Think of the People, Not the Money [Pic of the Week] During episode two of Wamda's Mix N' Mentor in Beirut last Saturday, November 10th, one word kept coming up at the discussion tables... Maya Rahal • 15 November, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
How to Hire at a Software Startup as You Scale Despite the buzz of excitement around entrepreneurship in Pakistan, it is not always easy to entice the brightest young engineers to work... Jazib Zahir • 15 November, 2012 Advice Programme Scaling
Social Media to the Rescue: Egypt's Splinter Makes Résumés Obsolete “A year and a half ago my brother asked me to design and update his CV and I remember telling him, this is the social era man, I'm sure we w... Omar Aysha • 15 November, 2012 Digital Marketing Egypt Innovation
Building a 2020 Vision of Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Part 2 As I discussed in my last post, building an entrepreneurship ecosystem that consistently empowers small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)... Antoine Abou-Samra • 15 November, 2012 Accelerators Advice Ecosystem
A Chat with Kaveh Gharib of Twitter: Revolutions, Mobile, and Monetization [Wamda TV] At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Kaveh Gharib, the localization project manager at Twitter specializing in the Middle East and ... Nina Curley • 14 November, 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit Mobile Social Media
SocialWire Launches Optimized Ads for Facebook, Announces $2m in Investment Online advertising has yet to be proven very effective. Yet SocialWire, a company started in Istanbul by a Turkish entrepreneur, is out to... Nina Curley • 14 November, 2012 Digital Advertising Advertising Social Networks
PayPal Launches Middle East Operations with Aramex Partnership PayPal, which is already an active payment platform in the region, has announced the official launch of its operations in the Middle East... Nina Curley • 14 November, 2012 Payment Gateways E-commerce Delivery
Wamda and Endeavor Partner to Support Entrepreneurs Globally Wamda has been busy supporting entrepreneurs on all fronts this fall. Not only has Wamda Capital announced ten investments this year, but... Wamda • 14 November, 2012 Endeavor
Staging a Culinary Coup: Zooba Reimagines Traditional Egyptian Food When you walk into this little restaurant on the main street in Zamalek district, you can’t help it but notice its colorful front, which r... Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 November, 2012 Food & Beverage
Social Media Opens New Frontiers For Arab Youth [Report] The Dubai School of Government recently released “Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Emp... Wamda • 13 November, 2012 Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship Social Media
Entrepreneur of the Week: Wael Attili of Kharabeesh [Wamda TV] This week's entrepreneur of the week is Wael Attili, the founder of animation and Arabic digital media company Kharabeesh and Endeavor... Nina Curley • 13 November, 2012 Animation Arabic Content Digital Media
Anghami Sees Surge in Downloads, Partners with Orange Just a week after launching, Anghami is taking steps to monetize. Yesterday, the team announced a partnership with Orange, a Jordanian ... Maya Rahal • 13 November, 2012 Business Development Innovation Reviews
Wamda Face Off: MarkaVIP vs. Souq on Challenges in E-Commerce in the Arab World [Wamda TV] We hosted the first installment of our new Face Off video series last Thursday, hosting Ahmed Khatib, Founder and CEO of MarkaVIP, the... Nina Curley • 13 November, 2012 Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Face Off
Entrepreneurship Events for High School Students in the Arab World I was recently asked by a high school curriculum coordinator in Dubai what events their students can attend to supplement the new... Glen Dalakian II • 13 November, 2012 Accelerators Arabnet Conferences
A Chat with Fadi Ghandour: How to Encourage Entrepreneurship in the Arab World [Wamda TV] At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last month, Fadi Ghandour discussed opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs in the Arab world, in an... Nina Curley • 12 November, 2012 Abu Dhabi Media Summit Ecosystem Fadi Ghandour
Empowering Artists after the Tunisian Revolution: eArtvolution The connection between art and business has always been a complicated one, and the debate on whether so-called “pure” art can be mar... Hatem Mahbouli • 12 November, 2012 Art E-commerce