Can a private equity firm seed a viable startup ecosystem in Tunisia? Update 01/03/2014: This article has been edited to take into account new informations. Startup investment in Tunisia is often... Aline Mayard • 03 December, 2013 tunisia VC Incubator
Digital music app Zambaleeta launches in Egypt, offering access via prepaid cards New music app Zambaleeta intends to corner the mobile music market in an old-fashioned way: by taking the fight offline. As... Ahmed Gabr • 03 December, 2013 prepaid smartphone Egypt
Dubai SME debuts the first World Entrepreneurship Forum in the Middle East Dubai SME is set to host the UAE chapter of the World Entrepreneurship Forum to promote entrepreneurial idea exchange and networking ... Wamda • 02 December, 2013 wef entreprenership Dubai
Gamification startup KidzWeekend wins Startup Weekend Dubai Startup Weekend Dubai is quickly becoming a rite of passage for many serious startups, who come to the weekend like a band of travelers... Kia Davis • 02 December, 2013 Startup Weekend
Global littleBits, led by a Lebanese founder, releases Synth Kit, secures $11.1M investment Lebanese entrepreneur and maker Ayah Bdeir’s startup littleBits, which has been hailed as the LEGO of electronics, has just released its n... Glen Dalakian II • 02 December, 2013 Electronics Hardware littlebits
3 ways to optimize mobile ads Although mobile ad spend in the Middle East is lower than in most regions in the world, it's expected to grow faster than in any other... Maya Rahal • 02 December, 2013 Nabd Waveline Media
A way forward in Egypt: Rise Up Summit galvanizes entrepreneurship by Tahrir Square Tahrir Square will forever stand as a symbol of Egypt’s revolution and its ongoing transformation, its power seared into c... Nina Curley • 01 December, 2013 Ecosystem
Maghreb A co-working space to develop the Tunisian entrepreneurial ecosystem Who better than entrepreneurs to solve Tunisia’s most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges and contribute to t... Leena AlOlaimy • 01 December, 2013 tunisia Coworking Coworking Spaces
How an Egyptian traffic app partnered with the Kuwaiti government [Wamda TV] If you ask a random big city resident about their city’s main problem, it’s very likely that their response will be the traffic. With more a... Gulay Ozkan • 01 December, 2013 istanbul traffic wasalny
Startup Weekend Baghdad reveals an early but growing Iraqi ecosystem Editor's note: When it comes to the startup scene in Iraq, we haven't seen a lot of activity, although opportunities are growing,... Ali Mohammed • 01 December, 2013 Startup Weekend
Weekly Wrap-Up: November 24-28 Announcing our Wamda Plane travelers! The Wamda Plane trip is all set, and we have very noteworthy Saudi bloggers and entrepreneurs on... Wamda • 29 November, 2013 Weekly Wrap-Up
PayPal announces regional discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Buyers throughout the Middle East will have access to discounts and sales on US websites this Friday and next Monday, thanks to a new deal... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 PayPal
Can SearchinMENA.com raise the funds it needs to build an Alibaba for the Middle East? [Update: Eureeca has extended SearchinMENA.com's campaign.] After three years of building SearchinMENA.com, Syrian entrepreneur Salim... Nina Curley • 28 November, 2013 SearchinMENA crowdinvestment
Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming back to Dubai! Coming up right after our stop in Jeddah, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 will next head back to Dubai to close out Wamda’s 2013 MnM tour a... Wamda • 28 November, 2013 Mix n Mentor
New meetup at Morocco's New Work Lab awards MySportner startup of the month The Moroccan co-working space New Work Lab has launched a new meetup called Pitch Lab, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch... Saad Zabari • 28 November, 2013 pitch lab new work labs morocco
Can Airbnb clone Agaztak boost tourism in Egypt? Not every entrepreneur is comfortable admitting that his startup is a local clone of an internationally successful business idea. But... Ahmed Gabr • 28 November, 2013 Egypt Travel
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