Wamda

Regional

The Middle East's post-pandemic future

A new reality is beginning to emerge as lockdown measures begin to ease amid the Covid-19 outbreak, imposing a dramatic restructure to...

coronavirus sme economy

U.A.E

Dubai Council launches Dubai Future District and $272 million fund

Source: Mubasher Dubai is set to launch a new stock market and a AED 1 billion ($272,265,200) fund to support new-economy companies,...

Dubai future district

Regional

Global Financial Forum

The global financial crisis happened nearly a decade ago, yet economic growth in developed markets has been lacklustre ever since. Many...

Dubai DIFC finance

Saudi Arabia

BIBAN 2017 SME Forum

The BIBAN 2017 SME Forum is a 4 day conference which will provide practical insights and delve deeper into how SMEs in Saudi Arabia can...

ksa sme startup

Regional

World Green Economy Summit 2017

The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) is one of the leading global forums on the green economy. It brings together world-class experts in...

green Global Warming Environment

Europe

FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards & Conference

The FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards & Conference is a global program which highlights groundbreaking, long-term private...

Financial Times conference ifc

Lebanon

IoT-Leb: Internet of Things Made for Lebanon

IoT in Lebanon has the potential to cause a paradigm shift in several industries, including agriculture, healthcare, urban planning, and...

lebanon IoT Technology

Tunisia

Left out: Tunisian startups demand attention

Tunisian entrepreneurs think the government should pay more attention to them rather than focusing on megaprojects, after a major...

Tunisia2020 economy startup

Egypt

Winners and losers in Egypt’s currency crisis

Two days after this article was published, on November 3 the Central Bank of Egypt has floated the pound, allowing it to move to 13...

Egypt currency crisis Al Bustani

U.A.E

Global Islamic Economy Summit 2016

The Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) is the region’s premier forum on the Islamic economy. It brings together world-class...

Islamic economy entrepreneurship

Global

Driving Economic Growth Through Entrepreneurship Ecosystems [Exclusive discount code!]

Babson College is offering a program specifically to help public and private sector leaders create an entirely new internal capacity to...

entrepreneurship Ecosystem economy

Regional

How low oil prices are battering MENA [Crosspost]

This is an edited crosspost from Knowledge@Wharton. In late 2015, Saudi Arabia announced a record budget deficit of $98 billion, its...

AstroLabs Dubai oil prices crosspost

Maghreb

How the Tunisian government revived its economy [Opinion]

Tunisia in 2025 is quite different from the Tunisia of the Arab spring (Image via Hongkiat) * This is a hypothetical look-back from the...

revival startups economy

Rebuilding Egypt: how do startups help the economy?

When it comes to start-ups, entrepreneurs face unique challenges in an already difficult economic environment: striking out on their own...

economy Egypt

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