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First Book Exchange Social Network Launches in Egypt

On December 27, 2012, Badl Kitabk officially launched the first book exchange social network in Egypt, offering their service for...

Book Reviews Egypt

TEDxAUC's Idea Bakers Celebrates Egyptian Entrepreneurship

TEDxAUC held its second event “Idea Bakers” at the American University of Cairo (AUC) New Cairo campus, at the end of December. The ev...

Wellnesia to Indulge Dubai with New Spa and Beauty Hub

In the Arab world, the web has been buzzing lately with sites offering flash sales, low prices and online booking, often for restaurants,...

Digital Marketing Ecosystem Health & Beauty

HUB Dubai Set to Launch UAE's Newest Co-Working Space

On 12/12/12 12:12 PM and precisely 12 seconds Dubai time, HUB Dubai launched virtual operations; the physical space is expected...

Coworking Spaces Startup Communities

5 Easy Steps for Setting Up an E-Commerce Store in the Middle East

This series by Mohanad Ghashim of ShopGo.me is part of our Demystifying E-Commerce series. It will explore various technical...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways

How to Build a Startup Community: Do's and Don'ts

Since I returned to Kuwait after living abroad, I have been asking myself how we can build a startup community in Kuwait. We lag behind...

Startup Communities Startup Q8

Save Paper at Your Startup, Part 2: Invoices

In the first part of the series, I wrote about digitizing your business cards. This article, the second in our series on saving paper (and...

Environment

5 Tips for Writing Posts on Wamda

A few weeks ago, we launched our blogging platform so that you can openly share your thoughts and insights on entrepreneurship with the...

Ideas Advice Competitions

7 Essential Tips for E-Commerce SEO

If you’re looking to optimize an e-commerce website for search, there are plenty of simple ways to ensure that your products are ranked w...

Analytics SEO E-commerce

3 Key Lessons for Creative Entrepreneurs from Pixar

Art and design remain among the most sought after skills in the Pakistani market, which is experiencing a boom in sectors such as media,...

Advice Animation Design

New Media Channel for Egypt's Sinai Fights Global Stereotypes

Apart from popular narratives about weapons, terrorism, smuggling, tunnels, the desert and the Bedouin life, what do you really know about...

Digital Media Media

Facebook Use by Companies in the Middle East and North Africa [Infographic]

Those looking to advertise on Facebook will be interested in this new infographic from SocialBakers that reveals Facebook trends for c...

Data Technology Social Networks

Jordan vs. Kenya: What Sets the Two Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Apart

In my last post, we started to explore some of the similarities between the rising ‘Silicon Savannah’ and “Silicon Wadi’ tech startup...

Ecosystem Education Mobile

5 Ways Your Startup Can Be More Socially Responsible in 2013

Whenever I run corporate social responsibility (CSR) workshops, sharing strategies of how multinational corporations have successfully...

CSR

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 30 - January 03

We've started 2013 with a number of articles plenty of tips and ideas to give you a boost for the new year. We've also opened our platform...

Arabic Content Digital Marketing Tips

You Really Need to Roll Up Your Sleeves [Pic of the Week]

Things just got serious. The first week of 2013 is ending; vacation is over, no more excuses for wasting time. A new year has just kicked...

Advice CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Lessons from Hong Kong and Kuwait's Own Success Stories at Startup Q8

As one of our attendees said, “It can’t get any better.” The 3rd StartupQ8 event went well thanks to our speakers Abdulaziz Al-Loughani, Hoi...

Startup Communities Startup Q8

8 Tips for Building a Wildly Successful Arabic Website

After Arabic women's portal Nawa3em grew to one million monthly unique visitors during its first year, its CEO Rodolph Jabr...

Arabic Content Digital Media Team

How to Track Popular Keywords: What Every Startup Should Know

When building a web-based startup, it's essential to master the art of luring users to your site, and the first step is making it easy for...

Advice Analytics Scaling

Start 2013 Smarter: 3 Resources to Help You Manage Your Money in the Middle East

With the tumultuous shifts the world economy has seen in the past few years, it is understandable that more and more people are questioning...

Advice

5 Entrepreneurial Lessons for the New Year

Over a month ago, one of the world’s most influential technology investors and startup accelerators in the world, 500 Startups, visited D...

Advice Ecosystem

Meet the 19-year-old Moroccan Entrepreneur Behind Casablanca's Yearly Geek Iftar

Technology and entrepreneurship-related events have really increased over the past 2 years in Morocco. Every major city has now its...

Technology Workshops

3 Tips for Localizing Global Trends in an Emerging Market

Tablets and e-readers are already established. Net TV is set to explode worldwide. But will cars that drive themselves really take off? As...

Advice Ideas Innovation

How to Invade the World Using YouTube: Lessons from 2012

Video sharing channel YouTube has created an unprecedented platform for making people famous and transforming ideas into...

Arabic Content Digital Marketing Digital Media

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