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LinkedIn Enters the MENA Region, Opens Office in Dubai

Following rumors that it might enter the region in September, LinkedIn, the US-based business-networking site, has today announced the...

Social Networks Expansion Job Recruitment

Nozom Defies Cairo’s Centralization And Boosts Entrepreneurship In Mansoura

Over 120 members of Mansoura-based Nozom all agree on fostering the entrepreneurship culture in this small town, defying several obstacles...

Struggling to Find a Business Model for Your Idea? Read The Startup Owner's Manual

Raise your hand if you've heard or seen a startup idea recently in the Middle East that doesn't have a real market. Or whose game plan is...

Advice Ecosystem

10 Arab Gaming Startups to Watch

This week we highlight some of MENA’s most creative gaming startups. These innovative ventures transport players into new worlds to o...

Gaming Mobile Gaming Top Lists

Can the Palestinian Diaspora Help? New Ramallah Tech Hub Says Yes

Wearing blue, orange and red t-shirts, over 500 students, entrepreneurs, developers, investors and other tech enthusiasts packed into...

Competitions Ecosystem Pitching

How to Polish Your Online Brand Before Employers Search for You

The rise of social and professional networking websites has made it easier to keep in touch with your network of friends and professionals...

Endeavor Job Recruitment Social Media

Meet the Bahraini Woman Serial Entrepreneur Who Runs Two Companies at Once

After a career working in corporate and government worlds, Doa'a Essa Abdul Wahab had decided 2010 would be the year she started her first...

Food & Beverage

Are You the Best Developer in the Arab World? Prove it at the Arabnet Tournament

So you think you can code? Prove it to a regional audience at the Arabnet Developer Tournament this fall. The tournament will put...

Arabnet Competitions Conferences

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 23-27

This week has been all about inspiration, and what it takes to foster a work environment that encourages creativity. How do you do it? Pic ...

Airlines E-commerce Egypt

Good Ideas Are Too Valuable To Waste [Pic of the Week]

Creativity is perhaps the most valuable asset a startup can have. I’m not describing that one creative idea that launches a startup or i...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Taxis Apps Flourish in Egypt: A Look at El Ogra and 2Ogra

Often similar startups crop up in different countries with similar ideas, but it’s not everyday that two are launched with almost the same n...

Transportation

Pentacle's Eddie Obeng: Creating Business Education That Keeps Pace with the Modern World

Is the business school model outdated? British educator and entrepreneur Eddie Obeng thinks so, and dedicated himself to developing...

Education Innovation

Egyptian National Competitiveness Council Disappoints: Where Were the Entrepreneurs?

I like to challenge my prejudices every now and then, so I decided to accept an invitation to the eighth annual conference of The Egyptian...

Conferences Ecosystem Egypt

Ever Dreamt of a Private Jet Trip? Dubai's iFlyPrivate Capitalizes on Empty Seats

For all of those travelers who have fantasized about flying on a private jet, iFlyPrivate is now making private travel more...

Airlines

Namshi Raises $20m Round from JP Morgan, Blakeney Management

Christmas is coming early this year to several of Rocket Internet's clones. The latest in a slew of investments by J.P. Morgan, Namshi, the...

Rocket Internet Investment E-commerce

Can Saving a Few Dollars Make Society More Stable? Cashy.me Launches UAE Saves Week

Can saving a few dollars a day build a more stable society? Nima Abu Wardeh of Cashy.me thinks so. But when she first came up with the idea...

Digital Media Investment

Can Coffeehouses Boost Creativity in the Arab World?

Since their inception in Istanbul in the 16th century, coffeehouses have been centers of free-wheeling and off-hand discussions, venues...

Food & Beverage

Mashroo3i Business Plan Competition Reveals Bahrain's Top Young Entrepreneurs

For those curious about up and coming startups in the Bahraini entrepreneurship community, new business plan competition Mashroo3i,...

Competitions

Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Hits Its Stride in Cycle 2 Demo Day

Flat6Labs, the Cairo-based accelerator, held its third demo day event on the 17th September, dubbed the “Cycle 2 Demo Day”. Not only did the...

Accelerators Acquisitions Egypt

Top 20 Most-Watched TED Talks Of All Time

Today we highlight the most popular TED Talks to date, announced by TED in late August. Whether you think watching TED Talks during the...

Advice Conferences Ecosystem

Marketing a Book on Arabic Culture with an iPad App: The Finjan

Daveeda Shaheen lived in many places while she was growing up, among them the United States, Switzerland, and England. But wherever she was...

Media

UAE’s Tahadi Launches MMO Age of Titans

At first glance, the login screen feels like a familiar U.S.-developed game with stunning visuals, bold graphics, and a dark ethereal...

Gaming

TellUs the New Way For Customer Service in MENA

“I was talking with a friend when he suggested there should be some sort of solution to solve the [bad] customer service quality in Egypt, a...

Egypt Mobile Apps User Experience Design

Weekly Wrap-Up: September 16-20

If you were to learn one thing from our posts this week, it's that making that one decision to roll up your sleeves goes a long way....

Booz & Company E-commerce Fashion

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