meera Kaul Foundation, will recognize and reward women entrepreneurs and executives at the Women in STEM...

Dubai Women

Regional

Arab Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Deadline January 5, 2015

The Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) is a Citi Foundation-funded initiative, implemented by AMIDEAST in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, ...

beirut Women

Saudi Arabia

A day in the life of a top Saudi businesswoman

Speaking with Yasmin Altwaijri is a breath of fresh air. The vibe and the enthusiasm took me back to Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor...

Saudi Arabia Health Women

Regional

She Entrepreneurs leadership program for women entrepreneurs

She Entrepreneurs is a leadership program for young emerging women social entrepreneurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden. The...

Women

Saudi Arabia

4 ways to tackle Saudi ecommerce, from an Oasis500 mentor

Sometimes, you can talk to people for hours and not understand how the time passed so quickly. And then there are those times when a half...

Saudi Arabia Social Media Marketing

Saudi Arabia

Saudi woman founder brings Taif's famous rose products online

This article was posted originally on Firnas.org. Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia is not solely the domain of men. Young Saudi women are...

Saudi Arabia E-commerce Women

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