Global Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest? There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to... Reine Farhat • 27 October, 2013 Funding Social Networks Marketing
Egyptian students shine at Intel Science Competition At an exposition recently held at Intel's Cairo office, eight Egyptian student winners of the Intel Science Competition, between the ages... Ahmed Gabr • 27 October, 2013
Weekly Wrap-Up: October 20-24 6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut We recently held our second Mix N' Mentor event in Beirut - this time with a brand... Wamda • 25 October, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Why Nextly, now open to the public, stands to revolutionize content sharing There are several ways to curate content on the web these days, but it’s often a fragmented experience. Now that Google Reader is dead, s... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2013 content
Zain Jordan partners with Wamda to support startups via Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Telecom company Zain is now the first company in Jordan to partner with Wamda on Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility (CER), an... Nina Curley • 24 October, 2013 Zain Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility Wamda News
12 tips for young entrepreneurs from an Egyptian startup founder Amira Azzouz is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fustany.com, a fashion portal for the Middle East in both Arabic and English, which... Amira Azzouz • 24 October, 2013 fustany amira azzouz Egypt
4 simple reasons why a young digital agency in Lebanon is turning a steady profit Sometimes the startups seeing the most steady returns aren’t the ones that are popping up in the news, but just those with a solid model a... Glen Dalakian II • 24 October, 2013 CER Blog Developers
How a Lebanese telecom sees the local startup scene At our recent Mix N’ Mentor Beirut, we chatted with partner touch about their view of the Lebanese startup ecosystem and how they, as a m... Wamda • 24 October, 2013 Telecommunication Mobile
On-the-ground details on the closure of Yahoo's Egypt office As the Mayer era continues at Yahoo!, its Egypt office is the latest element to be scrubbed out and rethought. Today, Yahoo! announced... Nina Curley • 23 October, 2013 Yahoo Closures
Startup news ticker: Mobibus launches a Do-It-Yourself mobile app maker Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 23 October, 2013 ticker
Bitcoin passes $200 mark despite Silk Road closure Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer decentralized cryptocurrency, has just broken the US $200 mark, as traded on Mt.Gox, one of the largest... Ola Doudin • 23 October, 2013 Bitcoin
iMENA invests $7 million in Rocket Internet's ‘Easy Taxi’; here's how it plans to compete in Saudi Arabia Jordan-based regional investment firm iMENA announced today that it has invested $7 million in Rocket Internet's Easy Taxi,... Nina Curley • 23 October, 2013 Scaling Rocket Internet Investment
Is building hardware in China the secret to crowdfunding a huge seed round? Devices are having a moment, and so is HAXLR8R. The hardware-focused startup accelerator, based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China,... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 October, 2013 accelerator haxlr8r china
How a startup goes from idea to IPO [Infographic] For those who may get a bit confused by all of the jargon and stages associated with startup investment, Funders and Founders presents the... Glen Dalakian II • 23 October, 2013 Funding Venture Capital Angel Investment
Meet Golden Bird, Gaza’s event organizing company [Arabic] After offering their services to the private and public sector, three founders noticed that there’s a problem with the event ma... Mariam Hamed • 22 October, 2013 events palestine
6 startup challenges answered at Mix N' Mentor Beirut Our latest Mix n' Mentor wasn't just cool because it was hosted in an old silk factory in the suburbs of Beirut; it was also a more... Nina Curley • 22 October, 2013 Mix n Mentor Mentorship
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