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Weekly Wrap-Up: February 17-21

This week's content included a number of announcements, from Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye Hulya's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at...

Advice Competitions Conferences

Wamda for Women Entrepreneurs Project to Launch at the New Arab Woman Forum

It’s no secret that as youth employment in the Middle East rises over the next decade, governments through the region will increasingly l...

Conferences Ecosystem Women

What Would You Do If You Had Google Glass?

Google Glass has arrived. Google’s new demo video, released yesterday, reveals some of the wildest and most touching ways it could t...

Innovation Technology

What It Means to Stay Yalla [Pic of the Week]

At the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos, Switzerland last month, Wamda CEO Habib Haddad gave a talk on the importance of “Thinking A...

Ecosystem Pic of the Week

6 Tools For Improving Your Team's Communication

In the Arab world, having a team across several countries is not uncommon, especially in a tech startup. Whether due to a lack of talent in...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Media

Cartier Looks to Fund Exceptional Women Entrepreneurs: Apply Before March 8th

Women entrepreneurs looking for a boost with their businesses in the Middle East can apply to the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards before...

Competitions Investment

Bedriye Hulya of Turkey Named Social Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneurship in Turkey is being celebrated on the global stage once again, as the World Economic Forum’s Schwab F...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Social Enterprise Week Kicks Off in Dubai Sunday - Register Now!

Social entrepreneurship is one of the most exciting spaces to watch in the Middle East today, as several local pioneers are launching...

Green Energy Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Payment Gateways in the Arab World: 2013 [Infographic]

If you're looking to startup an e-commerce company in the Middle East, here's our cheat sheet showing the availability and cost structure...

PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce

Inside 7 of East Africa’s Hottest Tech Hubs

Part 1 of this three-part series offers a look at 7 of East Africa's most popular coworking spaces for tech startups, investors, and...

Accelerators Coworking Spaces Developers

How Three Women Founded Bahrain's First Self-Storage Company

These three friends never imagined that they would open A2D, Bahrain’s first self-storage facility, as all-female partners. Yet with t...

Warehousing

Saudi Billionaire Alwaleed Invests in Chinese E-Commerce Site 360buy

As e-commerce is skyrocketing in China, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), an investment firm chaired by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed...

E-commerce Investment

A Plan for Action at Silatech's Arab Youth and Entrepreneurship Conference

As the Arab world assesses the factors that led to the Arab uprisings and looks to a future with accelerating unemployment, it’s clear that ...

Conferences

Mobile App Wasalny Tackles Cairo's Traffic, Now in Arabic

Amidst a wave of transportation apps being developed across Cairo, startup Wasalny has worked hard to differentiate itself through some...

Transportation Egypt Mobile

Need a Coupon for a Sportscar? Fursaty Offers Daily Deals, Saudi Style

Daily deals in Saudi Arabia aren’t like daily deals elsewhere. Where else would you buy a Bentley online at 32% off? “Months later after th...

Daily Deals

First Startup Weekend Kuwait Unites Local Entrepreneurship Community

Finally, Startup Weekend has made it to Kuwait's small but growing entrepreneurship scene. Startup Weekend Kuwait kicked off a...

Ecosystem Startup Communities Startup Weekend

Food-zilla Launches Customers Online Food Ordering Service for Dubai

The latest of several sites focused on food ordering and discovery in Dubai, Food-zilla launches today to focus on offering a personal...

Food & Beverage

World Bank to Support Lebanese Startups with $30 Million Loan

Entrepreneurs in Lebanon now have a new reason to seek local support. Last week, the World Bank signed on a US $30 million loan to...

Innovation Investment

4 Tips for Pitching with Plan9, Pakistan's Newest Tech Incubator

Plan9 is a tech-focused incubator that has been generating a lot of buzz in Pakistan. Conducted with the support of the Punjab Information ...

Accelerators Competitions Investment

Dermandar Wins World’s Best App Award: What’s Next

Dermandar, one of the hottest startups to come out of the Arab world this year, has just won the “World’s Best App” award in the Lifestyle a...

Mobile Mobile Apps Scaling

New Investment Platform Shekra Supports Startups in Egypt

New joint investment concept "Shekra" is drawn from the Arabic phrase "sherik fekra" in Arabic, which means "share an idea." The platform...

Crowdfunding

Weekly Wrap-Up: February 10-14

It's time to switch gears as we're putting in the final touches for the kickstart of our Mix N' Mentor roadshow. Our first stop will be...

Crowdmapping E-commerce Weekly Wrap-Up

8 Startup Couples Making Entrepreneurship Romantic

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we have put together a list of 8 dynamic startups in the Arab world founded and run by married couples. It’s a ...

Team Top Lists

E-Commerce in Lebanon: An Overview

This is the first in a new series on Wamda discussing e-commerce trends in countries across the Arab world. There is no doubt that...

E-commerce

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