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Creating Lebanese Crowdsourced Tourism Platform TourTwist [Wamda TV]

At the recent MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition in Abu Dhabi, Pascale Baaklini of TourTwist describes building a ...

Travel MIT MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition

TourTwist Puts Crowdsourced Spin on Tourism in Lebanon

Some startups don't just create commercial ventures; they work to turn communities of ordinary people into little engines of commerce....

E-commerce Innovation Travel

Amman TT Celebrates Second Anniversary

Amman Tech Tuesdays is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary event this May 1st. Join us in Amman; Wamda will be there chatting with and...

Conferences Ecosystem

How Moroccan Daily Deal Site Hmizate Faced Down Competition

After working for eight years in the tech sector in the United States, Moroccan entrepreneur Kamal Reggad decided to return to his home...

E-procurement Daily Deals Hmizate

Can Policy Makers Create an Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship?

This piece is cross-posted and adapted slightly from The Economist, November 16, 2010. Zebras are beautiful. They are powerful. They...

Ecosystem

How Did You Build Your Team? [Pic of the Week]

You've heard it many times- a one-man show is not the most effective route in entrepreneurship. We've seen investors get wary of a team of...

CoE Cards Team Pic of the Week

Zawya's Multimillion Dollar Sale to Close Within 6 Weeks

It's not just the sleek new interface that's evolving at Middle East business news portal Zawya. The media outlet is preparing for a...

AUC Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The AUC conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt kicks off today, at the AUC New Campus, jointly held by ...

Conferences Education Innovation

Mowgli Releases Research Briefing On Mentoring for Entrepreneurship

This December, The Mowgli Foundation released Mentoring And Entrepreneurship: A Natural Fit For Learning, a five page white paper that...

Mobile Apps

Dokkankom Launches an eBay for the Middle East

E-commerce site Dokkankom launched this weekend, bringing the region an eBay-like platform that allows vendors to create customized online...

E-commerce

5 Elements that Distinguish Successful Entrepreneurs, from Endeavor's Dubai ISP

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend Endeavor’s 42nd International Selection Panel (ISP) in Dubai. For those who d...

Endeavor Conferences

Book Review: Applying Lessons from The Lean Startup to the Arab World

The Lean Startup is required reading for anybody serious about entrepreneurship. In the swift, engaging read, Author Eric Ries sets forth a...

Fadi Ghandour to Step Down as Aramex CEO, Focus on Entrepreneurship

In a move that surprised many yesterday at Aramex's annual conference in Dubai, Fadi Ghandour has announced that he is stepping down as CEO...

E-commerce Fadi Ghandour

Will Jordan's My Marbles be the next Angry Birds? TakTek Games Inks Deal with Chillingo

Amman-based TakTek Games has secured a breakthrough deal this week, signing with U.K.-based mobile publishing giant Chillingo, which...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Wind Technology: Could Radical Innovation Come from MENA?

The world today needs a clean and affordable energy solution to address both growing electricity challenges and the effects of global...

Green Energy Environment

ImagineCup Calls On MENA's Best Tech Students

This year, Microsoft is once again giving entrepreneurs a chance to launch themselves on a global stage with its Imagine Cup competition....

Competitions

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