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Why Jordanian Startup TakTek Closed and What it Means for the Gaming Sector

“I’ve let everyone go,” Gaith Kawar confessed to me over coffee at Starbucks in Abdoun last month, giving a look of resignation through his ...

Advice Failure Gaming

Maysalward Localizes New Mobile Game ShaqDown for the Arab World

A new battle is being fought in the Middle East, thanks to Jordanian gaming company Maysalward. Basketball legend Shaquille...

Mobile Mobile Gaming Gaming

Useful Applications for Bloggers and Online Activists in the Arab World

Today, our internet is built upon constructive sharing; users are no longer acting as passive receivers, but rather are actively...

Advice Arabic Content Mobile

Can this Egyptian Mobile App Startup Meet its Ambitious Goals?

With the launch of two new apps late last year, startup 700apps hopes to make life easier for Egyptian commuters and...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Chinese Browser Baidu Targets Middle East Users

Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, is targeting the Middle East and Africa this year, partnering with Orange to offer its browser &...

Mobile

Discover Digital Arabia Builds a Business with Infographics

Infographics and video imagery are clearly one of the hottest trends on the web, and Saudi-backed N2V is hardly one to...

Arabic Content Digital Media Infographic

A Look at the Most Popular Arabic Apps for iOS

Developing smartphone apps has been a dominant trend in the Middle East market. Thanks to low costs and the appeal of quick returns, many...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Jordan vs. Kenya: What Sets the Two Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Apart

In my last post, we started to explore some of the similarities between the rising ‘Silicon Savannah’ and “Silicon Wadi’ tech startup...

Ecosystem Education Mobile

Entrepreneur of the Week: Mansour Mansour Co-founder of Javna in Jordan [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the week today on Wamda is Mansour Mansour, an Endeavor Jordan entrepreneur, CEO of Javna in Jordan offering mobile media...

Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Media

Palestinian SMS Platform Souktel Raises $1 Million from Sadara Ventures

Souktel, one of the fastest growing startups in Palestine today, is set to enter a new era with a round of $1 million in investment from...

Investment Mobile Mobile Apps

Arabic Cooking Community Shahiya Expands into English, Considers Tablet App

Fresh off of a round of Series A investment from MEVP, Shahiya is looking into new growth models as it continues to tackle the...

Arabic Content Food & Beverage Mobile

ICT Use and Social Network Adoption in the Arab World [Report]

The Madar Research and Development Center, based in Dubai, recently released this report on Arab ICT Use and Social Network Adoption, s...

Digital Media Mobile Technology

AskNative Looks to Boost Tourism in Egypt with Local Know-How

Who’s the best person to ask for advice about a destination? A native local resident, of course. This straightforward concept is the b...

Egypt Mobile Travel

5 Applications that Help You Organize Daily Tasks

Smartphones nowadays have become our daily companions that stick with us wherever we go. They help us organize daily tasks and...

Reviews Technology Mobile

12 Facts to Celebrate the 20th Birthday of SMS [Stats]

On December 3, 1992, Neil Papworth sent the world’s first ever SMS (Short Message Service) text from the UK through the Vodafone n...

Ecosystem Mobile SMS

iFood's Mobile App Rises to the Top of the Food Delivery Pack in Jordan

Jordan has changed in a variety of ways since I lived there a year ago; perhaps a small win given the recent turmoil is that it’s become m...

Food & Beverage Mobile Mobile Apps

Can Startappz Disrupt the Mobile Space in the Arab World?

The idea of being more committed to learning than to a given product seems appropriate for the wave of young entrepreneurs entering the...

Arabic Content Investment Mobile

Heated Debates and Fresh Startups: What Stood Out at the Arabic Digital Content Conference in Amman

Two weeks ago more than 43 internet and business geeks spoke to a large audience of Arabic content enthusiasts in the Jordanian capital of...

Arabic Content Digital Media Ecosystem

Morocco's Masarat App Aims to Conquer the Islamic Mobile App Market

During my frequent discussions with my business partners or friends, I usually share some milestones about the digital evolution in...

Arabic Content Mobile Mobile Apps

Cashless in Kenya: A Mobile Money Experiment Using M-PESA

Walking home from the office late one night, Amrit Pal, an Indian student working with a Nairobi-based mobile money startup for the summer,...

Mobile Mobile Apps Payment Gateways

Lebanon’s Anghami Launches the First Music Streaming Platform for the Middle East: PROMOCODE Included

Forget Spotify. Anghami is here! Launching today for iPhone, the platform is bringing the Arab world its first mobile and web music...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Wamda Chats with Gilt's Founder on the Future of Flash Sales [Wamda TV]

Alexis Maybank, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the Gilt Groupe, discusses expansion into emerging markets such as the Arab World...

Advice Conferences E-commerce

Can Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Solve Addressing Problems in the Arab World?

When Khaled Naim started building Addy.co in January, it was a side project conceived during a Startup Weekend. But after he debuted Addy...

Innovation Mobile Mobile Apps

Interactive Applications Platform: Motea Alwan of Tatbeeqat [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Motea Alwan, Founder and CEO of Tatbeeq.at, speaks about the applications reviews provided by his company, where...

Arabic Content Arabnet Conferences

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