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Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem

The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ...

Gaming

New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco

For many in Morocco, it seems that Facebook is the most popular destination on the internet. A healthy 73% of the total population visited...

Data Facebook

Global

Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash

In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site...

Bitcoin

Wamda launches Wamda Debates in Casablanca

When a topic is good, time always runs out. We've seen that first hand at our Mix N' Mentor events where we often are forced to cut c...

PAYMENT Wamda Debates mobile payments

Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures

Hanan Abdel-Meguid will step down from her position as CEO at OTVentures to personally focus more on supporting the startup scene in...

OTVentures

Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts

An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g...

na3m games Saudi Arabia Mobile Gaming

3 apps win big at the Arab Mobile App Challenge

The winners of the 2014 Arab Mobile Learning Challenge have been announced at an event in Doha. The winning team, Loujie, based in the...

arab mobile learning challenge doha

Now serving one billion ads per month, Hsoub looks to the future

Hsoub, the web solutions company based in Egypt and the UK, whose mission is to develop online opportunities for people living throughout...

palestine Hsoub Digital Advertising

Global

Egyptian job site Wuzzuf joins 500 Startups' acceleration program

Wuzzuf, an Egyptian recruiting site launched in 2012 by BasharSoft, was on the verge of closing down two years ago. However...

silicon valley Egypt Accelerators

Turkish m-commerce solutions company Pozitron acquired by UK's Monitise

Despite Turkey’s economic struggles, good news is rolling in from its tech ecosystem. Pozitron, the mobile commerce technology company f...

M-commerce Acquisitions E-commerce

Recyclobekia partners with Jumia and launches individual e-waste recycling

Since its initial launch two years ago, Recyclobekia has succeeded in building a e-waste collection network serving more than 25 big...

Recyclobekia Jumia Egypt

Berlin's Pipe makes peer-to-peer transfer on Facebook more secure

Pipe, the peer-to-peer transfer service on Facebook, has released a new version of its application that uses a new WebRTC standard to ...

Health portal WebTeb partners with famous Egyptian chef

WebTeb, the Arabic health and lifestyle portal launched by Palestinian entrepreneur Mahmoud Kaiyal, has announced a new partnership with...

Recipe sites

Startup Weekend Damascus launches this month to create a 'paradigm shift' in Syria

It goes without saying that Startup Weekend Damascus will be unlike the other Startup Weekends that have cropped up around the Arab world...

Startup Weekend

Startup news ticker: Lamudi launches mobile version; e-commerce store accepts Bitcoins

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Real Estate Mobile

Anghami launches 'industry disruptive' $1 music streaming service

A little over a year ago, Anghami’s Strategy and Business Development Lead George Audi mentioned to Wamda that the platform was set to b...

alfa anghami Music

Qordoba announces $1.5 million USD Series A investment

Qordoba, the multinational online localization company headquartered in Dubai, has announced a $1.5 million USD Series A fundraising round...

fundraising Series A Qordoba

Startup news ticker: Global Shapers launches '52 weeks 52 hubs' in Rabat

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

Rabat World Economic Forum

Arabreneur announces $440,000 USD investment in four Palestinian startups

Earlier today, Arabreneur announced an investment of $440,000 USD in four “leading, innovative” Palestinian startups, which will enter its ...

arabreneur accelerator palestine

Online education platform Coursera blocks students in Syria and Iran

UPDATE: Coursera has released a statement explaining the blocks on which Wamda reported here, stating that it has reinstated...

Online courseware MOOCs

Wamda hosts MIT Media Lab innovation workshop in Abu Dhabi from Feb 24-27

To support the community of innovators throughout the Middle East, Wamda and MIT Media Lab are hosting a multi-day workshop to explore best...

MIT Media Lab MIT Innovation

Startup news ticker: PricePanda secures 3 million dollars from Tengelmann Group

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

ticker Rocket Internet Investment

Startup news ticker: Arabic video tutorial platform launches in Egypt

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

ticker Online video Egypt

Should your startup get rid of traditional corporate hierarchy?

Ever since online retailer Zappos announced last month that it was getting rid of job titles, the web has been buzzing with cheers – and s...

zappos holacracy

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