What Souq has to say about those rumors, and its new mobile strategy Just as chatter is sweeping the tech world that Souq.com may be courting Amazon for a potential acquisition, the Dubai-based e-commerce... Nina Curley • 19 February, 2014 souq
5 ways you can participate in our MIT Media Lab workshop next week Next week, Wamda is bringing the MIT Media Lab to the Middle East for the very first time, hosted by twofour54 and Mubadala. The MIT... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 MIT Media Lab Workshops MIT
An Emirates-developed screenshot sharing app makes a flashing success Smartphone users are becoming increasingly addicted to sharing screenshots from their mobile devices, as opposed to links that require... Ahmed Gabr • 19 February, 2014 sharing screenshots Social Networks
3rd Wharton MENA Conference The 3rd Wharton Middle East and North Africa Conference, focused on opportunities for investing and doing business in the region, will be... Wamda • 19 February, 2014 philadelphia business school conference
Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah Nine months after its launch, Flat6Labs Jeddah startup accelerator has graduated its first class of startups, which serve markets... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 February, 2014 accelerator ksa saudi
Dealmakers' Weekend: a benchmark for Jordanian entrepreneurship Dealmaking was the name of the game on Saturday and Sunday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman as an impressive list of investors... Hayden Pirkle • 18 February, 2014 Venture Capital Investment Oasis500
Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible As a co-organizer of the first and second installments of Baghdad Startup Weekend, I’ve learned first-hand how challenging it can be to c... Marwan A. Jabbar • 18 February, 2014 startup weekend next iraq Startup Weekend
Revolutionizing job training from Nairobi to Amman with SMS The trouble with skill trainings in Kenya is that the workers who need it the most don’t have time to attend, Evanna Hu tells me o... Nina Curley • 17 February, 2014 SMS Mobile
Regional Most workers in the Middle East would prefer to launch a business Due to high unemployment rates in the Arab region, more people than ever are launching their own businesses, hoping to create their own... Reine Farhat • 17 February, 2014 bayt.com entrepreneurship Report
3 reasons to develop a strategic partnership Entrepreneurs tend to insist on doing everything related to their startup themselves, often without realizing that there are solutions that... Muhanad Sabha • 17 February, 2014 strategic partnership
Mobile app generator wins the day at Startup Weekend Amman Hoards of aspiring entrepreneurs gathered at the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Building in Amman this past weekend for Startup Weekend – a 5... Hayden Pirkle • 17 February, 2014
Algerian entrepreneurs imagine a new future at Fikra Conference One could be tempted to compare Fikra to an Algerian TEDx, yet the event, which draws it name from the word idea in Arabic, debuted a u... Aline Mayard • 16 February, 2014
West Bank and Gaza startups pitch together for the very first time in Amman Until this past Thursday, startups in the West Bank and Gaza had not met under the same roof to pitch to investors. At Oasis500 in... Hayden Pirkle • 16 February, 2014 gaza sky geeks Oasis500
Weekly Wrap-Up: February 09-13 This week on Wamda was marked by mobile applications news from around the Arab World; starting with Turkey where Gram Games got $600,000... Wamda • 14 February, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Morocco's two largest classified sites announce a merger Nestled in the Schibsted Media Group’s Q4 financial statement is some very interesting news for the online classified ads market ... Stephanie Nour Prince • 14 February, 2014 morocco
Arabic weather portal outshines Yahoo in Jordan, reigns in Saudi Arabia ArabiaWeather.com is not the company that it was even just nine months ago. Since its early days as JordanWeather.jo, the company been a... Nina Curley • 13 February, 2014 ArabiaWeather
