Wamda

Moroccan Game Based on Palestinian Cartoon Wins in Saudi Arabia

Today, GameTako has announced the winning teams from its second Game Zanga competition, which brought over 240 game developers together...

Competitions Gaming

Revolutionizing Egypt's Oldest Bank with Cloud Computing

This week, OMS won an award for their role in a different kind of Egyptian revolution, one that took place in its oldest commercial bank....

Technology Software Cloud Computing

Internet Censorship Called A Black Eye for Jordan's Tech Sector

As Ramadan comes to an end, controversy is building in Jordan over potential internet censorship. After Jordan's Ministry of...

Censorship Jordan

SeedStartup Demo Day in Dubai

SeedStartup, Dubai-based international startup accelerator and seed fund, announced details of the Startup Demo Day event to be held at...

Investment

What's the Secret to Building an Innovation Ecosystem?

To build an innovation ecosystem out of nothing, it’s commonly believed there’s an unwritten recipe which goes something like this: first ta...

Ecosystem Innovation

LivingSocial Rumored to Pull Out of the Middle East: Comment From Competitor On Regulation

The National has reported today that global daily deals company LivingSocial is priming to sell its assets in the Middle East and shut down...

Trends

3 Lessons for Building a Popular Arabic Content Portal

There’s no shortage of demand for Arabic content online today, but building a niche site that will captivate and consistently entertain a l...

Arabic Content Digital Media

Pursuing the Extraordinary: Curiosity Key to Innovation and Bold Leadership

At first glance, the five men on the stage of the Al Ain Men's College auditorium had little in common: Former astronauts and soldiers,...

Wharton

Moving On from Oil: Asia's Lessons in Adaptation and Innovation for the Middle East

Gulf governments have put millions into cultivating innovation and trying to develop future economies not dependent on fossil fuels. In...

Wharton

Can Facebook Spice Up Place Reviews? Jeeran Launches Social Update

Today, Jeeran is making location reviews in the Arab World a more social experience, by launching an updated iPhone app and website that...

Ratings Sites Endeavor

Announcing Wamda's Ramadan Daily Video Series [Wamda TV]

Beginning this Ramadan, Wamda will be launching a video series, offering daily videos of our footage from this year's Arabnet...

Mowgli Welcomes New CEO, Signs Agreement with PICTI in Palestine

After spending the past couple of years setting up in the region, the Mowgli Foundation is blossoming in 2012. This month, the UK-based...

Mentorship

Protecting Your Data from a New Generation of Hackers

Cybercrime is a rapidly growing threat, and one that businesses and consumers don't seem to fully appreciate. As more and more business is...

Wharton

Facing the Legal Challenges of an Art Startup: Draw Me a Song

When Lebanese entrepreneur Nour Tohme started posting musical illustrations of songs for fun on her blog, she had no idea that she was...

Competitions Design MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

GameTako Launches Online Game to Benefit Syrian Refugees

This Ramadan, Saudi gaming studio GameTako is launching a new game to assist donation to Syrian refugees. The goal of Kubba, an online...

Gaming

Endeavor Launches in Saudi Arabia

Endeavor has announced the launch of a new office in Saudi Arabia that will bring its global support for high-impact entrepreneurs to the...

Endeavor

Lebanese Recipe Sites Localize for Ramadan

To cater to cooks during Ramadan, two Arabic recipe sites have recently taken steps to make content their content more local and...

Food & Beverage Trends

Community and Media Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an up-to-date,...

Finding a Recipe for Success During a Revolution: Egypt's NOLA Cupcakes

Laila Sedky has achieved a lot so far for a 25-year old. By founding NOLA cupcakes just before the Egyptian revolution, she’s managed t...

Food & Beverage

Moroccan Startup LaCartePlz Debuts Online Food Ordering in Rabat

Among the things I love most about my job are the innovation and creativity, but also contact and interaction with people like real...

Food & Beverage

Animated Superhero Series The 99 Launches in the Middle East for Ramadan

This Ramadan, Islam-based superhero series THE 99 is finally launching in its region of origin, the Middle East. Starting on the...

Animation

Developers at GameTako's Game Zanga Build 43 Arabic Games in 72 Hours

The second Game Zanga, game development studio GameTako's yearly competition, was organized last weekend...

Gaming

Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews

Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Lebanese Entrepreneur Invents Lego For Electronics, Raises $3.65M from US VCs

Lebanese entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir will now be able to bring snap-together electronics toys littleBits to a wider audience, thanks to a new...

Investment

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