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Dubai's Game Minion Acquired by Corona Labs in Silicon Valley

Yesterday, Dubai-based mobile app development platform Game Minion was acquired by Corona Labs in Palo Alto, California. Combining to...

Acquisitions Developers Gaming

Wamli Launches Quirky New E-Commerce Platform in Dubai

Wamli, a funky new e-commerce platform for geeks and those looking for an unorthodox shopping experience, launched today in Dubai. The...

E-commerce Fashion Loyalty Programs

Geek Express in Beirut

Geek Express is a new concept space in Beirut, where you can ‘learn and unleash the geek in you’. It’s a place for children and grow-ups to ...

Innovation Invention Technology

Entej Works to Connect Egypt's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

What do you do when you come up with a great project idea? Of course, you start looking for partners and team members, probably through...

Ecosystem Egypt Job Recruitment

Launching the First Arabic Platform for Expert Electronics Reviews in Egypt [Wamda TV]

At Reviewzat’s website launch event, Managing Director Karim Akram discusses how the startups plans to offer both video and written reviews ...

Reviews

Entrepreneur of the Week: Taline Assi Co-founder of Mosaic Marble [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the week today on Wamda is Taline Assi, who co-founded along with her husband Mosaic Marble in 2003, an online and offline...

E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Week

ICT Use and Social Network Adoption in the Arab World [Report]

The Madar Research and Development Center, based in Dubai, recently released this report on Arab ICT Use and Social Network Adoption, s...

Digital Media Mobile Technology

PPR Invests $13 Million in Rocket Internet to Support Namshi, Fashion Sites

Luxury group PPR has invested € 10 million (US $13 million) in Bigfoot I, the Rocket Internet holding company that controls Dubai-based r...

Rocket Internet Investment Namshi

Facebook's 25 Most Popular Games: Lessons for Arab Developers

Facebook just announced the 25 most popular social games in 2012. Music trivia game SongPop by US developer FreshPlanet tops the chart,...

Facebook Gaming Mobile Gaming

Arabia500 Announces the Fastest Growing Companies in the Middle East

Yesterday, the AllWorld Network hosted a successful pre-event to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai where they announced the...

Conferences

Gaza's First Incubator Ramps Up, Giving New Hope to Local Entrepreneurs

A timely answer to the ongoing strife and instability in Palestine, the first incubator in Gaza is continuing to make strides, training...

Mentorship Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

iOS App Abjad City Teaches Kids the Arabic Alphabet

What happens if you find yourself living in a foreign country where no one speaks your native language, and you are try to teach...

Arabic Content Education Mobile Apps

Wamda and Mowgli Foundation Announce Partnership to Bring Mentorship to Entrepreneurs

To assist entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa in their efforts to launch and scale, Wamda, an enabling platform for...

Ecosystem Mentorship

How to Create an Efficient Virtual Team Office: Hsoub's Solution

Is it necessary to have a team working in one office in order to coordinate effectively? If I were writing this article 10 years ago, I...

Advice Ideas Social Networks

Morocco's Stagiaires Makes Intern Recruitment Simple

Until recently, job offers on the Internet in Morocco were confined to general classifieds websites or amateur job boards. It was not until...

Job Recruitment

Dubai Entrepreneurs Debate Startup Challenges at Shelter's New Entrepreneurs Roundtable

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Dubai two weeks ago, Shelter invited up-and-coming entrepreneurs to share their...

Advice Ecosystem Coworking Spaces

Mashaweer Pioneers Personal Assistance Services in Egypt

Should you happen to get stuck in traffic and not be able to pull off some chores during a hard working day, don’t hesitate to rely on y...

Egypt

Online Review Site Wins Startup Weekend Doha

More than 30 budding entrepreneurs pitched their innovative business ideas at Startup Weekend Doha this past weekend. Forming their...

Job Recruitment Startup Weekend Taxi + Traffic

Visionary Palestinian Startup Goes Global with Touch Technology

Palestinian startup Iris recently launched their “room of senses,” a new therapy medium for children and the disabled. The “room” is a spac...

Health Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Arabia500 Announces 130 of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Middle East

In anticipation of the Arabia500 gathering on December 10th at the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, the...

Conferences Ecosystem

Beirut Creative Cluster Works to Increase Collaboration Among Local Companies

One year ago, the Beirut Creative Cluster (BCC) was just an idea developed by Berytech. Today, the cluster is set to become a hub for...

Animation Conferences Design

How to Join Arabic Web Days and Post Arabic Content

Last week, Arabic Web Days launched as a new initiative to support Arabic content online, co-created between Yamli and Vinelab and suppo...

Arabic Content Digital Media Media

Jordan's Dakwak Launches Localization Platform to Help Startups Go Global

Dakwak has been in the making for over a year, but it has now finally launched its solution for helping websites localize or go global. For...

Arabic Content Scaling

Global Entrepreneurship Summit Comes to Dubai: Exclusive Discount for WamdaCard Holders

This year, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit comes to Dubai, hosted by Entrepreneurial Ventures of Arabia (EVA), to offer entrepreneurs in...

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