Health portal WebTeb partners with famous Egyptian chef WebTeb, the Arabic health and lifestyle portal launched by Palestinian entrepreneur Mahmoud Kaiyal, has announced a new partnership with... Nina Curley • 03 February, 2014 Recipe sites
Startup Weekend Damascus launches this month to create a 'paradigm shift' in Syria It goes without saying that Startup Weekend Damascus will be unlike the other Startup Weekends that have cropped up around the Arab world... Nina Curley • 02 February, 2014 Startup Weekend
PieRide offers Egypt's commuters an Uber for carpooling Traffic jams in Cairo, while infuriating, remain a source of inspiration to many entrepreneurs looking for new solutions to this daily... Hanan Solayman • 02 February, 2014 Transport Transportation Egypt
TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2014 usa legacy international techgirls
Startup news ticker: Lamudi launches mobile version; e-commerce store accepts Bitcoins 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 • 30 January, 2014 Real Estate Mobile
Weekly Wrap-Up: January 26-30 Join the MIT Media Lab workshop in Dubai this Feb 24-27; Apply by Feb 1st This month, we’re thrilled to be hosting, with MIT Media Lab, a w... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 Weekly Wrap-Up
Enigma announces $4.5 million USD Series A investment round It seems like nothing can stop Moroccan entrepreneur Hicham Oudghiri and his big data startup Enigma. After getting tweeted by... Aline Mayard • 30 January, 2014 morocco big data
Anghami launches 'industry disruptive' $1 music streaming service A little over a year ago, Anghami’s Strategy and Business Development Lead George Audi mentioned to Wamda that the platform was set to b... Maya Rahal • 30 January, 2014 alfa anghami Music
Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round... Wamda • 30 January, 2014 fundraising Series A Qordoba
4 ways to increase sales on your e-commerce site Which e-commerce website owner doesn’t dream of higher sales numbers? Making a plan and building a skilled team to increase sales on your w... Muhanad Sabha • 30 January, 2014 sales E-commerce
Startup news ticker: Global Shapers launches '52 weeks 52 hubs' in Rabat 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 • 29 January, 2014 Rabat World Economic Forum
What makes stories go viral, and why it may be dangerous How many times in the past month have you clicked on a BuzzFeed list or an Upworthy headline promising to make you feel amazed and/or... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 29 January, 2014 baraka bits buzzfeed upworthy
Egyptian surgeon turns his passion for driftwood into a business “My passion for wood is something I’ve had for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been making small projects since I was seven,” says Shah... Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2014 Hardware Handicrafts Egypt
Startup Weekend Kuwait Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and ... Wamda • 29 January, 2014 kuwait Startup Weekend
Mobibus, a multilingual app maker designed for the Arab world New entrepreneurs welcome all the help they can get, especially because most of them need to invest their every penny in development... Pamela Kesrouani • 29 January, 2014
Startup news ticker: Rwaq launches Ambassadors Program; now open for students’ applications 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 • 28 January, 2014 MOOC Saudi Arabia Arabic Content