Wamda

Make Friends, Not Contacts: 5 Tips for Networking

It’s usually difficult to talk about “networking” without seeming opportunistic. The irony of course is that everybody, at least those who a...

Advice Book Reviews

Jordan

Quirkat launches first PS3 game from the Arab World

Jordanian game development studio Quirkat recently launched Pro Foosball for the PlayStation 3. With this title, Quirkat is looking to...

Jordan Quirkat

Weekly Wrap-Up: February 24-28

This week, we got to hang out with a number of entrepreneurs and leaders from the ecosystem. We were very glad to host Elias Ghanem of...

Mix n Mentor PayPal Social Media

Exclusive Sneak Peek at startupBahrain's New iOS Magazine for Entrepreneurs

A new iPad and iPhone magazine launches tomorrow to showcase, feature, and advise Bahrain’s local startups and e...

Advice Ecosystem Mobile

How Mobile is Changing Business [Infographic]

Starting this year, the number of mobile devices used to access the internet will overtake the number of desktop devices, for the first...

Mobile E-commerce

Social Enterprise Week Draws a Crowd, Sets Goals for the Middle East

At the Capital Club in Dubai Monday night, a group of inspiring entrepreneurs launched the first Social Enterprise Week in the Middle East,...

CSR Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Will Facebook's New Deal with Mobile Operators Help It Take On Whatsapp, Viber, and Skype?

Yesterday, Facebook announced a partnership with telecom operators in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, to offer discounted access to its...

Facebook Mobile Mobile Apps

Reviving Egypt's Handmade Paper Industry for a Sustainable Future

Throughout his life, the artist and social activist Mohamed Abou El Naga worked in the handmade paper industry in Alexandria. In 2005, he...

Egypt Environment

Souq and EFE Expand E-Commerce Training in Egypt

E-commerce companies in Egypt now have a better chance of hiring and scaling with the expansion of a new talent training...

E-commerce Egypt

Regional

How to get hired by a leading regional company

There's a lot of hype in the tech world about the best places to work. Thousands of people just like you dream of working at one of the...

Pitching Job Recruitment Programme

PayPal Answers Your Questions: When, Where, and How Will It Expand in the Middle East? [Wamda TV]

After our recent interview with Elias Ghanem, General Manager PayPal Middle East, at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, several...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi

For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c...

Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style

Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

15 Must-Read Books for Middle East Entrepreneurs

Last week, the Wamda team asked our readers on Facebook, “What is the first book you would recommend for a new startup founder to read?” We ...

Top Lists Tips Advice

Egypt's Careerise Makes Job Search Simpler, More Social

Even in today’s hi-tech socially-networked world, the best way to find a new job is still through a personal referral. Of course, relying o...

Egypt Job Recruitment

Amman Gets Its First Co-Working Space

After 25 years of his life in the corporate world, working for giants in Jordan like Nuqul Group, it’s fair to say that Nidal Eses has g...

Coworking Spaces

NYUAD Hackathon Winners Debut Startups for Social Good

Yesterday, Social Enterprise Week in Dubai kicked off with a pre-launch event at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) campus, as part of...

Competitions Conferences Social Change

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

Bosletak: An Online Guide to Jobs and Colleges in Egypt

Right after the end of summer, high school and college graduates start thinking about their next steps, whether that involves applying to...

Arabic Content

Accelerating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Arab World [Workshop]

At Silatech's recent Arab Youth & Entrepreneurship conference, speakers worked to bring together the elements that constitute a...

Ecosystem Workshops

Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced

Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change

Careem, the Uber of the Middle East, Launches Mobile App [PROMOTION INCLUDED]

UPDATE: Those who sign up for Careem through Wamda will receive a free 30 AED (~US $8) in credit; click here. For those looking to get ar...

Mobile Mobile Apps Taxi + Traffic

Five Smartphone Apps for Creating and Editing Documents

Whether you're looking to review a few important papers, take a final look at a lecture or add edits to a document before sending it to one...

Mobile Mobile Apps

The Top 10 Applications on the App Store in Lebanon

In Lebanon, the smartphone market is rapidly growing, predominantly on Android which is in the lead, and iOS, which is just a few...

Mobile Apps Ranking Social Networks

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