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Fly-Foot Helps Arab Football Fans Attend Matches Without Lifting a Finger

Football fans around the Arab region can now pick a game to attend, pack their bags, and hop on a plane without a second thought, thanks to...

E-commerce

Cairo Transport App Challenge Winners Announced

Last Saturday, the Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) concluded with an awards ceremony announcing the top 3 tech solutions to...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Change

Egypt's Careerise Makes Job Search Simpler, More Social

Even in today’s hi-tech socially-networked world, the best way to find a new job is still through a personal referral. Of course, relying o...

Egypt Job Recruitment

NYUAD Hackathon Winners Debut Startups for Social Good

Yesterday, Social Enterprise Week in Dubai kicked off with a pre-launch event at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) campus, as part of...

Competitions Conferences Social Change

Building a Hacker Culture in Abu Dhabi

For three days inside New York University Abu Dhabi’s purple campus in the Emirati capital, delegates from universities in sixteen c...

Competitions Ecosystem Social Entrepreneurship

Exclusive Sneak Peek at startupBahrain's New iOS Magazine for Entrepreneurs

A new iPad and iPhone magazine launches tomorrow to showcase, feature, and advise Bahrain’s local startups and e...

Advice Ecosystem Mobile

Lebanese Gaming Startup Debuts Flying Carpet Hero, Prince of Persia Style

Today, Lebanon's Gamabox has made their debut in game development with the launch of their first title, Ali Hood. Ali Hood, a cross between...

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

CircleTie: Better than Foursquare, Built in Egypt

Location-based check-in apps are all the rage, especially those that help you discover new venues. In Egypt, however, CircleTie, is...

Egypt Gamification Innovation

Will Facebook's New Deal with Mobile Operators Help It Take On Whatsapp, Viber, and Skype?

Yesterday, Facebook announced a partnership with telecom operators in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, to offer discounted access to its...

Facebook Mobile Mobile Apps

PayPal Answers Your Questions: When, Where, and How Will It Expand in the Middle East? [Wamda TV]

After our recent interview with Elias Ghanem, General Manager PayPal Middle East, at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, several...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Careem, the Uber of the Middle East, Launches Mobile App [PROMOTION INCLUDED]

UPDATE: Those who sign up for Careem through Wamda will receive a free 30 AED (~US $8) in credit; click here. For those looking to get ar...

Mobile Mobile Apps Taxi + Traffic

Souq and EFE Expand E-Commerce Training in Egypt

E-commerce companies in Egypt now have a better chance of hiring and scaling with the expansion of a new talent training...

E-commerce Egypt

Can Cultural Entrepreneurship Soothe Political Strife? The Nile Project Unites East Africa with Music

Typically we think of entrepreneurship as the creation of new businesses, but working to change public opinion could be called cultural...

Music Egypt Agriculture

Social Enterprise Week Kicks Off in Dubai Sunday - Register Now!

Social entrepreneurship is one of the most exciting spaces to watch in the Middle East today, as several local pioneers are launching...

Green Energy Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Cartier Looks to Fund Exceptional Women Entrepreneurs: Apply Before March 8th

Women entrepreneurs looking for a boost with their businesses in the Middle East can apply to the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards before...

Competitions Investment

What Would You Do If You Had Google Glass?

Google Glass has arrived. Google’s new demo video, released yesterday, reveals some of the wildest and most touching ways it could t...

Innovation Technology

Need a Coupon for a Sportscar? Fursaty Offers Daily Deals, Saudi Style

Daily deals in Saudi Arabia aren’t like daily deals elsewhere. Where else would you buy a Bentley online at 32% off? “Months later after th...

Daily Deals

Saudi Billionaire Alwaleed Invests in Chinese E-Commerce Site 360buy

As e-commerce is skyrocketing in China, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), an investment firm chaired by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed...

E-commerce Investment

Dermandar Wins World’s Best App Award: What’s Next

Dermandar, one of the hottest startups to come out of the Arab world this year, has just won the “World’s Best App” award in the Lifestyle a...

Mobile Mobile Apps Scaling

Think Science Competition Encourages UAE Youth to Pursue a Science Major

The Emirates Foundation for Youth Development is gearing up to launch the Think Science Competition for three days, starting April...

Competitions Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Hult Prize Final Award Ceremony

As the last part of a series of events during Social Enterprise Week, the Award Ceremony of the Dubai Regional Final of the Hult Prize h...

Competitions Conferences Social Entrepreneurship

Google Science Fair 2013

Google is hosting an online science competition open to students between the ages of 13 and 18 from across the globe, in partnership with...

Competitions Invention

Aramex Launches Shop and Ship in Dubai: What it Means for E-Commerce Merchants

Aramex will soon be launching its international shipment service, Shop and Ship, in Dubai, in a move that could dramatically boost...

Delivery Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce

E-Commerce Site Taw9eel Acquires Kuwaiti Game Rental Startup Digumz

This week, Kuwaiti game rental company Digumz.com was acquired by Kuwaiti platform Taw9eel.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites...

Acquisitions E-commerce Ecosystem

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