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5 Takeaway Questions from Arabnet Beirut 2013

Despite the conflict next door, Arabnet Beirut managed to rally a good crowd this year for new debates on the state of tech...

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Event Management Startup Faces Steep Hurdles in Saudi Arabia

One new startup in Saudi Arabia lets you better organize and personalize your social gatherings, but they ran into some big obstacles when...

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Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab

Within the barren hills of oil-rich Dhahran in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, a unique structure is slowly reaching high into the...

Ecosystem Accelerators Innovation

Egypt

How to Invest in Egypt: Tamkeen Takes a Holistic View

There are quite a few people in the Egyptian investment community who talk without delivering results; not so...

Financial management Business Development Expansion

4 Tips for Pitching with Plan9, Pakistan's Newest Tech Incubator

Plan9 is a tech-focused incubator that has been generating a lot of buzz in Pakistan. Conducted with the support of the Punjab Information ...

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Inside 7 of East Africa’s Hottest Tech Hubs

Part 1 of this three-part series offers a look at 7 of East Africa's most popular coworking spaces for tech startups, investors, and...

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A Look at Egyptian Accelerator Tahrir2's Lean Investment Model

Testing and iterating might be a good model for the leadership in Egypt lately, not just its entrepreneurs. As Egyptian protestors continue...

Accelerators Investment

Cirqy Creates a Social Marketplace for Local Designers [Wamda TV]

During the Flat6Labs Cycle 3 Demo Day, Cirqy founders Kareem El-Shaffei and Mostafa Talaat discuss how their e-commerce site is creating a s...

Art Accelerators

Egyptian Startup Offers Push Notification Solution for App Developers [Wamda TV]

During the Flat6Labs Cycle 3 Demo Day, PushBots founder and CEO Amr Sobhy shares the story behind launching PushBots which helps mobile dev...

Developers Egypt Technology

How to Prevent Abandoned Shopping Carts in E-Commerce

"Abandoned shopping cart" is a term used when a customer who intends to make an online purchase does not complete the checkout process....

Accelerators Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce

Oasis500 Launches New Investment Track for Growing Companies

Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, is now targeting growth stage companies with a new investment vehicle. Oasis500 is k...

Accelerators Investment

SeedStartup Takes Applications for its Third Round: Deadline Feb 15th

Tech startups around the globe have two more weeks to apply to the next round at Dubai-based accelerator SeedStartup. The tech-focused...

Accelerators

Meet Bahrain's Newest Startups Graduating from Tenmou

Bahrain’s accelerator Tenmou has announced its second round of graduates, three diverse startups aiming to sell to Bahraini markets and q...

Accelerators Gaming

Palestine Gets Its First Startup Accelerator

Building a startup in Palestine is admittedly tough. At the launch event for Palestine’s newest accelerator, a discussion broke out about t...

Accelerators

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-17

This week on Wamda, we covered startups involved in reviving their neighborhoods, and startups using gaming to rev up the regional...

Accelerators Advice E-commerce

Egypt's Startup Reactor Powers Up its First Acceleration Cycle

The Innoventures’ Startup Reactor (SR) accelerator launched recently, with a pitching session at the luxury Kempinski hotel by the Nile. O...

Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem

Meet the Winners and Best Ideas from MIT's Social Innovation Camp in Lebanon

After a final round of 14 pitches, the Startup Weekend-style Beirut Social Innovation camp came to a close at AltCity last night, as judges...

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Tenmou Gathers and Trains Arab and European Angel Investors in Bahrain

Tenmou, Bahrain's first business angels company, is quickly establishing itself as a leading player in Bahrain's entrepreneurship scene, as...

Accelerators Angel Investment Arabic Content

Can Kuwait Learn from Ghana? Lessons from the Second Startup Q8 Event

The startup scene in Kuwait is gaining momentum. On the 7th of November we had the 2nd StartupQ8 event and it was a lot of fun. Over 50...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

NYUAD Hackathon for Social Good Deadline November 30th

The NYU Abu Dhabi Department for Computer Science, in collaboration with the NYUAD Institute, is hosting the 2013 NYUAD Annual Hackathon: Bu...

Accelerators

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)...

Accelerators Advice Ecosystem

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...

Accelerators Arabnet Conferences

Founder Institute to Open Startup Accelerator in Alexandria, Egypt

Interested in bringing a startup acceleration program to Alexandria, Egypt? The Founder Institute is currently testing demand for opening a...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

Vodafone Ventures Egypt Announces Investment in Eshtery, Ogra, and GyroLabs

After sponsoring and participating in the Euromoney conference in Egypt earlier this month, Vodafone Ventures Egypt has announced...

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