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How LinkedIn Is Growing In The Middle East [Infographic]

A couple months after LinkedIn entered the Middle East market and opened an office in Dubai, it has released numbers demonstrating its ...

Social Media

10 Education Technology Resources for the Arab World

In my previous article, I talked about the accumulating research on the importance on early childhood education, and the rising importance...

Education

Is the Philanthropy Model Broken? Changemakers Discuss Social Entrepreneurship in Dubai

In Dubai, a city that is sometimes referred to as ‘soul-less’, over 150 social changemakers from across the Gulf gathered at the Capital Clu...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Fatooosh Offers Mobile and SmartTV Video Streaming Tailored for the Arab World

Amidst a rise in available Arabic content online, a new cross-platform SmartTV app has launched to offer seamless video viewing and...

Arabic Content Digital Media Entertainment

Want to Drive an Aramex Delivery Truck? Check out the Winners of the Aramex Gameon Competition

Aramex has announced the winning developers of the Aramex Gameon Competition 2012. This is the first time Aramex has hosted the...

Competitions Developers Gaming

Lebanon’s Anghami Launches the First Music Streaming Platform for the Middle East: PROMOCODE Included

Forget Spotify. Anghami is here! Launching today for iPhone, the platform is bringing the Arab world its first mobile and web music...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Jordan

Building the first high-end 3D game in a virtual Arab world: Planet Toulan

For awhile, I’ve been wondering why no gaming studio in the Middle East that I knew of was building a high-end video game on the level of, s...

Gaming beladcom

Grass E-Magazine Paves the Way for Scientific Journalism in the Arab World

More often than not, those who write in science journals are scientists rather than scienctific journalists. While several western...

Digital Media Environment Media

Can a Young E-Commerce Logistics Startup Take On Aramex in the UAE?

"Typical courier companies are not built to handle the logistics of e-commerce", says entrepreneur Robin Antony, founder of Powergistix, a...

Delivery E-commerce

Planting the Seed of Social Business in Bahrain

For social ventures in Bahrain, a community is growing. The Family Bank has planted the seeds of Bahrain’s social business movement b...

Social Entrepreneurship

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 28 - November 01

In all of our coverage of success stories, you will find that building and maintaining strong connections can quickly change the life of...

CoE Cards Infographic Mix n Mentor

Get Ready to Network. Wamda Reveals the Mix 'n' Mentor Attendee List!

Getting ready for our Mix 'n' Mentor events starting next weekend? We're now revealed the attendee list, so you can start strategizing who ...

Mentorship Mix n Mentor

Connections Are Vital, Work To Create Them [Pic of the Week]

We often hear the terms "networking" and "connecting" mentioned repeatedly when it comes to attending social events. To some, this...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Building a TripAdvisor for Cars in Dubai: YallaMotor

Review sites are all the rage lately – combine that with a deep-seated passion for cars in a region with disposable income to spare, and y...

Reviews

Two Simple Ways to Boost Education in the Arab World

By and large, we all agree that education and learning are integral to development on a personal and societal level. In the aftermath of...

Education

Can Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Solve Addressing Problems in the Arab World?

When Khaled Naim started building Addy.co in January, it was a side project conceived during a Startup Weekend. But after he debuted Addy...

Innovation Mobile Mobile Apps

Cycling: The Sustainable Solution to Egypt's Congestion Epidemic

Ever thought about using a bike for your routine travel in Egypt? This distinctly lo-tech solution to the country’s traffic problems w...

Education Egypt Environment

Apply before Nov 5th to Pitch to Silicon Valley Investors in Amman

So you probably know that Silicon Valley investors Geeks on a Plane are coming to our Mix 'n' Mentor event in Amman on Nov 9th. There, e...

Competitions Investment Pitching

Daily Deals In The Arab World: What Sells, What Doesn't; Insights From Cobone

For entrepreneurs looking to head into e-commerce, it might be useful to know which categories are the most popular in daily...

Daily Deals

How to Use a Cow Creatively: Social Entrepreneurship Gets Innovative in Egypt

Ever wondered how to start a social enterprise and change the world? JCI Cairo recently brought in Moroccon expert Adnane Adioui, founder...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Exclusive Interview: Souq Confirms New Investment from Naspers and Tiger Global

After rumors continued to circulate over the past couple of weeks, Souq.com has today confirmed that it is announcing a new round of...

E-commerce Investment

Crowdfunding Platform Yomken Makes Launching Products Easy in Egypt

While concern in Egypt rises over courting investment and international partnerships intended to improve Egypt’s economy, one initiative h...

Crowdfunding Egypt

Kenya Takes Center Stage For African Innovation

Starting today, hundreds of investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and techies are assembling to pack the halls of Nairobi’s K...

Ecosystem Innovation Pitching

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 21-25

In all of our articles about startups, it is obvious that mentorship (and finding the right mentors) is at the core of a successful...

Angel Investment CoE Cards Conferences

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