Wamda

Global

Hey you, is there anybody out there listening [Part 2]

In the first part of this series, we looked at the business of online music in the Middle East. In this part, we will focus on the struggle...

Online music Crowdfunding zoomaal

Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

Crowdfunding kickstarter zoomaal

Regional

Fintech is the spur MENA startups need [Know your VC]

Fintech is cool. It must be cool if Hollywood celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto, between attending an exclusive pool party and...

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Regional

Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular option for MENA

Crowdfunding, or raising money from multiple donors through an online platform, has seen a bumpy start in the Middle East. This may be...

AFKARMENA eureeca zoomaal

Palestine

Keeping Arabic alive with greeting cards

Maysa's sister Assel inspects their products. (Images via Loz) When you talk about what inspired Maysa Alshaer to create Loz, a...

Women on the Frontline Arabic language Loz

Lebanon

What we learned: Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Even the most amazing of ideas need a little help. (Images via Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) During our Mix N’ Mentor Beirut we gained s...

Choueiri Group Diwanee Y Venture Partners

Regional

Zoomaal launches Crowdfunding Accelerator Program with Oasis500 and Flat6Labs

Official banner of the Crowdfunding Accelerator Program by Zoomaal. One of the biggest crowdfunding platforms targeting the MENA region,...

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Lebanon

Zoomaal founder shares tips from $330k Series A round

The Zoomaal team at their offices in Beirut. After raising a seed round of $75,000 in Q3 of 2013 (from Wamda, MEVP, and Sawari Ventures),...

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Regional

Vea starts fundraising campaign to expand its tire rubber tubes upcycling operations

Vea, an environmental fashion store in Beirut’s downtown Souks mall, has launched a $10,000 campaign on MENA crowdfunding platform Zo...

Marwan Ammoun Layal Jebran Patrick El Zoghbi

Maghreb

Why crowdfunding isn't easy in North Africa

Following the success of Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com, crowdfunding platforms around the world have taken off. There is big...

Smala & Co Jumpstart Africa zoomaal

Regional

Crowdfunding platforms see education as key to growth

A recent panel at the MENA ICT Forum included liwwa's Ahmed Moor, second from left; crowdfunding strategist Ronald Kleverlan, third...

eureeca zoomaal liwwa

Regional

The evolution of crowd funding in the Arab world

This is a crosspost from Firnas.org Sometimes, a lack of funding forces entrepreneurs to abandon their projects. On other...

Aflamnah Shekra Yomken

Regional

10 things MENA entrepreneurs learned about managing cash flow in 2014

Image source: smartwealthplanner.com (link) At the end of each year, we like to take some time out to regroup and go over the year’s m...

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Regional

MENA Spaces Challenge, Deadline January 12th, 2015

Zoomaal and Mideast Creatives have partnered up to launch MENA Spaces. The purpose of this initiative is to enable the establishment and...

zoomaal MENA Coworking Spaces

Regional

Sudan and Iraq poised to win Collaborative Spaces Challenge

There’s nothing like a healthy competition to get people clicking. Hivos’s Mideast Creatives program and Zoomaal know something about thi...

Mideast Creatives Hivos zoomaal

Regional

7 coolest office spaces in the Arab world

For a few years now, famous American startups like Google and Foursquare have been using their office as a communication and marketing...

At7addak Nezal game cooks

Zain to match funds with creative Jordanian projects on Zoomaal

Last week, Zain Jordan signed an agreement with Zoomaal, the region’s largest crowdfunding platform, as part o...

Hivos Zain Jordan partnerships

How to successfully crowdfund your next game

Cross-posted from Cloud Games on February 10, 2014. Continuing its streak as the most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, upcoming...

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Lebanon

Zoomaal Meetup in Lebanon: Crowdfunding for Social Good

Zoomaal, Lebanon's leading crowdfunding platform, is organizing an informative session about crowdfunding this Saturday at the UK Lebanon ...

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U.A.E

Crowdfunding Hackathon by Zoomaal at Dubai SME

Crowdfunding has been gaining traction in the Arab world over the past few years, where an increasing number of platforms have...

zoomaal uae hackathon

Regional

Crowdfunding can be a 'catapult for innovation' in the Middle East

Rafat Abushaban, a business development specialist from Gaza, was first introduced to crowdfunding in 2011 when someone told him to check...

eureeca zoomaal indiegogo

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