Middle East Startups Reveal How They Would Spend Investment [Poll Results] This week, as part of our Facebook Poll series, we asked our Facebook community, “What aspect of your startup would you build up if y... Glen Dalakian II • 16 January, 2013 Facebook Marketing
Egypt's Flat6Labs Graduates Cycle 3: Here's What They're Building Flat6Labs, the Cairo based accelerator, held its 4th Demo Day event, dubbed “Cycle 3 Fall 2013”, this week at the Cairo Marriott, showing of... Omar Aysha • 15 January, 2013 Egypt Flat6Labs
Entrepreneur of the Week: Walid Sultan Midani of DigitalMania in Tunisia [Wamda TV] After overcoming a lack of game development skills in Tunisia, Walid Sultan Midani, the founder of DigitalMania, is throwing a dose of... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Entrepreneur of the Week Mobile Gaming Gaming
Can this Egyptian Mobile App Startup Meet its Ambitious Goals? With the launch of two new apps late last year, startup 700apps hopes to make life easier for Egyptian commuters and... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Mobile Mobile Apps
Windows Startup Challenge Microsoft, Startup Weekend and DEMO recently announced the Windows Startup Challenge, a global contest offering developers, designers and... Wamda • 15 January, 2013 Competitions Developers Mobile Apps
10 Lessons Startups Can Learn from Gamers By Lucas and Glen Dalakian. My brother and I decided to write a post together to highlight 10 business principles and lessons we learned... Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013 Advice Gaming
Chinese Browser Baidu Targets Middle East Users Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, is targeting the Middle East and Africa this year, partnering with Orange to offer its browser &... Nina Curley • 15 January, 2013 Mobile
Watch the Livestream of Flat6Labs' 4th Demo Day Curious about the latest round of startups coming out of Cairo's accelerator Flat6Labs? Tune in to the Livestream from their Demo Day,... Wamda • 14 January, 2013 Accelerators Angel Investment Flat6Labs
Could a Sharing Economy Transform Saudi Arabia? In recent articles, various Wamda contributors discussed the rise of the sharing economy. Gulay Ozkan discussed the potential of... Ahmed Al Majid • 14 January, 2013 Sustainability Ecosystem
What the UAE's New Home Shipping Service Means for E-Commerce In my very first post for Wamda one year ago, I spoke about shipping concerns as one of the five major infrastructure needs for regional... Mo Ali Yusuf • 14 January, 2013 Delivery E-commerce
Jordan’s Nakhweh Relaunches as a Regional Hub for Social Ventures Nakhweh has long been one of Jordan’s darlings in the social entrepreneurship space, a scrappy NGO trying to make volunteerism popular (or a... Nina Curley • 14 January, 2013 Ecosystem Scaling Social Change
Ayaady Feeds Egypt with Fresh, Sustainable Produce [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Despite launching during the political turmoil in Egypt in December 2012, Ayaady, a meat company based in Alexandria, is finding... Hanan Solayman • 14 January, 2013 Agriculture Delivery Egypt
Going Global in an Emerging Market: Tips from Alexander Galitsky of Almaz Capital [Wamda TV] Alexander Galitsky, managing partner and co-founder of leading Russian venture capital firm Almaz Capital, was one of the key speakers at... Gulay Ozkan • 13 January, 2013 Advice Ecosystem Innovation
Egypt's Tourism Gets Back on Its Feet at Rouqayah's Ranch You think you're driving into the middle of nowhere, then thoughts of classic horror plots jump to mind. But once you arrive through... Omar Aysha • 13 January, 2013 Egypt Environment Food & Beverage
Two Skills that Separate True Innovators from the Rest of Us Legendary innovation gurus are both “legendary” and “gurus” for good reason. In 2011, Clayton Christensen, Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregers... Oubai Elkerdi • 13 January, 2013 Advice Innovation
PR 101: A Guide for Startups I am regularly approached by businesses, some on the cusp of existence, others barely launched, and a few even celebrating their ten year... Serene Touma • 13 January, 2013 Advertising Marketing Media