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Online sports community Duplays launches new software platform, enters non-expat markets

If there's one thing Brian Sigafoos loves as much as sports, it's software. A 6'10" former professional basketball player, he's managed to...

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Wamda's Mix N' Mentor is coming to Jeddah!

Fresh off the heels of a successful event in Beirut, the Mix N’ Mentor Roadshow 2013 next heads to Jeddah to continue our tour across the M...

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Boris Johnson announces £100 million tech fund for Middle East startups

In a move designed to bring booming tech ecosystems in the UK and the Middle East closer together, London mayor Boris Johnson...

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Startup news ticker: Jobzella secures a first funding round; Mooda.com celebrates UAE National Day

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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Whatsapp goes down worldwide; can it stay on top in mobile messaging?

As of an hour ago, app messenger Whatsapp went down around the world; at time of print, it had just started working again. The outage...

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12 initiatives working to empower women in the Middle East

Bahraini women weaving. Photo courtesy of Sophie Middleton. Women’s economic integration and empowerment is a global issue that has a...

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Women's portal HawaaWorld spins out new iPad recipe magazine

HawaaWorld is one of the oldest and most popular user-generated content portals targeting women in the Arab region. The platform,...

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New accelerator Juice Labs will offer in-depth, software-focused mentorship to Cairo's startups

Hanan Solayman contributed reporting to this article. Nearly everything Tarek Nasr has been involved in since January 25, 2011 has...

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Ex-employee explains Yahoo's closure: 'the natural result of instability'

In the aftermath of Yahoo's closure of its Cairo office two weeks ago, many have noted that it wasn't an isolated incident, since...

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Could Middle East e-commerce benefit from Pinterest?

There was nothing special about the verb ‘pin’ before Pinterest was founded in 2010. Today, online, it's most likely to...

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Startup news ticker: MIT connecting Arab startups to Silicon Valley; Bitcoin launches its first ATM

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Aliqtisadi launches in Palestine and London, in hopes of becoming the #1 Arabic business news site

Aliqtisadi, the business magazine based in Damascus, Syria, announced its launch in Palestine and London last week, at the Abu Dhabi...

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Why Nextly, now open to the public, stands to revolutionize content sharing

There are several ways to curate content on the web these days, but it’s often a fragmented experience. Now that Google Reader is dead, s...

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Foodonclick enters Saudi and Lebanon. Can they replicate their success in Turkey and UAE?

Who will own online food delivery in Saudi Arabia? With Foodonclick, the Arab arm of Turkish giant Yemeksepeti, announcing expansion into...

Food delivery Food & Beverage

Bitcoin passes $200 mark despite Silk Road closure

Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer decentralized cryptocurrency, has just broken the US $200 mark, as traded on Mt.Gox, one of the largest...

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Zain Jordan partners with Wamda to support startups via Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility

Telecom company Zain is now the first company in Jordan to partner with Wamda on Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility (CER), an...

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On-the-ground details on the closure of Yahoo's Egypt office

As the Mayer era continues at Yahoo!, its Egypt office is the latest element to be scrubbed out and rethought. Today, Yahoo! announced...

Yahoo Closures

Meet the business network that's empowering women in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

CellA is a network for professional Saudi women. Founded in Riyadh, it’s quickly spreading to the rest of the kingdom’s commercial and edu...

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LINE readies for a $28 billion IPO; could it overtake Whatsapp in the Arab world?

While the tech world is hotly anticipating Twitter's IPO, which could happen before the end of the year at a valuation of around $16...

Social Networks Mobile

Startup news ticker: Mobibus launches a Do-It-Yourself mobile app maker

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Dubai's Emaar launches $100 million fund for emerging designers

As a series of glamorous events this week in Dubai attract the fashion world’s heavyweights, Emaar, the Middle East’s biggest developer, ha...

Startup news ticker: Women’s portal Ounousa reaches 2m FB fans; Arab startups to pitch in San Francisco

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Hadafi competition offers Saudi women the chance to fund business ideas

Last week, Dubai-based social enterprise Potential launched Hadafi, a women’s entrepreneurship program designed to empower women in Saudi A...

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Egyptian students shine at Intel Science Competition

At an exposition recently held at Intel's Cairo office, eight Egyptian student winners of the Intel Science Competition, between the ages...

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