Moroccan Entrepreneurs Bring Social Media Day to MENA On June 30th, Social Media Day in Casablanca, Morocco drew over 150 participants to the country’s tech capital to meet, greet, a... Karim Jazouani • 16 July, 2012 Conferences Social Media
Roundmenu's Online Restaurant Deals - More Flexible Than Daily Deals? Ever since its founders left Zawya to launch internet incubator Honeybee Tech Ventures, they've been working on introducing new concepts to... Nina Curley • 15 July, 2012
Stanford Graduate School of Business Information Session in Amman The Stanford Graduate School of Business is having an information session about its MBA program and admission in Amman. The session will be... Wamda • 15 July, 2012 Education
Schaduf Sows Sustainable Development with Rooftop Farming in Egypt In Cairo, two brothers are taking inspiration from an ancient irrigation tool to bring food security and self-sufficiency to low-income... Glen Dalakian II • 15 July, 2012 Environment
Simple Ideas, Test Them [Pic of the Week] This week we've reflected on Startup Weekend Beirut and talked to the winners, looked at tech startups working to disrupt education in the... Wamda • 12 July, 2012 CoE Cards Pic of the Week
Disrupting Education with Technology in the Middle East: A Look at Ed-Tech Startups With one in four Middle Eastern youth out of a job, and American college student debt exceeding one trillion dollars, it is already clear... Nafez Dakkak • 12 July, 2012 Education
5 Quick Tips for Pitching Ideas at Startup Weekend These tips may seem basic, but you’d be surprised how many aspiring entrepreneurs with good ideas are not following all of them. Check t... Nina Curley • 12 July, 2012 Startup Weekend
Diary of a Google Finalist: Do Arab Entrepreneur Tournaments Help Startups? Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With... Knowledge @Wharton • 12 July, 2012 Digital Media Google Media
What Stood Out at Startup Weekend Beirut This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, entrepreneurs gathered at Berytech in Mansourieh, Lebanon, overlooking a scenic view of Beirut as... Nina Curley • 11 July, 2012 Startup Weekend
How to Track Social Media Traffic Using Google Analytics' New Features If you want to know more about how social media networks play a role in sending traffic to your website, Google Analytics has some... Wissam Dandan • 11 July, 2012 Analytics
The Wamda Media Effect: Why Media is Central to the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem It's always good to reflect on whether we're having any impact on the startups we profile- after all, we are obsessed with writing about... Nina Curley • 10 July, 2012 Media
Entrepreneur of the Week: Bassam Jalgha, Inventor and Hackerspace Pioneer [Wamda TV] Our entrepreneur of the week today is Bassam Jalgha, the founder of Douzan, a hardware solution that automatically tunes any stringed... Maya Rahal • 10 July, 2012 Entrepreneur of the Week
Less Talk, More Action Needed at Rio+20 Summit Twenty years after the original Earth Summit, world leaders gathered once again to discuss humanity's sustainable development. This... Muna Alamer • 09 July, 2012 Ecosystem Environment
Moroccan Startup Taxi Counter Wins Global Competition BeMyApp Last week was an exciting time for all mobile Moroccan entrepreneurs and developers as it happened to be the BeMYApp WeekEnd... Karim Jazouani • 09 July, 2012 Competitions Mobile Mobile Apps
How Brate Hopes to Revolutionize Product Rating in Lebanon Local search engine Brate is aiming to revolutionize business search in the Middle East, say co-founders Shadi Tabbara and Sameeh Harfoush.... Fernande van Tets • 09 July, 2012
What Inspired Arab Entrepreneurs at Google I/O 2012 Google's yearly developer tech conference, Google I/O, brought developers and techies together from around the world to witness the latest... Nina Curley • 08 July, 2012 Ecosystem Google