Can Egypt's first online medical community succeed? As technology becomes integral to everyday life more than ever before, the need for digitizing healthcare is ever increasing. While the... Eman Mostafa • 23 January, 2014 Egypt Mobile Medical
YouTube the next frontier for marketers in Bahrain [Infographic] A recent infographic produced by Tawasul, a Bahrain-based social media consultancy and management firm, rounds up the top-rated brands on... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 23 January, 2014 twitter Bahrain YouTube
Iran's second annual Web and Mobile Conference to launch in February This February, the Iran Entrepreneurship Association, an organization that works to empower the startup ecosystem in Iran, will host the ... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 conference event iran
Hello Tomorrow Challenge kickoff With the February-March Hello Tomorrow Challenge kicking off in Istanbul on January 28th, among others cities across the world, there’s on... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 hello tomorrow hello tomorrow challenge istanbul
How the Muslim Pro app got 9 million users in three years Every once in a while, an interview stands out. The one with, Erwan Macé was one of them. I met Erwan in unusual circumstances. I ... Aline Mayard • 22 January, 2014 Islamic products
5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar... Wamda • 22 January, 2014 Dubizzle
Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Feelit provides teenage girls with a forum to express their feelings The rise of social networks has shown just how much people like to express themselves. Feelit, as the name implies, is one social... Reine Farhat • 22 January, 2014 teenagers Bootstrapping Saudi Arabia
Should your startup get rid of traditional corporate hierarchy? Ever since online retailer Zappos announced last month that it was getting rid of job titles, the web has been buzzing with cheers – and s... Stephanie Nour Prince • 21 January, 2014 zappos holacracy
Startup news ticker: GoodGame Empire reaches 50 million players 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 • 21 January, 2014 game Gaming
Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 January, 2014 communications it medtech
Wearables market projected to diversify, expand by 2018 [Infographic] Developing wearables doesn’t have to be the exclusive domain of genius tech engineers. If you have the idea and know which audience you are ... Maya Rahal • 21 January, 2014 Wearable devices wearables
Two successful Saudi game developers eye the international market “We felt like aliens,” says Bandar Al Mashari, on how he and his friend Sultan Al Sharif related to the mobile gaming industry four years a... Ahmed Gabr • 21 January, 2014 game Mobile Gaming Mobile
How to build a great content marketing strategy You’re busy. Time starved, even. As an entrepreneur, you don’t have massive piles of cash to throw around to launch a full-blown content m... Wissam Dandan • 20 January, 2014
What are we talking about when we talk about innovation? Every industry has jargon: words people say to sound informed whose true meanings have been diluted from overuse. People who hear others... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 January, 2014 bayt.com scott berkun Innovation
Another quick win on Eureeca: Oasis500 startup Foodlve hits its target Crowdinvestment in the Middle East is continuing to look like easy money. After Nabbesh, Harir.com, and SearchinMENA.com ran successful... Nina Curley • 20 January, 2014 Foodlve Oasis500
How will Instapush make it easier for entrepreneurs to monitor their businesses? At a time when the digital technology sector’s growth is skyrocketing, PushBots, an Egyptian startup, has launched Instapush, a service t... Eman Mostafa • 20 January, 2014 Mobile Egypt pushbots