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Bader Entrepreneurship Program Launches in Egypt, Announces Business Plan Competition

Since the 2011 revolution, Egypt has been witnessing a boom in new projects fueled by the enthusiasm of young people, a renewed sense of...

egyt Competitions Social Entrepreneurship

What's Hot at ArabNet This Year

When ArabNet kicks off tomorrow, it will be a new conference.We've all come to know and love the Beirut-based tech and entrepreneurship...

Technology Arabnet Conferences

15 Tweetable Tips from Mix n' Mentor Cairo

At Mix n' Mentor Cairo, entrepreneurs and mentors discussed 3 major issues faced by Egyptian entrepreneurs. We've compiled a few of the key...

Mix n Mentor Advice Mentorship

Job Interviewing 101: How to Succeed in Any Situation

It's become hard to land a job these days, but it helps if you write a good job pitch, leave these items off of your résumé, and present y...

Job Recruitment

5 Apps for Managing Your Files in the Cloud

Many entrepreneurs today need to store, edit and sometimes share their digital files across multiple platforms;...

Cloud Computing Mobile

YouTube Enables Monetization for Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia: What It Means for Entrepreneurs

YouTube has opened its Partner Program in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia today making it possible for casual users to...

Video Advertising YouTube Digital Advertising

Insights from Mix n' Mentor Cairo: What You Missed

This Saturday, we kicked off our 2013 roadshow by hosting Mix n’ Mentor Cairo, which brought around 300 of Egypt’s leading entrepreneurs a...

Mix n Mentor Mentorship

Kenya's Elections #TechFail: What Went Wrong and How Citizen Reporting Won the Day

Last week, Kenya hit the polls to elect the country’s 4th president since its independence 50 years ago. The turnout in Africa’s so-...

Elections Kenya Crowdmapping

Can Cultural Entrepreneurship Soothe Political Strife? The Nile Project Unites East Africa with Music

Typically we think of entrepreneurship as the creation of new businesses, but working to change public opinion could be called cultural...

Music Egypt Agriculture

Blood Donation Goes Online in Egypt

After struggling to find an acceptable blood donor to save the life of one of his relatives, Hisham Kharma took the problem upon himself...

Crowdsourcing Egypt Health

Wamda Launches EdTech Mapping Project - Register Here

Education in the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis. Employers lament low skilled job seekers, unemployment is at an all time high,...

Mapping EdTech Education

Egypt's Remotak Makes Your TV Guide Social

Remotak offers a modern alternative to the old-fashioned paper TV Guide, providing detailed and interactive schedules for today's...

TV series Technology Social Networks

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 10-14

Ready for Mix N' Mentor? We are! Read up on this week's top news and announcements, and meet us at the Swiss Club in Cairo. See you at Mix...

Zynga Weekly Wrap-Up Mobile Gaming

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How to build a gaming ecosytem

This is the third post in a content series called Wamda Debates. Every other week, the Wamda team debates a topic, industry, or...

maysalward Wixel Studios Zynga

Inside East Africa's Tech Hubs Part 2: Culture

Click here to see the original photos on Picasa Web. In Part Two of this three-part photo series “Inside East Africa’s Hubs”, we...

East Africa Technology Coworking Spaces

6 Tips on Developing Games for Mobile, from Richard Rabbat of Zynga

As Zynga looks to make a comeback by focusing on mobile, developers in the Middle East may want to take notes on its tips and tricks-...

Zynga Social Advice

Who Loves Labneh? Lebanese Brand Krock's Eyes the Gulf

Day after day, Ramzi Jalbout and his colleagues would gather during their lunch break at St. Georges Hospital in Beirut. Usually 9-to-5ers...

Scaling Expansion Food & Beverage

Can Free Seed Money Build a $1 Billion Company? Welcome to Start-Up Chile

To me, Chile is not just a country located in South America; it’s also one of the biggest startups in the world. The Chilean government has ...

Government Ecosystem Startup Communities

9 Stats on Facebook Use in Lebanon [Infographic]

If you are looking to connect with your community on social media, build relationships and interact with them on a...

Social Networks Facebook Social Media

5 Tips for Writing a Good Job Pitch

I’m sure every employer in the region has seen an e-mail like this: Dear Sir/Madam, I learned about you from a reliable source. I want to o...

Tips Programme

Advice from One of Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Web Entrepreneurs

“Developing for another sevice, like Twitter, is often a non-permanent profit business model”, says Saleh Al Zaid, the founder of Lun...

Technology Social Networks Social Media

Apply Before April 19: HCT-Wharton Innovation Tournament 2021

The Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE and Knowledge@Wharton have teamed up to host the second edition of the “Innovation Tournament 2...

Social Change Environment Wharton

10 Trends Shaping the Future of Business in the Arab World, from Fadi Ghandour

At the MENA ICT Forum in Jordan this past week, Fadi Ghandour, Vice Chairman and founder of Aramex, and Chairman of the Board at Wamda,...

Predictions Trends

How to Optimize Your Facebook Presence for Graph Search

Facebook is gearing up to release its new Graph Search technology. Currently in beta for English speaking users, this will help people find...

Graph Search How-Tos Facebook

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