Wamda

Can Entrepreneurship Bring Change Where the Arab Spring Has Not?

Gathered together around a wide table, the group of entrepreneurs in Dubai for this year's MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business...

Social Entrepreneurship Wharton

Regional

Where To Register Your Company: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

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

Legal

YouTube Launches Ramadan Channel, Bringing Favorite Series Online

In Cairo today, YouTube announced the launch of a new Ramadan-dedicated channel that will feature 50 premium shows during the...

Digital Media Google

Silicon Valley Fund 500 Startups Invests in Jeeran

Silicon Valley-based seed fund and accelerator 500 Startups has today announced investment in Jeeran, the popular Amman-based user review...

Investment Endeavor

Where to Find Services in Dubai: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

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

Demystifying E-Commerce: Payment Gateways in the Arab World [Infographic]

For e-commerce startups looking to solve the issue of online payment, this infographic, created by e-commerce solution company ShopGo,...

Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways

Where to Find Funding and Support: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

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

Investment

Workspaces in Dubai: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE

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

Moroccan Entrepreneurs Bring Social Media Day to MENA

On June 30th, Social Media Day in Casablanca, Morocco drew over 150 participants to the country’s tech capital to meet, greet, a...

Conferences Social Media

Roundmenu's Online Restaurant Deals - More Flexible Than Daily Deals?

Ever since its founders left Zawya to launch internet incubator Honeybee Tech Ventures, they've been working on introducing new concepts to...

Schaduf Sows Sustainable Development with Rooftop Farming in Egypt

In Cairo, two brothers are taking inspiration from an ancient irrigation tool to bring food security and self-sufficiency to low-income...

Environment

Simple Ideas, Test Them [Pic of the Week]

This week we've reflected on Startup Weekend Beirut and talked to the winners, looked at tech startups working to disrupt education in the...

CoE Cards Pic of the Week

Disrupting Education with Technology in the Middle East: A Look at Ed-Tech Startups

With one in four Middle Eastern youth out of a job, and American college student debt exceeding one trillion dollars, it is already clear...

Education

5 Quick Tips for Pitching Ideas at Startup Weekend

These tips may seem basic, but you’d be surprised how many aspiring entrepreneurs with good ideas are not following all of them. Check t...

Startup Weekend

Diary of a Google Finalist: Do Arab Entrepreneur Tournaments Help Startups?

Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With...

Digital Media Google Media

What Stood Out at Startup Weekend Beirut

This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, entrepreneurs gathered at Berytech in Mansourieh, Lebanon, overlooking a scenic view of Beirut as...

Startup Weekend

How to Track Social Media Traffic Using Google Analytics' New Features

If you want to know more about how social media networks play a role in sending traffic to your website, Google Analytics has some...

Analytics

The Wamda Media Effect: Why Media is Central to the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

It's always good to reflect on whether we're having any impact on the startups we profile- after all, we are obsessed with writing about...

Media

Less Talk, More Action Needed at Rio+20 Summit

Twenty years after the original Earth Summit, world leaders gathered once again to discuss humanity's sustainable development. This...

Ecosystem Environment

Moroccan Startup Taxi Counter Wins Global Competition BeMyApp

Last week was an exciting time for all mobile Moroccan entrepreneurs and developers as it happened to be the BeMYApp WeekEnd...

Competitions Mobile Mobile Apps

How Brate Hopes to Revolutionize Product Rating in Lebanon

Local search engine Brate is aiming to revolutionize business search in the Middle East, say co-founders Shadi Tabbara and Sameeh Harfoush....

What Inspired Arab Entrepreneurs at Google I/O 2012

Google's yearly developer tech conference, Google I/O, brought developers and techies together from around the world to witness the latest...

Ecosystem Google

How Internet Users Will Spend Their Time in 2012 [Infographic]

Every moment of our lives nowadays is related to an internet act, a fact clearly demonstrated by this infographic, which examines five...

E-commerce Facebook Gaming

Internet Outage In Lebanon Caused By Cable Upgrade

Update: Minister Nicholas Sehnaoui announced today, Friday the 6th of July, that the internet got back to normal in all Lebanon, after...

Thought Leadership

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