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ImHalal Sends Wake Up Call to Arab Investors As It Goes To The Deadpool

In September 2009, during the month of Ramadan, a young Kuwaiti-Iranian entrepreneur named Reza Sardeha launched “ImHalal”, a new search eng...

Announcing the Wamda Best MENA Startups of 2011

The results of the Wamda Best MENA Startups of 2011 are in! After we nominated several startups in 7 categories, startups nominated by our...

How MOBIbucks is Bringing Mobile Payment to the Middle East

Mobile payment company MOBIbucks announced a partnership last week with Middle East Payment Services (MEPS), a consortium of seven banks...

Wamda Wins Webpreneur Academy Award for Best Entrepreneurship Content & Community

This holiday season, the Webpreneur Academy launched the "2011 Webpreneur Academy Awards", designed, not so differently from Wamda's Best...

Designing a Modern Arab Identity for your Brand

Last time we spoke about the clichés being made in developing Modern ‘Arab’ Identities, but never identified what makes one successful. Whil...

Best MENA Startups of 2011 To Be Announced Monday

Voting on Wamda for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 has ended, as of yesterday at midnight EET (Beirut time). All votes placed after that...

Gradberry Offers Small Businesses Access to Fresh College Graduates in the Middle East

With Bayt.com’s recent survey on job perceptions revealing that most college grads in the Arab World prefer to pursue government and civil s...

8 Tips for Successful Online Marketing

The online world can be tough to navigate sometimes, especially if you are trying to sell or market a product or service. There are so many...

The Entrance of Amazon into the Turkish Market and What It Means for MENA Entrepreneurs

The Internet retail giant Amazon has acquired a minority stake in the Istanbul-based online flower and gift store Cicek Sepeti. This is...

Revenge of the Nerds: Why Engineers Are in Demand

Students entering college or those looking to get another degree may want to read this report before deciding on a major. Professional...

Lessons from Zynga: How Identified is Using Game Mechanics to Become the LinkedIn of Facebook

After Zynga’s $10 billion IPO, it’s clear that adding game mechanics to a vast social network is a recipe for success. Yet the recipe isn’t ...

Last Week to Vote for the Best MENA Startups of 2011

Voting for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 ends on January 3rd! Be sure to place your vote before then, for startups in the following...

How Saudi Platform GameTako Will Transform Arab World Gaming in 2012

Gaming may be the hottest sector in Arab World e-commerce and a $2.6 billion market in the Middle East and North Africa, but one Saudi...

Who's Shopping Online in the Arab World?

Just in time for the holiday season, OneCard has released an infographic detailing the habits of online shoppers in the Arab World. The ...

E-commerce

Vote for the Readers' Choice Startup of 2011

The results of the Reader's Choice nominations are in! We encouraged voters to submit their choices for the Best MENA Startups of 2011 that...

Lebanese Wharton Students Create a New Way to Connect with Friends

Ever wonder where the biggest on campus party is happening, or what is the hottest spot your friends are going to? If you are a person who...

3 Easy, Cost Effective Content Management Systems

In my previous article, 7 Must-Dos Before You Build Your Website, I mentioned different options an entrepreneur can consider to build his...

Digital Marketing

Making User Data Friendly: Building Personas

So, let’s say that as a user experience designer you’ve done your user research in an orderly manner like the "scientist" that you are, and ...

User Experience Design

Crowdfunding to the Rescue: How Kickstarter and Sprowd Help Startups

Interested in starting up a new project but confused about where to get funding? In the last couple of years, we’ve seen the rise of a new t...

Top 10 Industries in the Middle East & North Africa 2011

Bayt.com and YouGov have released the Top Industries in the Middle East 2011, a survey that assesses what males and females over 18 years...

Meet the Coolest Next-Generation Science Entrepreneurs in MENA

At the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul recently, we at Wamda were tremendously inspired by the contestants in the Global...

Oasis500's Angel Network Event: A Model for Angel Investment in MENA?

Angel funding in the region is driven by a few players, and the investment process can often be idiosyncratic, say startups. Much needs to...

Twitter Revamps Revenue Model with $300 Million in Investment from Saudi Prince Alwaleed

The rumors buzzing around this summer have today been confirmed: Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has invested $300 million in social media...

Thought Leadership