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Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced

Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change

Exclusive Sneak Peek at startupBahrain's New iOS Magazine for Entrepreneurs

A new iPad and iPhone magazine launches tomorrow to showcase, feature, and advise Bahrain’s local startups and e...

Advice Ecosystem Mobile

How Mobile is Changing Business [Infographic]

Starting this year, the number of mobile devices used to access the internet will overtake the number of desktop devices, for the first...

Mobile E-commerce

Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style

Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

Will Facebook's New Deal with Mobile Operators Help It Take On Whatsapp, Viber, and Skype?

Yesterday, Facebook announced a partnership with telecom operators in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, to offer discounted access to its...

Facebook Mobile Mobile Apps

Careem, the Uber of the Middle East, Launches Mobile App [PROMOTION INCLUDED]

UPDATE: Those who sign up for Careem through Wamda will receive a free 30 AED (~US $8) in credit; click here. For those looking to get ar...

Mobile Mobile Apps Taxi + Traffic

Mobile App Wasalny Tackles Cairo's Traffic, Now in Arabic

Amidst a wave of transportation apps being developed across Cairo, startup Wasalny has worked hard to differentiate itself through some...

Transportation Egypt Mobile

Dermandar Wins World’s Best App Award: What’s Next

Dermandar, one of the hottest startups to come out of the Arab world this year, has just won the “World’s Best App” award in the Lifestyle a...

Mobile Mobile Apps Scaling

10 Tweetable Facts about Mobile App Development [Report]

The following statistics and facts are based on VisionMobile’s recent survey of 3,460 developers across 95 countries, which was shared with ...

Developers Mobile Mobile Apps

Can Anghami Fend Off Deezer's Entrance into the Arab Music Market?

Can recently launched Lebanese startup Anghami survive the arrival of international competitor Deezer? After announcing in early...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Exclusive Sneak Peek: Ma2too3a! Pivots Towards Crowdsourced Traffic Updates

Last June, during Lebanon’s latest electricity crisis, AUB-trained computer engineer and software developer Mohammed Taha received a f...

Google Mobile Mobile Apps

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90% of Tech Startups Fail [Infographic]

A recent study by Allmand Law found that more than 90% of all tech startups fail. It’s a bleak statistic, but let’s take a look...

Failure Infographic Mobile

Five Smartphone Apps for Creating and Editing Documents

Whether you're looking to review a few important papers, take a final look at a lecture or add edits to a document before sending it to one...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Microsoft Announces Initiative to Empower African Tech Ecosystem

This week, Microsoft announced a new initiative to support development and global competitiveness in Africa.The Microsoft 4Afrika...

Advice Education Mobile

Cairo Transport App Challenge Awards

The Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) is coming to a close after the participants' hard work of several months to develop i...

Mobile Mobile Apps Transportation

Mobile Apps Win the Day at the Second Startup Weekend Nablus

Mobile seemed to be the theme of last month's Startup Weekend Nablus, evidenced by the top five startup teams selected by the panel of...

Conferences Mobile Mobile Apps

Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam

In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,...

Digital Marketing Mobile Music

Video-on-Demand Portal Istikana Announces Deal with Umniah in Jordan

Istikana, one of the region’s major video-on-demand portals, has just announced a partnership with Jordanian telecom company Umniah. Inked t...

Digital Marketing Mobile Video On Demand

Is Streaming Music a Viable Model in the Arab World? A Look at the Future of the Music Industry [Wamda Debates]

This post is the first in a new content series called Wamda Debates. Every other week, the Wamda team debates a topic, industry, or...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Twitter Finally Expands Ad Products To The Arab World. Is It Preparing for an IPO?

Startups in the Middle East now have a new ad channel on the world’s favorite micro-blogging platform. In an event in Dubai yesterday, T...

Digital Advertising Digital Marketing Expansion

Mobile App Nabd Offers Personalized News in Arabic

With the abundance of news websites and a constant stream of article and video shares coming various social networks, online users can...

Arabic Content Digital Advertising Digital Media

Yala Music Announces Ad-Based Downloads: Pushing Back Against Anghami

Mobile application Anghami has received a lot of buzz since it launched its music streaming service this November, leaping to the top...

Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps

6 Tools For Improving Your Team's Communication

In the Arab world, having a team across several countries is not uncommon, especially in a tech startup. Whether due to a lack of talent in...

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