Startup Weekend Assiut Breaks Barriers in Upper Egypt Assiut held its first StartUp Weekend (SW) last weekend on a Nile boat-hotel facing the picturesque view of the old town. There was... Omar Aysha • 07 April, 2013 Startup Weekend
What Makes A Good Mobile User Experience? A Look at Personal Finance App Wally Designing a good user experience for mobile can be tricky. But have you ever downloaded a mobile app and just fallen in love with it, even... George Elkhabbaz • 07 April, 2013 User Experience Design
Can You Marry Profit with Social Impact? Answers from ArabNet Beirut I recently attended my first ArabNet in Beirut take part in the social impact sessions. Speaking an entirely different language than C++,... Leena AlOlaimy • 07 April, 2013 Social Change Arabnet Social Entrepreneurship
Intel Business Challenge Middle East & North Africa 2013 Launches, Calling for Applications Intel just announced the Intel Business Challenge Middle East & North Africa 2013 (IBC ME), a portal to the Intel... Ahmed Gabr • 07 April, 2013 Competitions
Weekly Wrap-Up: March 31- April 4 Whether you're at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey, about to make an exceptional exit, or just observing the Arab market,... Wamda • 04 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Weekly Wrap-Up
TIEC Launches Nationwide Start IT Business Plan Competition: Deadline April 18 The Egyptian Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) has just launched its new “Start IT” business plan competition with ... Omar Aysha • 04 April, 2013
What Do You Buy Online? We Ask the Crowd [Wamda TV] After the panel on “Case Studies in E-retail” on Forum Day 2 of ArabNet Beirut, we asked the audience whether they make purchases online, wh... Wamda • 04 April, 2013 PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce
5 Uncommon Tips for Managing Your Virtual Team Typical “how-to” advice on managing virtual teams goes something like this: Have clear objectives. Use video. Communicate efficiently. Use... Hassan Osman • 04 April, 2013 Team management Virtual teams Team
How LINKonLINE Weathered the Political Storm in Egypt with New Revenue Models Until 2002, LINKonLINE was an online publishing section of Link Dot Net. Since it became an independent company,... Hanan Solayman • 04 April, 2013 Egypt Arabic Content Digital Media
U.A.E Yougotagift launches in the Middle East In January, Swedish social gifting app Wrapp reached one million users in 14 months, accruing users faster than Pinterest, Twitter,... Aline Mayard • 03 April, 2013 yougotagift justgiftit
Wamda Announces Mix n' Mentor Doha Building on the success of our first stop in Cairo on the 2013 Mix n’ Mentor Roadshow, Wamda next heads to Doha to continue our tour of 12 ... Wamda • 03 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
Sketch In Motion Founders Launch BeeLabs to Build Educational Apps for Kids After spending almost ten years producing interactive media and cartoon animation for television and the web,... Maya Rahal • 03 April, 2013 Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Education
Sirb Unites Saudi Arabia's Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs On March 10, 2013, angel investor network Sirb, in cooperation with Badir Program for Technology Incubators, organized Saudi Arabia’s ... Ahmed Gabr • 03 April, 2013
Peer-to-Peer Platforms are Disrupting Bank Lending Around the World; Is the Middle East Next? Since the global financial crisis, trust has been low in the conventional banking system and its belief in entrepreneurs isn't that high... Gulay Ozkan • 03 April, 2013 Peer-to-peer Funding models Investment
Wamda Hosts Virtual Mentorship Session With Entrepreneurs from Gaza [Wamda TV] Gazan Entrepreneurs are not only faced with the tough obstacles of building a startup, but also the turmoils and political... Wamda • 02 April, 2013 Mix n Mentor Team Marketing
What is the Best Pitch You Heard at Arabnet? We Ask the Crowd [Wamda TV] During day one of Arabnet Beirut, 20 entrepreneurs from the Arab region participated in the Ideathon and the Startup Demo, offering up a... Wamda • 02 April, 2013 Pitching Arabnet