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The Future Of Smart Devices And Apps: Ziad Matar of Qualcomm [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] At ArabNet 2012, Ziad Matar, Head of Middle East region at Qualcomm, discusses the trends in mobile phones and how smart phones...

Arabnet Conferences Mobile

Recap: The 4 Companies That Received Series A Investment from MEVP

Beirut-based venture capital firm MEVP (Middle East Venture Partners) is on fire. After announcing 5 investments in March, they have ...

Fashion Food & Beverage Investment

Vodafone Ventures Egypt Announces Investment in Eshtery, Ogra, and GyroLabs

After sponsoring and participating in the Euromoney conference in Egypt earlier this month, Vodafone Ventures Egypt has announced...

Accelerators Investment Mobile

25 Essential Stats on E-Commerce in the Middle East [Stats]

E-Commerce is Growing 1) There are 72.5 million internet users in MENA. [tweet this stat] 2) 66% of consumers in MENA use...

Top Lists Technology Ecosystem

Conflict Mapping Platform Ushahidi's Henry Addo at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut event last weeked, Henry Addo, co-founder of Ushahidi, discussed Ushahidi’s work to map incidents of violence and peace e...

Analytics Conferences Digital Media

Michelle Thorne of Mozilla Announces New Mobile Operating System [WamdaTV]

At SHARE Beirut during the first weekend of October, Michelle Thorne of Mozilla speaks about their non-profit organization which puts users ...

Conferences Mobile Software

Understanding the Arab Digital Generation [Report]

A recent report by Strategy& and Google, Understanding the Arab Digital Generation, reveals interesting facts about how the newest...

Booz & Company Digital Media E-commerce

Egypt's Sacha Books Pioneers Arabic Interactive Digital Children's Books

When 34-year-old entrepreneur Samer Youssef decided to launch iOS app Sacha Books, he and his wife were inspired by the lack of available...

Arabic Content Digital Media Mobile

The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing

Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, Part 3 [Wamda TV]

In Part 3 of our June CoE E-Commerce panel, Going Digital: Offline Businesses Moving Online, moderator Omar Christidis...

COE CoE E-Commerce Conferences

Cloud Computing For Mobile: Adel Youssef Of Wireless Stars [Wamda TV]

Adel Youssef, founder and CEO of Wireless Stars, discusses the idea of his company interested in cloud computing for mobile devices. “we b...

Arabnet Cloud Computing Mobile

Microsoft Finally Targets Egyptian Developers with BizSpark, Mobile App Competition

“Developers developers developers developers,” a sweaty Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, famously chanted during a Microsoft conference a few y...

Accelerators Cloud Computing Ecosystem

A Peek At Iran’s Digital Consumption In 2012 [Infographic]

E-commerce, online banking and consumption of digital mediums is remarkably advanced in Iran with 67% of respondents using the internet for...

Digital Media E-commerce Infographic

Saudi Arabia

Saudi 3eesho brings healthy living to the Arab world

Obesity rates in the Middle East, and especially in Saudi Arabia, are spiraling out of control. Yet information about how to lead a...

Health Healthcare 3eesho

Froot Encourages Joking, Reading on Mobiles in the Arab World

In Saudi Arabia, where smartphone penetration has reached 60% according to Google, pivoting into the mobile app market seems a...

Mobile Apps Mobile

Wizards Productions Continues to Go Global, Announcing Partnership with Tapjoy, Acceleration with YetiZen

After announcing a pivot into mobile gaming and a deal with leading international publisher 6waves, Wizards Productions is continuing to...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Entrepreneur of the Week: Sohaib Thiab of Wizards Productions [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week, Sohaib Thiab, founded game development Wizards Productions along with Hussam Hammo and Afif Toukan in ...

Mobile Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week

Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews

Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not...

Mobile Mobile Apps

Moroccan Startup Taxi Counter Wins Global Competition BeMyApp

Last week was an exciting time for all mobile Moroccan entrepreneurs and developers as it happened to be the BeMYApp WeekEnd...

Competitions Mobile Mobile Apps

N2V Announces First StartAppz Investment in Mobile App Startup iAraby

N2V has announced investment in Arabic mobile developer company iAraby, via its mobile investment vehicle and accelerator,...

Accelerators Mobile Mobile Apps

How Internet Users Will Spend Their Time in 2012 [Infographic]

Every moment of our lives nowadays is related to an internet act, a fact clearly demonstrated by this infographic, which examines five...

E-commerce Facebook Gaming

Jordanian Gaming Studio Wizards Productions Pivots into Mobile

2012 marks a new era for Wizards Productions, which today announced a publishing agreement with 6waves, a leading international social and...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Entrepreneur of the Week: Amr Shady of Egyptian Mobile VAS Service Company T.A. Telecom [Wamda TV]

This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Amr Shady of Egypt-based mobile value-added service provider company T.A. Telecom. In a Skype chat...

Entrepreneur of the Week Failure Innovation

Livestream of Flat6Labs' Mobile Gaming Class

Want to build the next big game? Train by watching Flat6Labs's new mobile gaming classes, which will be held for the next 3 weeks, over 9...

Mobile Mobile Apps Mobile Gaming

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