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How the Middle East Tweets: Qatar's Most Connected [Report]

In summer 2012, Portland and Tweetminster conducted a study into the use of Twitter in the Middle East. Using data collected between July...

Social Networks

Music Marketing Platform Helps Artists Go Viral in the Arab World

Today, viral YouTube videos propel artists to fame overnight, creating a completely new set of rules for music promotion. This is where the...

Entertainment Music Social Media

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

First Moroccan Instameet Unites Instagram Users

About a month ago on November 25th, the first meeting for local Instagrammers was held in Morocco, uniting users of the free photo-sharing...

Social Networks Social Media Ecosystem

Facebook Use by Companies in the Middle East and North Africa [Infographic]

Those looking to advertise on Facebook will be interested in this new infographic from SocialBakers that reveals Facebook trends for c...

Data Technology Social Networks

How to contribute to Wamda's Community Blog

Starting today, the Wamda community can share their own news, thoughts, experience or even tips and tricks from their entrepreneurial...

Wamda News Social Networks Digital Media

When is the Right Time to Quit Your Job? [Poll Results]

Following our recent Facebook poll for the Wamda community, we have compiled the answers to give a short readout on what Wamda’s readers a...

Facebook Social Media Social Networks

Engagio Makes Online Conversations More Manageable

Launched just this year, Engagio enables users to organize and manage their online interactions through a simple platform...

Social Media Social Networks

Entej Works to Connect Egypt's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

What do you do when you come up with a great project idea? Of course, you start looking for partners and team members, probably through...

Ecosystem Egypt Job Recruitment

Facebook's 25 Most Popular Games: Lessons for Arab Developers

Facebook just announced the 25 most popular social games in 2012. Music trivia game SongPop by US developer FreshPlanet tops the chart,...

Facebook Gaming Mobile Gaming

How to Create an Efficient Virtual Team Office: Hsoub's Solution

Is it necessary to have a team working in one office in order to coordinate effectively? If I were writing this article 10 years ago, I...

Advice Ideas Social Networks

How the Middle East Tweets: Rankings of the Most Connected Arabs on Twitter [Report]

Curious who's most connected in the Arab world on Twitter? A recent report on "How the Middle East Tweets" reveals the region's 50 most...

Social Media Social Networks

Beirut Creative Cluster Works to Increase Collaboration Among Local Companies

One year ago, the Beirut Creative Cluster (BCC) was just an idea developed by Berytech. Today, the cluster is set to become a hub for...

Animation Conferences Design

Morocco's First Instameet in Casablanca this Sunday

On Sunday, November 25th, the Moroccan Instagrammers Community is hosting their first Instameet, powered by Social Media Club...

Digital Media Social Media Social Networks

SocialWire Launches Optimized Ads for Facebook, Announces $2m in Investment

Online advertising has yet to be proven very effective. Yet SocialWire, a company started in Istanbul by a Turkish entrepreneur, is out to...

Digital Advertising Advertising Social Networks

Social Media to the Rescue: Egypt's Splinter Makes Résumés Obsolete

“A year and a half ago my brother asked me to design and update his CV and I remember telling him, this is the social era man, I'm sure we w...

Digital Marketing Egypt Innovation

Social Media Opens New Frontiers For Arab Youth [Report]

The Dubai School of Government recently released “Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Emp...

Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship Social Media

Circumvention Tech Summit in Tunis

OpenITP and the Information Security Coalition (ISC) will be hosting the Circumvention Tech Summit in Tunis, Tunisia from November...

Censorship Conferences Corruption

Interact Egypt Resuscitates Seaside Tourism Using Social Media

Egypt’s revolution has been a godsend for global news channels, and freedom loving Egyptians of course, but it has also scared off t...

Social Media Social Networks Travel

Realizing Dreams Via Social Media: Ali Chehadeh Of DreamMatcher [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] Ali Chehadeh, CEO of DreamMatcher, discusses the idea that inspired him to create his company aiming to let people transform...

Arabnet Social Media Social Networks

Hyperlocal Social Network Nassya Brings Cairo's Neighborhoods Online

In old Egyptian movies, women used to gossip on their balcony with their neighbors throughout the morning. Today, the same scene takes...

Egypt Social Networks

LinkedIn Enters the MENA Region, Opens Office in Dubai

Following rumors that it might enter the region in September, LinkedIn, the US-based business-networking site, has today announced the...

Social Networks Expansion Job Recruitment

TOP & Social Watchlist Report: Facebook Benchmarks in the Middle East [Report]

For entrepreneurs looking to see how their performance on Facebook fares against other startups in the MENA region, this downloadable...

Facebook Social Media Social Networks

Egyptian Social Gaming Startup FunWave Delivers Football Fun

Egypt is full of football fanatics, and the region is as well. So it made perfect sense that Egyptian social games start-up FunWave’s ...

Accelerators Angel Investment Egypt

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