Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c... Adam Valen Levinson • 26 February, 2013 Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship
Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between... Glen Dalakian II • 26 February, 2013 Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming
15 Must-Read Books for Middle East Entrepreneurs Last week, the Wamda team asked our readers on Facebook, “What is the first book you would recommend for a new startup founder to read?” We ... Glen Dalakian II • 26 February, 2013 Top Lists Tips Advice
Egypt's Careerise Makes Job Search Simpler, More Social Even in today’s hi-tech socially-networked world, the best way to find a new job is still through a personal referral. Of course, relying o... Omar Aysha • 26 February, 2013 Egypt Job Recruitment
Amman Gets Its First Co-Working Space After 25 years of his life in the corporate world, working for giants in Jordan like Nuqul Group, it’s fair to say that Nidal Eses has g... Shaden Abu Al-Haijaa • 26 February, 2013 Coworking Spaces
NYUAD Hackathon Winners Debut Startups for Social Good Yesterday, Social Enterprise Week in Dubai kicked off with a pre-launch event at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) campus, as part of... Shaimaa El Nazer • 25 February, 2013 Competitions Conferences Social Change
From Bankruptcy to Topping the Arabia500: German Imaging Technologies [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Sassan Khatib-Shahidi, co-founder and CEO of Dubai-based printer cartridge ... Wamda • 25 February, 2013 Failure
CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is... Omar Aysha • 25 February, 2013 Egypt Gamification Innovation
Bosletak: An Online Guide to Jobs and Colleges in Egypt Right after the end of summer, high school and college graduates start thinking about their next steps, whether that involves applying to... Hanan Solayman • 25 February, 2013 Arabic Content
Mobile App Startup Localizes Daily Deals in Malaysia [Wamda TV] In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Fadzli Anuar, the founder of Voucheres, a mobile app for local ad promotion based in ... Wamda • 24 February, 2013 Daily Deals Mobile Mobile Apps
Accelerating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Arab World [Workshop] At Silatech's recent Arab Youth & Entrepreneurship conference, speakers worked to bring together the elements that constitute a... Nina Curley • 24 February, 2013 Ecosystem Workshops
Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to... Glen Dalakian II • 24 February, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change
Careem, the Uber of the Middle East, Launches Mobile App [PROMOTION INCLUDED] UPDATE: Those who sign up for Careem through Wamda will receive a free 30 AED (~US $8) in credit; click here. For those looking to get ar... Nina Curley • 24 February, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps Taxi + Traffic
Five Smartphone Apps for Creating and Editing Documents Whether you're looking to review a few important papers, take a final look at a lecture or add edits to a document before sending it to one... Ahmed Gabr • 24 February, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps
The Top 10 Applications on the App Store in Lebanon In Lebanon, the smartphone market is rapidly growing, predominantly on Android which is in the lead, and iOS, which is just a few... Salim Al-Lawzi • 23 February, 2013 Mobile Apps Ranking Social Networks
Weekly Wrap-Up: February 17-21 This week's content included a number of announcements, from Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye Hulya's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at... Wamda • 21 February, 2013 Advice Competitions Conferences