iMENA invests $8m in HelloFood; why it is and isn't like Rocket Internet iMENA Holdings made headlines yesterday with the news that it invested US $8 million in HelloFood, Rocket’s online food ordering platform ... Nina Curley • 10 September, 2013 Scaling Rocket Internet Investment
Stars of Science launches fifth season with more women: 'innovation knows no gender' Stars of Science, the hit pan-Arab science and technology reality-TV competition, returns this Friday, Sept 13 on MBC 4 (8pm KSA), for its... Christina Paschyn • 10 September, 2013 Science Stars of Science Competitions
The rise of online video in the Middle East [Wamda TV] The rise of online video creation is one of the year’s biggest stories in the Middle East. With the region boasting 300 million views on Y... Zeina Tabbara • 10 September, 2013 Online video Entertainment Digital Media
The challenges of bootstrapping a mobile app as a single female founder in Lebanon This piece is part of a new series on the challenges of young entrepreneurs who are bootstrapping their startups. If you know someone who's... Glen Dalakian II • 09 September, 2013 Incubator Competitions Mobile
Lebanon What the new Lebanese Army mobile app is really designed to do After visiting their offices, I was surprised that Lebanese app company apps2you never made it big in the media. Powered by... Reine Farhat • 09 September, 2013 Security Mobile
Gaza Sky Geeks bootcamp prepares entrepreneurs to pitch to investors [Wamda TV] [Arabic] Last week, MercyCorps Gaza and Oasis500 partnered to organize their first week long bootcamp in Gaza, in collaboration with Gaza ... Mariam Hamed • 09 September, 2013 Accelerators Investment Oasis500
Startup funding: How to fuel your car [Infographic] This past week, our Wamda Community member Osama Natto designed and posted his own infographic on his own profile, using the metaphor of a... Wamda • 09 September, 2013 Funding Scaling Advice
Qatar's EduTechnoz makes learning Arabic fun for kids, with gamification Two years ago, Diana Al-Dajani had a big problem. Her then five-year-old son loathed doing his Arabic homework. “It was an agonizing p... Christina Paschyn • 08 September, 2013 Gamification Education
Five very simple tips for building a successful company page on Facebook Every day, we hear about new startups that are being established by entrepreneurs in the Arab world. As the number of Facebook users in... Muhanad Sabha • 08 September, 2013 Facebook
Stunning Kuwaiti marketplace for designers blends print magazine with e-commerce Stunning architecture, sleek furniture, and bold recycled art fill the pages of “YourPages,” a new quarterly print and digital magazine rel... Glen Dalakian II • 08 September, 2013 Freelancers Design Programme
Mobile app MummyChitChats helps mothers in Egypt, UAE, and Saudi “It all started as a BBM group with friends who became moms around the same time and were eager for help and advice,” says young Egyptian e... Maya Rahal • 08 September, 2013 Social Networks Women
Weekly Wrap-Up: September 01-05 Announcing Mix N' Mentor Beirut! This week, we were especially thrilled to announce kicking off the second half of Wamda's Mix N' Mentor... Wamda • 05 September, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
Startup news ticker: SearchinMENA.com launches on Eureeca; Fotosoora goes live in Egypt; Brate releases new version 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 • 05 September, 2013 news
LinkedIn reaches 1 million users in Saudi Arabia, bets on mobile growth Just before its announcement yesterday that it plans to sell $1.15 billion in stock to raise capital, LinkedIn reached one million users... Nina Curley • 05 September, 2013 Scaling LinkedIn
6 crazy HTML5 websites that will blow your mind Cross-posted from the original version published on Jihad Kawas’s Blog on September 3, 2013. Editor’s Note: Jihad Kawas is an act... Jihad Kawas • 05 September, 2013 Lists Developers
Women entrepreneurs are more innovative than men in the Arab world Women’s entrepreneurship is all the rage lately. Mentions of women in the global media have risen from a catatonic 200 times a year to 1... Nina Curley • 05 September, 2013 Women
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