Make your Mark for Future Generations [Pic of the Week] Today and every Thursday is "Arabic Thursday" in the Wamda offices. All the team speaks only Arabic, in an attempt to encourage the use of... Maya Rahal • 29 November, 2012 Arabic Content
How to Register an Offshore Company in Lebanon [Legal Advice] This series on registration and incoporation in Lebanon comes to Wamda courtesy of Michel Ghanem of Khalaf Law Firm and Lebanon Offshore, bo... Wamda • 29 November, 2012 Legal Advice
Developing the Investment Industry in the Arab World: Guest Post from Middle East Venture Partners This guest post is co-authored by Walid Hanna and Walid Mansour of Middle East Venture Partners, a Beirut-based Venture Capital... Walid Mansour • 29 November, 2012 Ecosystem Investment
Arabia500 Announces 130 of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Middle East In anticipation of the Arabia500 gathering on December 10th at the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, the... Glen Dalakian II • 29 November, 2012 Conferences Ecosystem
Beirut Creative Cluster Works to Increase Collaboration Among Local Companies One year ago, the Beirut Creative Cluster (BCC) was just an idea developed by Berytech. Today, the cluster is set to become a hub for... Maya Rahal • 29 November, 2012 Animation Conferences Design
How to Join Arabic Web Days and Post Arabic Content Last week, Arabic Web Days launched as a new initiative to support Arabic content online, co-created between Yamli and Vinelab and suppo... Maya Rahal • 28 November, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media Media
A Chat with Dave McClure of 500 Startups and Geeks on a Plane in Amman [Wamda TV] In the bus on the way back from our first Mix n Mentor event in Amman, we chatted with Dave McClure of Silicon Valley-based accelerator and... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2012 Accelerators Advice Ecosystem
BorsaLink: Bringing the Social Media Paradigm to MENA Financial Markets [Wamda TV] Ahmad Helal, CEO of Omnivoyance, a software services company dedicated to building financial tools for investors, speaks to Wamda... Omar Aysha • 28 November, 2012 Acquisitions Egypt
Incorporating a Limited Liability Company in Lebanon [Legal Advice] This series on registration and incorporation in Lebanon comes to Wamda courtesy of Michel Ghanem of Khalaf Law Firm and Lebanon Of... Wamda • 28 November, 2012 Legal Advice
How to Register a Company in Lebanon [Legal Advice] To help companies launching or expanding into Lebanon understand how to register a company in the country, we are launching a legal series... Wamda • 28 November, 2012 Legal Advice
Bahrain’s Majaal Makes Warehousing Startup Friendly Speculating about the rise of tech companies is fun, but with e-commerce on the region on the rise, the seemingly mundane expansion of a... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2012 E-commerce Expansion Innovation
Entrepreneur of the Week: Lara Tarakjian of Silkor [Wamda TV] This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Lara Tarakjian, the co-founder of Lebanese beauty chain and laser hair removal salon Silkor. Back... Nina Curley • 27 November, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week Health Scaling
Regional Kids Love Arabic: A New Educational Arabic iOS Story Platform for Kids Many parents, including myself, invest time and money trying to find an educational application for their children, to keep them from... Maya Rahal • 27 November, 2012 Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps
iFood's Mobile App Rises to the Top of the Food Delivery Pack in Jordan Jordan has changed in a variety of ways since I lived there a year ago; perhaps a small win given the recent turmoil is that it’s become m... Nina Curley • 27 November, 2012 Food & Beverage Mobile Mobile Apps
A Look at Social Media Consumption in the Arab World [Infographic] Discover Digital Arabia (DDA), in partnership with EffectiveMeasure and supported by N2V, published yesterday its latest infographic on... Maya Rahal • 26 November, 2012 Infographic Social Media
Building a Game Review Site for the Arab World: A Look at DvLZGaME and Gamabox Despite a huge increase in game production in the Middle East and North Africa over the last year, the region is still lacking a major,... Glen Dalakian II • 26 November, 2012 Arabic Content Gaming Mobile Gaming