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Ethical Food Enterprise Panel, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this session features social entrepreneurs who launched food enterprises discussing...

Conferences Environment Food & Beverage

From Small Steps to Big Change Panel & Film, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this panel features entrepreneurs engaged in diverse sectors such as child safety, f...

Conferences Environment Social Entrepreneurship

Intel Ideathon Camp Helps College Students Innovate Egypt's Future

In partnership with the Egyptian Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Intel launched its first Ideathon Camp in Egypt this...

Innovation Mentorship Social Entrepreneurship

Reviving Egyptian Waqf to Catalyze Social Change

Change starts when citizens start asking questions to solve local issues, and themselves try to find new alternatives to traditional work...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Can Anghami Fend Off Deezer's Entrance into the Arab Music Market?

Can recently launched Lebanese startup Anghami survive the arrival of international competitor Deezer? After announcing in early...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Bosletak: An Online Guide to Jobs and Colleges in Egypt

Right after the end of summer, high school and college graduates start thinking about their next steps, whether that involves applying to...

Arabic Content

Lebanese Telecoms Ministry Asks Citizens to 'Be The Minister' with New Game

In an attempt to engage with citizens online, Lebanese Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui is offering young Lebanese participants...

Competitions Government Telecommunication

Regional

90% of Tech Startups Fail [Infographic]

A recent study by Allmand Law found that more than 90% of all tech startups fail. It’s a bleak statistic, but let’s take a look...

Failure Infographic Mobile

Reviving Egypt's Handmade Paper Industry for a Sustainable Future

Throughout his life, the artist and social activist Mohamed Abou El Naga worked in the handmade paper industry in Alexandria. In 2005, he...

Egypt Environment

Cirqy Creates a Social Marketplace for Local Designers [Wamda TV]

During the Flat6Labs Cycle 3 Demo Day, Cirqy founders Kareem El-Shaffei and Mostafa Talaat discuss how their e-commerce site is creating a s...

Art Accelerators

Egyptian Startup Offers Push Notification Solution for App Developers [Wamda TV]

During the Flat6Labs Cycle 3 Demo Day, PushBots founder and CEO Amr Sobhy shares the story behind launching PushBots which helps mobile dev...

Developers Egypt Technology

Microsoft Announces Initiative to Empower African Tech Ecosystem

This week, Microsoft announced a new initiative to support development and global competitiveness in Africa.The Microsoft 4Afrika...

Advice Education Mobile

Empowering the Social Enterprise Community, Opening Night

Social Enterprise Week’s inaugural evening event will take place on February 25, 2013 at The Capital Club, DIFC in Dubai. The event will b...

Conferences Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

Green Enterprise Panel, Social Enterprise Week

Part of a series of events for Social Enterprise Week, this interactive session will bring together ‘ecopreneurs’ who have created inno...

Conferences Environment Social Entrepreneurship

Founder of GoNabit Joins MarkaVIP as COO

After the close of daily deals site LivingSocial, Sohrab Jahanbani is now joining MarkaVIP. After first founding daily deals site GoNabit,...

Daily Deals E-commerce Team

Gate2Play Releases New APIs for E-Commerce Sites

This week, Gate2Play has rolled out new support for various e-commerce platforms, to help online merchants connect to its list of regional...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Cairo Transport App Challenge Awards

The Cairo Transport App Challenge (Cairo TApp) is coming to a close after the participants' hard work of several months to develop i...

Mobile Mobile Apps Transportation

11 Lessons I Learned After 4 Years at Wizards Productions

As we mentioned recently, Jordan is seeing a slew of gaming companies close lately, Wizards Productions among them. Co-founder and...

Top Lists Tips Advice

Food-zilla Launches Customers Online Food Ordering Service for Dubai

The latest of several sites focused on food ordering and discovery in Dubai, Food-zilla launches today to focus on offering a personal...

Food & Beverage

How to Prevent Abandoned Shopping Carts in E-Commerce

"Abandoned shopping cart" is a term used when a customer who intends to make an online purchase does not complete the checkout process....

Accelerators Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce

Mobile Apps Win the Day at the Second Startup Weekend Nablus

Mobile seemed to be the theme of last month's Startup Weekend Nablus, evidenced by the top five startup teams selected by the panel of...

Conferences Mobile Mobile Apps

Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam

In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,...

Digital Marketing Mobile Music

Video-on-Demand Portal Istikana Announces Deal with Umniah in Jordan

Istikana, one of the region’s major video-on-demand portals, has just announced a partnership with Jordanian telecom company Umniah. Inked t...

Digital Marketing Mobile Video On Demand

Oasis500 Launches New Investment Track for Growing Companies

Oasis500, the region’s biggest startup accelerator, is now targeting growth stage companies with a new investment vehicle. Oasis500 is k...

Accelerators Investment

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