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Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage

Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf...

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Two new online payment options emerge in Morocco as telecom monopoly ends

[Update: this article has been edited to add corrections concerning Fast Payment and the FNEM following a discussion with El Amine...

Payment Gateways E-commerce

Another quick win on Eureeca: Oasis500 startup Foodlve hits its target

Crowdinvestment in the Middle East is continuing to look like easy money. After Nabbesh, Harir.com, and SearchinMENA.com ran successful...

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Souqalmal.com secures $1.2M from Hummingbird to expand content, mobile site

Souqalmal.com, the Dubai-based financial comparison site led by Ambareen Musa, is set for a quantum leap, after securing $1.2 million...

Souqalmal.com Investment

Lebanon's Game Cooks launches new game, makes global top 50 list

Drawing on previous themes and skills they’ve built since their launch in 2012, Lebanese game developer Game Cooks has demonstrated a new m...

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Why the Uber attack in France is just the beginning

This Monday, during a strike day organized by the French taxi drivers to protest the “unfair competition” they say Uber and its ilk r...

Uber

Lebanon's touch launches an app store; can it succeed where others have failed?

Yesterday, touch, one of Lebanon's two major telecom companies, announced the launch of its Android-compatible app store, aimed at serving...

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Egyptian app starts acceleration at Y Combinator in Silicon Valley

In 2014, it seems that startups from the Arab world will begin to break out onto an international stage. Following the buzz...

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Startup news ticker: Bkam.com launches Chrome extension and Windows mobile app

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

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Apply to the Khalifa Fund techno-preneur competition

The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development is organizing the first Techno-preneur Competition in UAE, in partnership with Abu Dhabi ...

Khalifa Fund competition

HAXLR8R co-founder on what hardware trends to expect in 2014

HAXLR8R, the hardware-focused startup accelerator based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China, hosted its third demo day...

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Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30

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

Egypt Crowdfunding Social Entrepreneurship

Startup news ticker: Google brings Android to cars; new platform for teachers and students

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

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Office supplies platform Stationery.ae launches in Dubai to beat brick-and-mortar stores

Stationery.ae, a new graduate of the i360 accelerator in Dubai, launched yesterday to provide stationery and office supplies to the UAE...

i360 Accelerators

8 companies from the Arab world join the Endeavor Network

At Endeavor’s 51st International Selection Panel a couple of weeks ago, the support network accepted 28 entrepreneurs from 20 companies i...

'Arab Inspire' hopes to make entrepreneurship a way of life for youth and artists

Artists and youngsters have one thing in common: they could use some help from professionals to take the leap, start a company, and make...

tunisia Artist Entrepreneurs Mentorship

Rocket Internet and MTN to boost digital startups in the Middle East with 300 million euro fund

While the past two years have seen e-commerce companies in the Middle East secure the majority of funding invested in startups, primarily...

Rocket Internet

7 things that entrepreneurs need to succeed, from the World Entrepreneurship Forum

Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME At the World Entrepreneurship Forum last week in Dubai, leading figures came together to discuss...

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TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential

Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8th, 2013 at...

Spark TEDx Women

The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

Never has watching an organization pat itself on the back been more fun than Google Zeitgeist. The search engine that has become a part of...

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5 tips for getting your content on Google's In-Depth Articles search result

Whenever Google introduces a new feature to search results, smart businesses will sit up and take note of the new opportunities they might...

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How to increase your company's productivity? Give your employees a break

In the most widely revered startup creation myth, there’s not a lot of sleep happening. Every entrepreneur we know works around the clock a...

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5 internet trends for the next 10 years, from LeWeb Paris

What will the web look like in 10 years? That was the theme of LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech event, based in Paris, for its 10th a...

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Startup news ticker: Lebanese search engine replaces reviews with tips and hashtags

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

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