How Unfair Competition Caused an Egyptian Startup to Fail

Sometimes a lack of money is the reason behind the failure of a certain project; other times a moment of cultural disconnect might be a...

Hanan Solayman • 20 January, 2013

Egypt Failure

Keep Dreaming and Work Hard [Pic of the Week]

Despite the conflicts, instability and misfortunes hitting some Arab countries lately, it is refreshing to note that Arab communities are...

Maya Rahal • 17 January, 2013

Advice CoE Cards Egypt

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17

This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional...

Wamda • 17 January, 2013

Accelerators Advice E-commerce

What Facebook's Graph Search Means for the Middle East

When quizzed about Facebook privacy issues in 2010 at D8, Mark Zuckerberg took a halting, nervous stab at convincing us to accept his...

Nina Curley • 17 January, 2013

Facebook Social Networks Technology

Maysalward Localizes New Mobile Game ShaqDown for the Arab World

A new battle is being fought in the Middle East, thanks to Jordanian gaming company Maysalward.  Basketball legend Shaquille...

Glen Dalakian II • 17 January, 2013

Mobile Mobile Gaming Gaming

Palestine Gets Its First Startup Accelerator

Building a startup in Palestine is admittedly tough. At the launch event for Palestine’s newest accelerator, a discussion broke out about t...

Nina Curley • 16 January, 2013

Accelerators

Egypt's Revolutionaries Take to the Streets, To Improve Neighborhoods

“Change starts in the streets," was a slogan coined during the Egyptian revolution, as demonstrators took pride in cleaning the streets i...

Hanan Solayman • 16 January, 2013

Egypt Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Middle East Startups Reveal How They Would Spend Investment [Poll Results]

This week, as part of our Facebook Poll series, we asked our Facebook community, “What aspect of your startup would you build up if y...

Glen Dalakian II • 16 January, 2013

Facebook Marketing

Egypt's Flat6Labs Graduates Cycle 3: Here's What They're Building

Flat6Labs, the Cairo based accelerator, held its 4th Demo Day event, dubbed “Cycle 3 Fall 2013”, this week at the Cairo Marriott, showing of...

Omar Aysha • 15 January, 2013

Egypt Flat6Labs

Can this Egyptian Mobile App Startup Meet its Ambitious Goals?

With the launch of two new apps late last year, startup 700apps hopes to make life easier for Egyptian commuters and...

Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013

Mobile Mobile Apps

10 Lessons Startups Can Learn from Gamers

By Lucas and Glen Dalakian. My brother and I decided to write a post together to highlight 10 business principles and lessons we learned...

Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013

Advice Gaming

Chinese Browser Baidu Targets Middle East Users

Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, is targeting the Middle East and Africa this year, partnering with Orange to offer its browser &...

Nina Curley • 15 January, 2013

Mobile

Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs' 4th Demo Day

Curious about the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to the Livestream from their Demo Day,...

Wamda • 14 January, 2013

Accelerators Angel Investment Flat6Labs

Could a Sharing Economy Transform Saudi Arabia?

In recent articles, various Wamda contributors discussed the rise of the sharing economy. Gulay Ozkan discussed the potential of...

Ahmed Al Majid • 14 January, 2013

Sustainability Ecosystem

What the UAE's New Home Shipping Service Means for E-Commerce

In my very first post for Wamda one year ago, I spoke about shipping concerns as one of the five major infrastructure needs for regional...

Mo Ali Yusuf • 14 January, 2013

Delivery E-commerce

Jordan’s Nakhweh Relaunches as a Regional Hub for Social Ventures

Nakhweh has long been one of Jordan’s darlings in the social entrepreneurship space, a scrappy NGO trying to make volunteerism popular (or a...

Nina Curley • 14 January, 2013

Ecosystem Scaling Social Change

Egypt's Tourism Gets Back on Its Feet at Rouqayah's Ranch

You think you're driving into the middle of nowhere, then thoughts of classic horror plots jump to mind.  But once you arrive through...

Omar Aysha • 13 January, 2013

Egypt Environment Food & Beverage

Two Skills that Separate True Innovators from the Rest of Us

Legendary innovation gurus are both “legendary” and “gurus” for good reason. In 2011, Clayton Christensen, Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregers...

Oubai Elkerdi • 13 January, 2013

Advice Innovation

PR 101: A Guide for Startups

I am regularly approached by businesses, some on the cusp of existence, others barely launched, and a few even celebrating their ten year...

Serene Touma • 13 January, 2013

Advertising Marketing Media

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 06-10

If you've ever stayed up late wondering how to enhance the services or products your startup offers, if you've spent hours browsing through...

Wamda • 10 January, 2013

Advice Competitions CSR

Entrepreneurship is an Attitude [Pic of the Week]

“Think positively, you can do it!” is a fairly cliché way to encourage others. But in reality, people generally do think negatively and ha...

Glen Dalakian II • 10 January, 2013

CoE Cards Failure Pic of the Week

MyMetroTalks Brings Community-Focused Venue Recommendations to Dubai

I was feeling pretty relaxed the other night, channel surfing on my own, but I felt like being outdoors without having to get all dressed...

Rania Habib • 10 January, 2013

Crowdsourcing Ratings Sites

Namshi Receives Investment from Summit Partners

On the heels of its $20 million investment round from J.P. Morgan and Blakeney Management this past September, Dubai-based fashion...

Nina Curley • 10 January, 2013

Rocket Internet Investment Namshi

212 Capital Partners Invests in Turkish Supply Chain Design Company Solvoyo

212 Capital Partners, one of Turkey’s leading early stage venture capital funds, has announced its first investment of the year in Solvoyo, ...

Nina Curley • 10 January, 2013

Investment